In unrelated news to Memphis' name change, I just posted my vote for Philly. I went through and read a few of the breakdowns but not the full 7 pages of posts. sorry.
here's my reasoning:
-- Baron Davis and Carmelo Anthony are players who can take over a game and win it, repeatedly.
-- I love KG as much as anyone on this board, but I think it's clear that he's at his absolute best when he has 1 dominant and 1 very good offensive player taking the load off him so he can be MONSTER KG (Pierce & Allen; Cassell & Spreewell). I cannot put Andre Miller and Ron Artest in that category anymore. Maybe 2 years ago they could squeak by, but they've each lost 1/2 a step.
-- Z is not the player he once was. I think by the end of the year, he and Bynum will be close to passing each other in the opposite directions (bynum improivng, Z declining).
both teams did a great job building the 2nd and 3rd best teams in the East

--- congrats to both Kwhit10 and Rondo2278.
Philly in 7