Statistically, in terms of performance and record, it places the Nuggets as the 4th most likely team to win the championship. And at least his view is more objective than some of those knucklenhead power polls that place the nuggets behind teams like philadelphia, memphis, portland and bullets (ok, just joking about the bullets). At least no one has us behind the Nicked any more

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=playoffpredictor-081119