The Cleveland Cavaliers are easily one of the top 10 teams in the league this season. They may even be in the top 5.

  After enjoying New Year’s Day off, the NBA is coming back with full force tonight, providing 15 high quality games, including the Bulls versus Cleveland Cavaliers matchup. It seems like an easy prediction (Cavs of course) considering that the Cavaliers have only lost 5 games this season, not once at home. As the last team to still hold an undefeated record while playing at home, the Cavs have all the motivation they need

  While the Lakers stopping the Celtics winning streak at 19 seems like the biggest NBA story right now, the matchup between the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat holds much more excitement. This Friday night matchup will feature the top two 08 draft picks , with Derrick Rose (1) playing for the Bulls and Michael Beasley (2) on the Heat. This will be a good demonstration (though not really, since Rose has proven himself) as to whether or not John Paxson made the right choice for the Bulls.

  A few games back, the Celtics were trying to win their record setting 13th game in a row. Now, they’re just enjoying the ride.

  The first set of All Star ballots has been returned and it’s not surprising to see LeBron and Kobe at the top of their respective conferences. Along with Lebron, Dwight Howard of the Orland Magic is atop of the polls. In fact, he is leading the entire ballot so far with 775,933 votes overall

  For the first time in over twenty years, the Boston Celtics could win 11 games straight. Standing in their way is the streaking Portland Trail Blazers

  Sure it’s early in the season.

Brian Spaeth, the evil genius behind the basketball blog of yesteryear, YAYSports!, has a new blog . He also still has a profound lifelong affection for the Cleveland Cavaliers. I’m quite certain he does not speak for Cleveland fans in general.

  Even though the Utah Jazz is riddled with injuries this early into the season, they have still posted a 9-5 overall record, with a perfect 6-0 record at home.

After trading for Jason Kidd, Mark Cuban wrote a fairly lengthy explanation of the trade on his blog. A New Jersey fan dissects it in hindsight, point by point.