Grizz and the Hawks would be on my list.

1. Blazers-duh.
2. Lakers-Know they enemy.
3. Jazz-Division rival.
4. Nugs-Division Rival.
5. Cavs-LBJ FTW.
6. Hawks-not good but fun to watch.
7. OKC-I guess.

i would pick….

okc. utah. orlando, cleveland, chicago, golden state, lakers

it’s going to be a train wreck, and it’d be good to scout if we want to trade for Conley or Gay as they are circling the drain at the trade deadline.

I have to make this choice tonight also.

1) Blazers
2) Boston (east coast, want to see how Sheed finishes his career, plus the rest of the team has so much personality that I love to root against them)
3) Denver
4) Utah
5) Cleveland (LBJ)
6) Chicago (bunch of scrappy guys… I cheered for them during the Boston series last year)
7) San Antonio (probably the last great year of the best team of the decade)

is this some sort of self-imposed thing, or is that how league pass works?

1. Blazers
2. NY Knicks— D’Antoni ball, even if the Knicks suck it’ll be fun to see their opponents putting up 130 points.
3. OKC
4. Lakers
5. GSW psychedelic small ball and Anthony Randolph’s emergence (?)
6. Orlando
7. Boston

(the crabs are on national tv enough, IMO, and I think Lebron isn’t terribly fun to watch. He’s so irritating with the dust and the self-satisfaction)

Most people’s suggestions are little too heavy on elite and Western conference teams to give you the full variety that you desire.

1. Milwaukee. Brandon Jennings is going to be fascinating. This is a high-risk pick though, he may well be benched and you’d stuck watching Bogut, Redd, and Hakeem Warrick.
2. Chicago… fun young team.
3. Toronto. They should play an interesting style of basketball. They will probably be in a lot of high scoring games.
4. Phoenix. Unless you’ve already had your fill of Steven Nash.
5. Indian Pacers. They were in a ton of close games last year and play a faced paced game.

I don’t find the Hawks fun to watch. Maybe it’s that their fans rarely show for regular season games, maybe I’m just a curmudgeon.

are on TV ALL THE TIME ALREADY!!

I’d pick division/conference rivals (teams that stand a chance of making the playoffs) that don’t get quite as much nat’l broadcasting and the Grizzlies for shock and awe value.

1- Blazers
2- Nuggets
3- Jazz
4- Spurs
5- Thunder
6- Mavericks, Suns or Clippers
7- Grizzlies

The Eastern Conference really doesn’t interest me much until it’s time to try to figure out chances for playoff seedings and predictions.

Washington would be a sleeper pick for me. Arenas tore it up tonight against Dallas. If he’s healthy they’ll be one of the most fun teams in the league to watch.

I don’t have League Pass and don’t plan on getting it until at least next year, but since I live in Eugene I get all the Blazer games on local TV. Therefore it’s unnecessary for me to put them in my 7 and even if I wanted to they’d probably be blacked out. So I’d probably go:

1. Grizzlies – A.I. and ZBo on the same team. Most entertaining train wreck of the year.
2. Spurs – my pick to win the West this year
3. Wizards – see above
4. Warriors – they’re not necessarily good but you’d be hard pressed to find a more entertaining team in the NBA
5. “Thunder” – Durant is a stud and they have some good young guys who are fun to watch.
6. Magic – my pick to win the East
7. Denver – key division rival.

I only like watching LA, Cleveland and Boston when they play good teams, and when they play good teams it’s usually on national TV.

1. Blazers: The home team!
2. Spurs: Possibly the last chance at a dominant Tim Duncan team.
3. Warriors: How can you not like Nellieball? Plus some real fun players to watch.
4. Magic: The most likable of the three good East teams.
5. Utah: Division rival. Also: I hate watching Denver play.
6. Grizzlies: The Z-Bo/Iverson/Gay/Mayo lineup has been talked to death, and for good reason.
7. Suns or Knicks: I love watching D’Antoniball as well. I think I’d lean toward the Suns because of the Channing factor.

I didn’t pick HJC because I can’t support them at all. Even though I like a lot of their players, the management doesn’t deserve it.

Chicago, New Orleans, Toronto, and Indiana are all tempting as well because I enjoy watching them play. The Clippers are a close second in the “morbid curiosity” category, but Memphis beats them out.