These are exciting times. NBA season is building up and so is the feverish pitch among anticipating audiences. The mood and atmosphere is simply electrifying. It's a time to take stock and find out which team is going to brave the NBA heat better than others. There are quite a few teams with a decent chance to win the upcoming season.

There are 6 to 7 teams who may eventually make it towards the goal. There are at least 3 dozen players who you would like to watch even.

Those who think that they know all about NBA would impulsively pick Lakers. They have the services of Andrew Bynum. Paul Gasol is no small engine either. Their match against the Celtics was a little peeving and it bothered the hell out of most of their fans and lobbyists. Not only was the sheen and vitality missing in their plot, even the Lakers? character was completely haywire. Lot of mispasses and unsynchronized play was enough to raise seeds of doubts in the minds of even the most earnest fans.

The problem is that the team cannot reunite around Kobe. He is too talented but at the same time, trifle selfish with his moves. It could still be tolerable with Shaquille around. Now the issue has taken ridiculous dimensions. Let's take a look at another team ? the San Antonio Spurs.

Spurs fill us with hope. They have been unyielding since the last century. They have that right kind of Prometheus? touch. They are old, caged, and craggy but one can be sure they would come out hard. But age is no criteria to outcast a team. One can only patiently wait to see the outcome.

Manu Ginobili should be fighting fit by the time the season gets round the corner. Agreed that their show was below-par in their loss against the Lakers this conference final, they had put up a resilient display against the touted Hornets; and this was despite a m'lange of injuries. Spurs belong to the league every bit and we can ubiquitously root for them just one more time.

Detroit cannot be singled out with a greater chance than others but well they really belong. They are an all-muscle team with right kind of defensive strategies. No player is greater than another and the team gels as a unit. Pistons play old school football. It does not win them applauds but do enough to win them championships.

We have lost the magic of the Michael Jordan's and Shaquille O? Neal's and perhaps it is quite difficult to reproduce those once in a blue moon players but plenty of teams have the right kind of talent to bring to this great carnival. Here is hoping that the show is not a party pooper.