1. San Antonio - Getting Jefferson, Dice, Blair while shedding the dead weight makes for a good challenge in the west
2a. Boston - getting Sheed is huge, adding marquis daniels was also a signifigant upgrade off the bench from Tony Allen. If they also retain big baby they could possibly go 10 deep which will really take the miles off the older starters during the season, leaving them fresh for the playoffs.
2b. Orlando- losing hedo really wont hurt with the replacement of carter, as his role in the offense would of been diminished with VC in the lineup if he had been resigned. keeping gortat, who will be either a big contributor off the bench or one hell of a trade piece come deadline time, while adding a young Brandon Bass, a young Ryan Anderson, a veteran in Matt Barnes and possibly a solid young backup PG in CJ Watson (offer sheet has not been signed yet.) the magic IMO have had a helluva good offseason. I like most of the moves because not only did they bring in solid players, but young ones that can still improve there games while also fitting into stan vans system.
3. Cavs - I liked the anthony parker signing, gives another shooter in the lineup with lebron and shaq, I however did not like the jamario moon signing, saw him play alot in miami and he disappears all too often, but the cavs seem to think he can be the defender off the bench, so we'll see what happens with that. Shaq is an obvious upgrade at center , itll be interesting to see how lebrons game changes this year with shaq being down on the block it may limit his drive opportunities, but most likely, the adjustment period will be fast and the two will play well together, I can see alot of lebron dunks off of shaq passes from the post this season. For the cavs to win the east IMO they have to get a power forward who can shoot the mid range J, resigning andy to that amount of money IMO was the worst offseason move of the year, and if they could get a 4 that can play along shaq and hit the J (ala haslem/Horace Grant) then the team can be deadly, obvious top 3 east team, dont know if they will beat orlando or boston this season without another piece.
LA- will move to spot 1 if they resign lamar odom.