alrighty, time for some PO/PD predictions:
PO's
Big 8
Angels vs Tool Belgium
Tool has sold quite 2 key players to his squad and is in rebuilding mode. Angels on the other hand have been battling one injury after the other on their starters. First Bari went down. Bari was yet to be cleared for a game, or Marichal had to be sent to the infirmary. And Marichal wasn't on the court yet, or Vanhaewaert went down (he'll be missing the entire postseason). Yesterday's game gave the latest scare for the Angels when Ottevaere had to be carried off on a stretcher, but other than some bruises, he seems fine. If the Angels can finally leave their injury problems behind them, then they could be a force to be reckoned with. 66% of the managers who voted have picked the Angels as their conference winners, so they'll be the team to beat while playing in their conference. Many questions remain unsolved. Where will their latest addition, Karmanas, end up playing? Angels already had a 6 man strong rotation, now they've got 7 strong players with 3 addition Bench players. That means they are 10 guy's deep. How will the coach play? He's got studs to play an outside game, but with the addition of Karmanas, the Angels can really get some large rotation going up front... With Marichal as the new Franchise player, will the Angels be able to live up to the expectations placed on them at the beginning of the season? only time can tell.
Falco Gent vs Beerschot Bears
Coach Steven has dug himself a hole here. 4 of his 5 starters all have played 48 minutes and have yet to get any PO action. That means that they'll have to train GS for sure and training GS is no miracle solution... Never the less, they face Beerschot Bears, who just sold of their PG ( weird timing...) Falco has changed from being an inside team to an outside team. But falco's biggest problem is it's rotation. they've got no bench, and that could be their greatest weakness. Still Falco have ulrap who's a player that should be reckoned with. He would be very close to making the NT if he were a Belgian player, so that say's enough. His starting line up is one very few teams can hope to match up with, but the question is, what will happen if a player gets into foultrouble... Beerschot Bears shouldn't count themselves out just yet, and the fact that Falco has played to many minutes on his starters could force him to take some risks against Beerschot Bears. Falco has to play PO Normal if they want to try and overpower the Angels on their own court, who will most likely make it to the conference finales. And Beerschot Bears has the reputation of being a pesky opponent, so this should be a pretty interesting game. Bears are strong on the inside, something which Falco isn't. Falco's strong on the outside and has to take some risks. So all in all, this should be a very interesting game.