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[QUOTE=Chamberlain]
The Nets are definitely a mystery of a team, but with health....
snip
They aren't the deepest team, but if they could add another 3 point threat to their bench, I think they're in a pretty favourable position going forward.[/QUOTE]
This +1
I think they are too good to miss the playoffs - I think this team will need time to gel - find floor space for each other - determine where those open looks are.
Mostly vets so 20 games will do it... but i wont be surprised by a few bone head losses to Raptors Cavs etc.
I think Dwil is fine although there are hints of dwightmare in his should I stay or go....Joe does take DEFENCE breathers second half.... but he has more if older talent to snap him out of it.
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Bump
1. Miami
2. Boston
3. Indianapolis
4. Philly
5. Chicago
6. Brooklyn
7. NY Knicks
8. Atlanta
9. Toronto
10. Washington
11.Milwaukee
12.Detroit
13.Cleveland
14 Charlotte
15.Orlando
Have to rejig before season starts - John Wall gone for 2 months.
Toronto projected to be 9th in conference with 29 - 35 wins missing the playoffs and given Houston our pick
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I should've made this post around the end of September instead. I'm pretty sure when I originally made my predictions I was unaware of the Bynum trade.
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I'm feeling a lil sketchy about my picks too. I put Chicago in the 5th spot, not feeling to confident about that. I can see them finishing much lower. Maybe even missing the playoffs.
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No need for a new thread - just a date time stamp.
Last official posting should be i.e. September 29 at 12:00 noon - or something like that.
Walls injury is my bugaboo - but other than that I am reasonably confident.
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Bump...
Post your last standings projections before game 1
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Jfoxtail final
1. Miami
2. Boston
3. Indianapolis
4. Philly
5. Brooklyn
6. Chicago
7. NY Knicks
8. Detroit
9. Atlanta
10. Toronto
11. Washington
12. Milwaukee
13.Cleveland
14 Charlotte
15.Orlando
Having seen the energy Detroit is bringing I am giving them the 8th and final. They also get more in division games verses Cavs, Bucks, and could shock the Bulls early on i.e. before DRose comes back.
Washington was my preseason dark horse - and I still think the team has an upset role to play but it depends on when JWall comes back and how healthy.
9 - 10 - 11 - 12 could all be separated by 1 game. Toronto suffers more than most playing more in division games head to head verses 76'er, Nets, Knicks, and Celtics.
Toronto 38 wins !
Last call before season starts
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1. Miami
2. Boston
3. Indiana
4. Philly
5. Chicago
6. Brooklyn
7. NY
8. Atlanta
9. Toronto
10. Milwaukee
11. Cleveland
12. Detroit
13. Washington
14. Charlotte
15. Orlando
Damn east Sucks :D
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1. Miami
2. Indiana
3. Boston
4. Brooklyn
5. New York
6. Philadelphia
7. Chicago
8. Atlanta
9. Milwaukee
10. Washington
11. Detroit
12. Toronto
13. Cleveland
14. Orlando
15. Charlotte
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1. Miami
2. Boston
3. Indiana
4. NJ Nets
5. Philly
6. Toronto
7. Chicago
8. New York
9. Atlanta
10 Bucks
11. Washington
12. Detroit
13. Cleveland
14. Orlando
15. Charlotte
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Who are these NJ Nets you speak of?
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Bump:
3 things playing out [B]very early[/B] that may upset the list.
1) Bynum not playing and even when he does - will take time to gain chemistry with the 76ers. I am pretty sure they will be there soon when he is in the line up tho...
2) Danny Granger now out for 3 months in Indy. Yikes they need him a lot on that team. They may platoon to cover or trade but Indy will have some challenging times.
3) The Knicks are better than advertised without Amare. But it is early and the strife circus has yet to set in and Amare will be back. That actually may be one and the same observation.
3 things playing out as expected....
1) Your Toronto Raptors....
2) Nets are improved. JJ in Brooklyn adds to the whole team. Lopez seems to be a beneficiary as he has room to score and rebound.
3) Miami....
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It's still very early.. But for my own list I think the only one that has been significantly impacted thus far has been my prediction of Indy because of the Granger injury. Everything else looks to play out somewhat close to how I expected it.
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Bump early days...
We had discussions on Toronto and their relative position vis a vis Washington, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Atlanta. Teams at the "bubble 9th" that might be competative... I posted a summary from Bleecher report.
Well....
