Well, it's officially basketball season. The NBA's Halloween opening night doubleheader is now underway, and the Cavs get things started tomorrow night at The Q against the Wizards. Papa Cass finishes off his NBA Preview, with this, his look at the Western Conference.

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It's been since the Indians teams of the mid to late nineties that any Cleveland team has started a season amid as much hype as this years Cavaliers team. The Cavs are a sexy pick amongst national media types to represent the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals, and have the best player in all of basketball. With the start of their season just two days away, I make my argument that this will be a much improved Cavaliers team despite no major personnel changes this off-season.

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The NBA season tips off Tuesday night as the Bulls/Heat and Suns/Lakers take the hardcourt for the opening night TNT doubleheader. Papa Cass is here with his NBA preview, tonight taking a look at the Eastern Conference. Heat, Cavs, Bulls, Pistons, Nets ... who does Cassano like in the loaded East this year? His Western Conference preview will post tomorrow night.

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Hands down, John Hnat is one of my favorite writers ... and I'm excited to have him back in the fold with this piece. In it, John makes a good point: the Cavs won 50 games last season despite the fact that almost everything that could have gone wrong, did. In his '06-'07 Cavs preview piece, Hnat is optimistic about the season ahead of us. And unlike the misguided optimism some of us (cough ... me) had about the Browns, this is realistic optimism.

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