Sam Smith: Predicting the NBA season’s busts and bust outs

Bust Outs:

Joakim Noah: Chicago’s own is healthy and in shape for the first time in his career and we tend to forget the guy was a heck of a competitor in college. He should be a double-double guy if he can only stay out of foul trouble.

Busts:

Shaq: I know he’s there for the playoffs and Dwight Howard. But their system is so defensive oriented and Shaq is anything but. I see LeBron deferring to the perimeter too much and Cleveland easier to handle in the regular season.

Tyson Chandler: Poor Tyson loses Chris Paul and good guy Byron Scott for Scott Skiles-esque Larry Brown and shooting point guards. Too bad. It’s back to this good guy’s worse days with the Bulls.