This is not a prediction, because I don't have that much faith in the feeling, more of just a "feeling" that the Denver Nuggets will be one of the top two in the west, probably losing to the Spurs. Denver stayed the course pretty much with their personnel from last year, and another season together will make them stronger (kind of going against the "adding people to make the team stronger" sentiment.
In the east I do think that LeBron and Shaq will play well together, but they will have to, given the other problems the Cavs have. The Celtics should make it to the finals and bring another banner to Boston.