have to say, if this is how it actually played out I'd be:
A) stunned both the C's and Mavs made the playoffs since I see them both the lottery.
i don't get why you would be stunned to see the Celtics make the playoffs.
They made the playoffs last year, and with the exception of the Bucks (who were above the Celtics) and the Heat nobody else in the East has really made substantial improvements.
I see absolutely no reason why the Celtics would fail to make the playoffs. I don't see any more than about 6 teams in the East who are obviously better than the Celtics right now.
C) stunned the Nets ended up as high as the 7th pick.
They are a team filled with one borderline star (Lopez), one good starter (Young), one decent starter (Johnson), one borderline starter (Jack) and about 11 D-League equivalents.
If they don't fall in the bottom 7 I'll be pretty surprised.