Bye Week Buckets: Prospectin'

The Cavs have owned the Lakers this season.  The Magic too.  Is anyone really concerned about the Celtics or Hawks?  These Denver Nuggets on the other hand are really really good.  With the Lakers looking to have lost a certain edge after last year's title run, these Nuggets look like the team to beat in the West.  If they come in to the Q on February 18th to sweep the season series from the Cavs, won't they be the team to beat in the NBA?  Did you see what they did to the Lakers last night, in L.A.?  Did you see that they were playing without Carmelo Anthony?  Do you know that Denver is 2-0 against L.A. this season, having won the two games by a combined total of 39 points? Anthony is playing the best basketball of his career.  Then, so is LeBron of course, and Carmelo, while great, is no LeBron.  Nobody is.  But Nene, Kenyon Martin, and the Birdman seem to be more than a decent match-up for Shaq, Andy and Z, and it'...