As you probably don’t recall, before this NBA Season started we paid 4 experts an exorbitant amount of money to offer their predictions for the season. Those 4 experts were myself, the Burnside Writers Collective’s Jon Adams, Chad Gibbs (of Two Majors fame), and my then 4-year old son, Parker.

Now that the playoff teams have been set, I thought this would be a good time to look back at our predictions to see who’s in the best shape.

Here’s your Playoff Teams, followed by our predictions:

The East: BOS, DET, ORL, CLE, WAS, TOR, PHI, ATL

Bryan – [6 of 8] CHI, DET, BOS, WAS, ORL, CLE, NJ, TOR
Jon – [5 of 8] CHI, TOR, BOS, CLE, WAS, MIA, DET, NJ
Chad – [3 of 8] BOS, DET, MIA, CHI, NJ, IND, CHA, ATL
Parker – [2 of 8] NJ, NYK, MIL, MIA, IND, DET, CHI, BOS

The West: LAL, NO, SA, UTA, HOU, PHX, DAL, DEN

Bryan – [7 of 8] HOU, SA, DAL, DEN, UTA, PHX, POR, N.O.
Jon – [7 of 8] SA, DAL, PHX, HOU, DEN, UTA, GS, LAL
Chad – [7 of 8] PHX, UTA, NO, DAL, DEN, LAC, HOU, SA
Parker – [4 of 8] POR, HOU, PHX, DEN, MEM, MIN, SA, SAC

I’ve got the edge right now with 13 of 16 playoff teams chosen correctly. Jon had 12, Chad had 10, and Parker only 6 of 16 correctly. He will be grounded for a week.

By the way, these were our Finals picks:

Bryan – Phoenix over Boston
Jon – Boston over Dallas
Chad – Phoenix over Boston
Parker – Chicago over Phoenix

I’d say Jon is in the best shape right now. If I had a redo, I’d probably take Boston over San Antonio in the Finals (or maybe Detroit over the Lakers). I do think the East will win, unless LeBron somehow gets the Cavs back to the Finals. (FYI…Boston went 25-5 against the “mighty” West this year.)

We’ll revisit this again when the NBA Finals are over. So…see you again in a few months.