1. Celtics
2. Cavaliers
3. Magic
4. 76ers
5. Wizards
6. Pistons - "Logic says they should be ranked higher, since they suffered no significant losses (other than coach Flip Saunders) from a team that won 59 games last season. But even president Joe Dumars seemed to think this present group had run its course at the end of last season and needed some new blood. Kwame Brown isn't likely to light a fire under anybody. And how will all those Pistons vets react to hearing their names in trade talks all summer? Unless Dumars has something else up his sleeve, the Pistons just seem like a team headed for a decline."
7. Raptors
8. Pacers
9. Hawks
10. Bobcats
11. Heat
12. Bucks
13. Bulls
14. Nets
15. Knicks

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writ...ings/index.html

I think Pistons are top 5 they should be ahead of the 76ERS and Wizards just my opinion.

I understand the 76ers being up there w/ the Elton Brand acquisition, but I don't see how Orlando and Washington leapfrogged us.

I'd put the Pistons at #4