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The Eastern Conference Elite

Aug. 5, 2010

With LeBron James and Chris Bosh joining Dwyane Wade in South Beach, a pair of O’Neal’s relocating to Beantown, former Salt Lake City heroes moving to The Windy City, Joe Johnson staying in Hotlanta and the Orlando Magic returning their biggest stars, the Eastern Conference will be extremely exciting in 2010-11.

Take a look at the projected opening night positional matchups for each of the five elite teams in the conference as of Aug. 5.



POS
MAGIC
HEAT
CELTICS
BULLS
HAWKS
PG
Jameer Nelson

Mario Chalmers

Rajon Rondo

Derrick Rose

Mike Bibby
SG
Vince Carter

Dwyane Wade

Ray Allen

Kyle Korver

Joe Johnson
SF
Quentin Richardson

LeBron James

Paul Pierce

Luol Deng

Marvin Williams
PF
Rashard Lewis

Chris Bosh

Kevin Garnett

Carlos Boozer

Josh Smith
C
Dwight Howard

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Jermaine O'Neal

Joakim Noah

Al Horford