Editor’s Note: Today jamjam365 brings you the second edition of the Stacheketball NBA Playoff Predictions for 2010. Those at the top of the heap are easy to predict, rather, we’re looking at the contentious positions here: the final four seats at the table. We present to you the last four teams who will make the Eastern Conference playoffs and the four who will miss out — accompanied by a fine dose of themed ’80s music! You can check out the Western Conference predictions here.

Best in the East : Last Four In

Milwaukee Bucks (Waylon/Brandon Jennings “Trouble Man”, Highwayman Tour edition)

Thanks to the Salmons trade with the Bulls, they now have a finisher in the paint besides the rookie Jennings. They will be a threat for an older, slower team (don’t pretend you’re not listening, Boston)

Toronto Raptors (From the Great White North, the Bob & Doug & Hedo and Demar mix)

With Turkoglu and a now-veteran Bosh, expect these guys to “Take Off” if the shooting holds up.

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Kevin Garnett: Wilt Chamberlain was like an Angel. KG has been sold to us as an old soul. From the first day he joined the league, we have seen him being praised by the older players for his work ethic and respect for the games history.

This is what they were talking about. Both videos below talk about the first time Kevin Garnett met Wilt Chamberlain on one special night in Cleveland. KG said that meeting “The Big Dipper” was like seeing an Angel. KG was star struck, He had no idea what to say. I am actually surprised they had not met before because KG played Wilt in the HBO movie rebound in 1996.

As a side note, this furthers my point that KG was devestated last year when Bill Russell told Duncan that Duncan was his favorite player. Garnett is wearing Celtic green every night and Russell is falling in love with Duncan? That had to hurt, especially when you see how much KG respected Wilt. I am sure it was the same way with Russell.

If you haven’t done so already, you really need to check out our NBA Mustache Hall Of Fame, chronicling the finest in follicles growing on the upper-lips of NBA players over the decades. If you know of a deserved entrant to the HOF  please email us the tip @ Stacheketball-at-gmail.com.

Today’s NBA mustache is a special one. Very special. Wilt ‘the Stilt’ Chamberlain sported one of the finest mos the NBA has ever seen and he wore it with style. Not only that, he had the game to back up the mane.

Wilt was arguably the greatest player to play the game — a debate that would be ably entered into by ‘His Airness’, Michael Jordan, but nonetheless, a debate. Chamberlain put up some gaudy statistics in his career. Perhaps none was more outrageous than the game on March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, when Wilt scored 100 points — a record that is unlikely to be bettered.

Yesterday we celebrated the anniversary of that fine achievement — an achievement second only in magnitude to the number of women he claimed to have bedded during his life. In respect of the great man, we present two fantastic photos of Wilt Chamberlain from the Sports Illustrated Vault of rare images. Note the impressive growth on his upper lip in both.

Wilt starred in the 1984 movie “Conan the Destroyer” opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Photographed by: Dirck Halstead/Getty Images)

Wilt laid back, with his mind on his money and his money on his mind.
(Photographed by: Tony Triolo/SI)

Peruse the entire collection of 20 rare Wilt Chamberlain photographs at the SI Vault. And don’t forget to check out our NBA Mustache Hall Of Fame to which Wilt will be added.

Andre Iguodala Invents New Ways of Wasting Time! Video. Some people, like Larry Bird, shot 300 Free Throws, or more, every day. Instead of doing that, Andre Iguodala has perfected this little shot. I am sure it will become useful during a game.