My Washington dark horse looks really bad as a prediction at 0 -7. Unless John Walll really does mean that much to the team when back, Okafur and Ariza were wasted trades. These guys seem in coast mode till Wall is in the lineup.
Detroit has 1 win albiet in a tough schedule to start the season. Looking at how close some of the losses are and the energy of the team - look for the Pistons to grab a few wins - perhaps starting with the Raptors ? Brandon Knoight has to find his shot and progression.
Bucks - better than predicted.
Hawks - meshing well.
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[QUOTE=Jballer]
1. Miami
2. Boston
3. Indianapolis
4. Philly
5. Brooklyn
6. Chicago
7. NY Knicks
8. Detroit
9. Atlanta
10. Toronto
11. Washington
12. Milwaukee
13.Cleveland
14 Charlotte
15.Orlando
[/QUOTE]
1. Heat 18 6 .750 0.5 8-3 3-1 13-2 5-4 Won 4
2. Knicks 20 7 .741 0.0 13-3 4-1 12-2 8-5 Won 1
3. Hawks 16 9 .640 3.0 10-4 8-2 9-5 7-4 Won 1
4. Bulls 15 11 .577 4.5 11-4 4-2 8-6 7-5 Lost 1
5. Pacers 16 12 .571 4.5 8-6 4-2 8-3 8-9 Won 3
6. Nets 14 12 .538 5.5 11-6 6-2 9-6 5-6 Won 1
7. Bucks 14 12 .538 5.5 12-6 5-2 7-6 7-6 Lost 1
8. Celtics 13 13 .500 6.5 8-10 2-4 9-5 4-8 Lost 1
9. 76ers 13 15 .464 7.5 8-10 4-4 9-7 4-8 Lost 1
10. Magic 12 15 .444 8.0 5-10 2-2 7-7 5-8 Lost 2
11. Raptors 9 19 .321 11.5 5-8 0-5 7-5 2-14 Won 5
12. Pistons 9 21 .300 12.5 7-8 2-2 6-8 3-13 Won 2
13. Bobcats 7 20 .259 13.0 5-7 2-4 5-10 2-10 Lost 15
14. Cavaliers 6 23 .207 15.0 4-15 1-8 3-9 3-14 Won 1
15. Wizards 3 22 .120 16.0 1-16 1-7 2-10 1-12 Lost 7
Christmas Season check point... approx 33% of season done.
Clearly my expectations of the Wizard/Pistons dont look good now. Be interested to see what difference Wall will make.
NYKnicks more consistent than I thought (I hate the Knicks and always seem to mis judege them). Buck surprising me as well though I did note in thread that the Bucks team looked at least as good as Raptors pre-season.
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January 21
1) Heat 26 12 .684 0.0 11-7 6-1 16-3 10-9 Won 2
2) Knicks 25 13 .658 1.0 15-6 4-2 14-5 10-8 Won 2
3) Pacers 25 16 .610 2.5 14-10 5-2 16-3 9-13 Won 1
4) Nets 24 16 .600 3.0 18-9 8-3 16-7 8-9 Won 1
5) Bulls 23 16 .590 3.5 19-6 5-3 11-11 12-5 Lost 1
6) Hawks 22 18 .550 5.0 14-10 8-3 13-7 9-11 Lost 2
7) Bucks 21 18 .538 5.5 16-9 6-5 10-9 11-9 Won 2
8) Celtics 20 20 .500 7.0 13-12 4-4 13-8 7-12 Lost 3
9) 76ers 17 23 .425 10.0 9-12 5-6 11-9 6-14 Won 1
10) Pistons 15 25 .375 12.0 12-11 4-2 11-10 4-14 Won 1
11) Raptors 15 26 .366 12.5 8-12 1-7 11-9 4-17 Won 1
12) Magic 14 26 .350 13.0 6-17 2-6 8-14 6-12 Lost 2
13) Bobcats 10 30 .250 17.0 8-14 3-5 5-16 5-14 Lost 1
14) Cavaliers 10 32 .238 18.0 7-18 1-9 4-12 6-20 Lost 1
15) Wizards 8 30 .211 18.0 4-21 4-8 6-13 2-17 Lost
Notes:
Here comes the Pistons.
Where are the real Celtics?
Will Philly turn it around? Schedule says they have a sopt to improve.
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1. Miami
2. Boston
3. Indiana
4. BK Nets
5. NY Knicks
6. Philly
7. Chicago
8. Milwaukee
9. Atlanta
10. Toronto
11. Washington
12. Detroit
13. Orlando
14. Cleveland
15. Charlotte
These were my predictions.
