Play-off Projection - Part II

The impact of latest trades make the play-off projection slightly more interesting.

Cavaliers' multi-players trade has drawn the most attention. John Hollinger and Chris Broussard of ESPN analyses it as an upgrade in long-range shooting and adding toughness to the team. The consensus is that this new Cavs is good enough to challenge the Conference champs spot. I still have doubt about their new roster match-up against to say the Pistons, and how quickly they can settle their rotation with less than 30 games before play-off. The Celtics will face them on Feb.27.

While this new Cavs does reinforce my previous prediction for the No.3 seed, they will not be able to overtake either the Celtics nor the Pistons.

Jack McCallum, the Sports journalist, predicts that the Pistons will eventually overtake the Celtics, with a more favorable schedule on the road. With only 3 games ahead and Kevin Garnett still not in good shape, I share this with concern.