1. St. Louis (not just a homer pick...I put all teams through a quantified system)
2) Chicago
3) Miami (probably the team I least want to face in the playoffs, along with Washington)
4) Philadelphia
5) Charlotte

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Favorite players: Hakeem Olajuwon, Moses Malone, Bill Russell, Alex English, Kiki Vandeweghe, Sidney Moncrief, Lafayette Lever, Dan Issel, Bobby Jones, Julius Erving, Rick Barry, John Havlicek, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West...and Brooks Thompson