So far 7/8 teams I predicted to make the playoffs are in. BUT, I never adjusted my post-Bynum trade predictions so oh well. I'll have to live with that one.
Also I probably reached a little by putting Boston as a 2nd seed just based on what we saw in last years playoffs and what impact I thought adding Terry/Lee and getting back Jeff Green and Avery Bradley was gonna have. But I still don't expect them to stay an 8th seed. I expect them to finish maybe 4 or 5 when it's all said and done.
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My final picks in red two posts above.
I think we are all "out" on Celtics - some of us out on Philly.
Celtics will probably make a player move near deadline and I fully expect them to climb the charts.
76ers are different. Even if Bynum comes back the whole offense will change around Bynum and they may not climb. A soft schedule will help Drue Evans et al more in the immediate term.
I was sadly mistaken on my Wizards darkhorse team preseason but I adjusted after I heard Wall was out extended. Doesnt look like even if Wall this team is as functional as supposed.
Pistons starting to perform as I expected.
Knicks / Bulls / Nets seem to be "where most" expected. Atlanta still competative.
Bucks I think are the big team everyone had wrong. I posted a bleecher report blurb indicating how good they were but still underestimated them. Further though they may not be able to sustain their position given turmoil.
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I don't fall into the everyone category though. I predicted them an an 8th seed and theyre in 7th right now.
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[QUOTE=lilbeastnani]1. Miami
2. Indy
3. Boston
4. Philly
5. NYK
6. Brooklyn
7. Atlanta
8. Chicago
9. Toronto
10. Washington
11. Milwaukee
12. Detroit
13. Cleveland
14. Charlotte
15. Orlando[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I potentially underestimated Milwaukee by putting them in that 11th seed. And I put Philly in 4th I believe assuming they still had Andre Igoudala and no Bynum. I can't really say they're underachieving, because they pretty much lost their best player for nothing and don't even know if the guy who was supposed to play for him is ever gonna suit up for them.
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[QUOTE=Jballer]
Jfoxtail final
1. Miami
2. Boston
3. Indianapolis
4. Philly
5. Brooklyn
6. Chicago
7. NY Knicks
8. Detroit
9. Atlanta
10. Toronto
11. Washington
12. Milwaukee
13.Cleveland
14 Charlotte
15.Orlando
[/QUOTE]
Standings todate Feb 13
1) Heat 35 14 .714 0.0 16-9 7-1 23-3 12-11 Won 6
2) Knicks 32 17 .653 3.0 20-9 5-4 19-7 13-10 Lost 1
3) Pacers 31 21 .596 5.5 19-12 7-2 20-5 11-16 Lost 2
4) Bulls 30 21 .588 6.0 23-9 7-4 15-12 15-9 Lost 1
5) Nets 30 22 .577 6.5 23-11 9-3 18-10 12-12 Won 1
6) Hawks 28 22 .560 7.5 17-13 9-3 17-9 11-13 Won 1
7) Celtics 27 24 .529 9.0 16-16 5-5 19-9 8-15 Lost 1
8) Bucks 25 25 .500 10.5 19-14 7-8 13-12 12-13 Lost 4
9) 76ers 22 28 .440 13.5 13-14 6-6 16-13 6-15 Lost 1
10) Raptors 20 32 .385 16.5 10-17 1-8 14-13 6-19 Won 3
11) Pistons 20 33 .377 17.0 16-17 6-5 14-15 6-18 Lost 1
12) Cavaliers 16 36 .308 20.5 12-19 2-10 9-15 7-21 Lost 2
13) Wizards 15 35 .300 20.5 8-22 4-8 11-14 4-21 Won 4
14) Magic 15 36 .294 21.0 6-26 2-6 9-17 6-19 Won 1
15) Bobcats 12 39 .235 24.0 9-19 3-7 7-19 5-20 Won
Just as i was confident the Pistons were a darkhorse - Drummond out !
Wizards actually won 4 but too little to late.
Bucks dropping.
Raptors have beat some very good teams and just might make a push ! Who knows ?
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[QUOTE]1. Miami (2)
2. Boston
3. Indiana (2)
4. NJ Nets
5. NY Knicks
6. Philly
7. Chicago
8. Milwaukee (2)
9. Atlanta
10. Toronto (2)
11. Washington
12. Detroit
13. Orlando
14. Cleveland
15. Charlotte (2)[/QUOTE]
Looks like 7/8 teams I predicted to be in the playoffs will most likely be going. The exception being Philly with no Bynum and the Hawks being in there when I had them at 9th. I have 3 teams in order thus far. Heat, Pacers, Bucks.
edit:
[QUOTE]Official Rules:
- 2 points for each correct team in the exact spot
- 16 bonus points for all 8 playoff teams in in exact order.
