The second feature that you should look at is accessibility to your nose. While mask is on, try to pinch your nose. By pinching your nose we mean that both your nostrils can be closed. This is essential if you are scuba diving as you need to pinch your nose to equalize air pressure as you are descending deep into waters.

If you have difficulties pinching your nose or can not even reach your nose at all, that mask will not work for you.

Another thing to look for but may not be as important is visibility. You should have adequate peripheral vision and not tunnel vision with mask. A good method of checking your peripheral vision is following:

With your mask on, point your arm straight out in front of you with palm of your hands together as if you’re about to diving into a swimming pool. At this point you should see your hands.

Next, while looking straight ahead, slowly open your hands and arms apart moving them away from each other. Keep going until you no longer see hands and arms. That angle in which you can no longer see your arms is angle of peripheral vision.

A good range is between 100 degrees and up. Normally your peripheral vision without mask is close to 180 degrees.

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Looking forward though, none of that matters as both players go into this season surround by a new starting 4.

Shaquille and Miami aside, next biggest story will be how 5 of 8 playoff teams from East may be below .500. We expect quality basketball to be hard to come by in East. Your two other top teams will be Detroit and Indiana. We expect Isiah Thomas to make things interesting in New York, Lebron James to make highlight reels in Cleveland, and Toronto to be Charlotte’s 2nd rival (after New Orleans) as they will be battling to stay out of cellar.

The Sun may set in West, but we feel that this team is on rise, and ready to take next step forward. The Kings, Timberwolves, Lakers and Spurs will be hard pressed to keep them out of top 4 this year. With possible exception of Seattle, every team should be fun to watch this year.

Here are our predictions for final standing this season

Eastern Conference

Atlantic

Boston Celtics New York Knicks Philadelphia 76ers New Jersey Nets Toronto Raptors

Central

Detroit Pistons Indiana Pacers Milwaukee Bucks Cleveland Caveliers Chicago Bulls

Southeast

Miami Heat Orlando Magic Washington Wizards Atlanta Hawks Charlotte Bobcats

Western Conference

Southwest

San Antonio Spurs Houston Rockets Memphis Grizzlies Dallas Mavericks New Orleans Hornets

Northwest

Denver Nuggets Minnesota Timberwolves Utah Jazz Portland Trailblazers Seattle Supersonics

Pacific

Phoenix Suns Sacromento Kings Los Angelos Lakers Golden State Warriors Las Angelos Clippers