I <3 the Hawks. Favorite team to watch other than the Blazers. Why? Because of how insane it is that this group of guys is playoff-savvy.

Also, J-Smoove has taken the “might be” out of the sentence “he might be my favorite non-blazer.” That guy is both talented and hilarious.

If he signed with the Blazers “hilarious” would turn into “infuriating,” but that doesn’t matter right now.

or Cavs.

WANTS to see a Cavs vs Lakers finals.. or a Cavs vs Rockets Final…

The international viewing would be crazy with the Rockets vs Cavs finals.

Failing that, Cleveland. I can’t help but want LeBron to win his title before we take over the NBA for several years…

I’ll follow the M’s until they inevitably fall apart then I’ll watch golf.

I think I hate Denver almost as much as LA. Chris Anderson just needs to be kicked out of the NBA for life.

with the Cavs being victorious. There is nothing I hate more than over zealous Kobe fans. Going to the finals two straight years and losing would be awesome.

Plus, Lebron is a freaking machine. That guy is bar none the best NBA player. He deserves a ring.

with Houston winning because I kinda like underdogs…although having the Lakers lose to the Cavs is pretty appealing, also.

because I want to look back and say that the only reason the Blazers lost in the first round was because they happened to be playing the eventual NBA champions that year.

I am a big Cavs fan (living in Columbus), and they have a real shot, with homecourt.

Feels like the Lakers year, though. If it is, Kobe should get as little credit as possible.

…but part of me say’s let’s just let Kobe get his championship. Then he and The L*kers can evolve to the next step, which will be to become complacent and over confident. At Kobe’s age? We are not talking sustainable dynasty regardless of what happens this season. So now that we have bowed out, let them have their party now. Our is the future! Might be more fun for The Blazers to knock out “Defending Champion” L*kers next year.

  God I hate to type that though…..FORGET IT! ANYONE BUT THE L*KERS!

The Rockets would be my choice since they beat us, but I really don’t care as long as it’s not Kobe and Phil.

if not him, anyone but the Lakers.
Houston would be good as well, specially because of Adelman and Yao.
After the Cavs and Houston, I have Dallas, but it´s more because I don´t care about them than that I like them.

I don’t love the Mavs, but I am a Jason Kidd fan. (I live in Nets territory, for better or worse, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody play as hard as Kidd in the early 2000s.)

If not, then Atlanta.

It would be the Cavs, not for LBJ, but because I went to college and worked in Cleveland when Stepien was the owner and was in the Richfield Coliseum with maybe 3,000 other fans many times waiting for the Cavs to do something good.

Good thing there was the MISL Force. Those games were fun.

After the emotional roller coaster of our series with Houston, all the frustration etc., I am looking forward to relaxing and watching them get steam rolled. I normall would follow the whole root for the team that beats you philosophy, but this last couple weeks have been to intense for me to roll over on houston overnight.

Before you grab your rotten tomatoes please here me out…

I love the Lakers and want to see Kobe win as many championships as Jordan.

Had Portland made it to the second round, my loyalty would have stayed with Rip City.

Because Celtics aren’t going to win. I was on the plane to Las Vegas when the final game ended last year and made the word ‘CELTICS’ out of the pretzels the flight attendant lady gave me cos I was so happy. Fun time. Also, I don’t want LeBron and his Chosen 1 tattoo to win because he is inhumanly good.

for Houston as they beat us and therefore would make our loss seem better, then for the Celtics since I hate Garnett so much and it would mean he isn’t that great (very unlikely though…) and then always for the oldest team to make room for our Blazers because if the Cavs start winning now, it’ll be even harder in the future for Portland…

Then if I wasn’t such a Blazers fundamentialist, my favourite team would be the Hawks, I really like them.

If anyone is going to beat the Blazers, here’s hoping it’s the NBA champs.

… So I am now reluctantly rooting for Denver.

Yao needs a title to solidify his HoF status. Love Battier, AB, and Scola. Quality ppl with a nice coach.

Plus you can say ‘Hey, we lost to the Champs!’. Probable? No. :(.

I’ll be taking Cleveland over the La*ers in the Finals.

the 2009 NBA Finals.

Obviously, I don’t want the Cavaliers to win it all this season.

If I had my choice, though, then I’d recast my vote for the Dallas Mavericks. That core team of players there got screwed over in 2006, Jason Kidd deserves to go out on a high note, Mark Cuban is an owner who I respect greatly for his intense passion, and Jerry Stackhouse’s salary for next season would hilariously become fully guaranteed if the Mavericks bring the trophy home to Dallas.

Yeah, I’m now on the Mavericks bandwagon.

I really, really just want whoever plays the L@kers to beat them. Assuming they are out of the mix, I would root for Houston. I like the Mavs as well, but not a big fan of the Nuggets. East side…I really don’t care that much.

AGAIN!

IMO it would be kind of nice to say we lost in the first round to the team that won the championship. doubt that will actually happen tho.

or is it disturbing that there’s 5% here want to see L*kers win?
I vote for the Cavs, because Lebron deserves a ring

Now I don’t feel so bad about giving away game 1 at the RG. Houston is good.