No division in basketball is deeper than the Southwest. The Hornets, Rockets, Mavericks and Spurs all made the postseason in 2008 and have the personnel to do it again this season.

Mo Williams just barely outperformed the first year of his new contract, but he gives Cleveland\'s offense a few more teeth.

Read a mainstream media account about the Wizards, and you would think they were a significantly improved defensive team. The numbers tell a very different story.