NBA.com confuses me

So, I've been looking around at various rankings, and to be honest, I shouldn't be so surprised that EA Sports predictions based on a simulation run on NBA Live 2009 or something comes up with weird stuff. Power rankings are fickle things, but seriously, some of these are absurd. Granted, maybe I'm somewhat biased with my own opinions but still... I think the best way we can look at this is to throw up a couple and see what's going on:

Eastern Conference:

	My Picks	EPSN's John Hollinger's Team Forecasts	EA Sports Season Simulation via NBA.com
1	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
2	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
3	Orlando Magic	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
4	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
5	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers*	Cleveland Cavaliers
6	Cleveland Cavaliers	Toronto Raptors*	Orlando Magic
7	Washington Wizards	Indiana Pacers	Toronto Raptors
8	Miami Heat	Charlotte Bobcats	Charlotte Bobcats
9	Miwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat*	Milwaukee Bucks
10	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls*	New Jersey Nets
11	Charlotte Bobcats	Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers
12	Chicago Bulls	Miwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
13	Indiana Pacers	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
14	New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
15	New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets	Indiana Pacers

* tied for the higher seed

Western Conference:

	My Picks	EPSN's John Hollinger's Team Forecasts	EA Sports Season Simulation via NBA.com
1	LA Lakers	Utah Jazz	LA Lakers
2	New Orleans Hornets	LA Lakers	Houston Rockets
3	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
4	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Hornets	New Orleans Hornets
5	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets*
6	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns*	San Antonio Spurs*
7	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks*	LA Clippers
8	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
9	LA Clippers	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
10	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
11	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
12	Golden State Warriors	LA Clippers	Memphis Grizzlies
13	Sacramento Kings	Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings
14	Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings	Minnesota Timberwolves
15	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City Thunder

*tied for the higher seed

So far we agree on two major things, all of us, and that is, Detroit will do well, and OKC is going to suck. I don't know, but I don't see how EA managed to pull Miami, Chicago, Dallas, and Denver to do so well. Seriously. The Jazz and the 76ers not making playoffs this year? I really don't know what they use to figure this out, but all I have to say, is that I hope Tony Parker breaks the curse.