NBA Insider Amin Elhassan defends why he thinks the Miami Heat will win the Eastern Conference this season and not the Cleveland Cavaliers. (1:01)

We start every season with expert predictions. Media outlets, as well as various Las Vegas sportsbooks, post their projections of who'll be MVP, which teams will capture division crowns and, of course, who will represent the conferences in the Finals. If you haven't already seen ESPN's projections for who will win the East, here's a gander:

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That's right, yours truly is the lone outlier, picking the Miami Heat to represent the East.