- 10 bonus points for all 8 playoff teams in any order.
- 4 bonus points for 6 playoff teams in any order
[/QUOTE]
Max points anyone could have is 46. Right now i'd be at 14 pts.
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[QUOTE=bluerap]1. Miami
2. Boston
3. Chicago
4. Philly
5. Indy
6. Brooklyn
7. NY Knicks
8. Atlanta
9. Milwaukee
10. Toronto
11. Washington
12. Charlotte
13. Cleveland
14. Orlando
15. Detroit[/QUOTE]
I was pretty close overall. Philly screwed me.
I was also right about this
[QUOTE=bluerap]Chicago bulls record without derek rose 18-9
they will be fine.
they only really need him for the post-season.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=lilbeastnani][B]1. Miami
2. Indy[/B]
3. Boston
4. Philly
5. NYK
[B]6. Brooklyn[/B]
7. Atlanta
8. Chicago
9. Toronto
10. Washington
11. Milwaukee
12. Detroit
13. Cleveland
14. Charlotte
15. Orlando[/QUOTE]
Philly f*cked me as well.
I'm at 10 points.
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I am out there as well... Boston being less than expected, Philly being less expected, my final darkhorse of Detroit started to show but with Knight on and off on back spasms, and big D also off...not this year. Look out next year when they shed Charlie V and get another "player" of any sort.
My quote early on that the Bucks had a better team than the Raps (season beginng) looks right on but I didnt back it up with my prediction :cheers: Ahh hindsight is 20 20.
My original darkhorse pick was Washington. JohnW may not in fact be the man to build around - be interesting to see what Washington decides in the off season. Nene is a keeper and probably Beal, but Okafur, Ariza, JanV are all parts likely to move in the off season.
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March 6 edition
W L Pct GB Conf Div Home Road Streak
1. Heat 44 14 .759 0.0 21-9 8-1 26-3 18-11 Won 15
2. Pacers 38 22 .633 7.0 25-12 10-2 25-6 13-16 Won 2
3. Knicks 36 21 .632 7.5 23-13 6-6 21-9 15-12 Won 1
4. Nets 34 26 .567 11.0 25-12 9-3 20-13 14-13 Lost 2
5. Bulls 34 26 .567 11.0 26-13 7-6 17-14 17-12 Lost 1
6. Hawks 33 26 .559 11.5 20-14 10-4 18-10 15-16 Lost 3
7. Celtics 32 27 .542 12.5 18-16 6-5 21-9 11-18 Won 3
8. Bucks 30 28 .517 14.0 21-17 7-8 16-14 14-14 Won 4
9. 76ers 23 36 .390 21.5 13-21 6-8 17-16 6-20 Lost 2
10. Raptors 23 38 .377 22.5 13-21 3-8 15-16 8-22 Lost 5
11. Pistons 23 39 .371 23.0 19-20 6-7 15-18 8-21 Lost 2
12. Cavaliers 20 40 .333 25.0 15-21 3-10 11-18 9-22 Lost 2
13. Wizards 19 39 .328 25.0 10-26 4-8 14-17 5-22 Won 1
14. Magic 17 44 .279 28.5 7-29 2-8 9-23 8-21 Won 1
15. Bobcats 13 47 .217 32.0 10-22 4-7 7-22 6-25 Lost 7
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[B][U][COLOR="Red"]MARCH MADNESS VERSION [/COLOR][/U][/B]
[QUOTE=Jballer]Jfoxtail final
1. Miami
2. Boston
3. Indianapolis
4. Philly
5. Brooklyn
6. Chicago
7. NY Knicks
8. Detroit
9. Atlanta
10. Toronto
11. Washington
12. Milwaukee
13.Cleveland
14 Charlotte
15.Orlando
[/QUOTE]
W – L - % - GameBack – Conf – Div – Home – Road - Streak
1 Heat 55 14 .797 0.0 32-9 11-1 32-3 23-11 Won 26
2 Knicks 42 26 .618 12.5 27-13 8-6 24-10 18-16 Won 4
3 Pacers 43 27 .614 12.5 29-16 12-3 28-8 15-19 Lost 1
4 Nets 41 29 .586 14.5 29-14 9-4 22-14 19-15 Won 1
5 Hawks 39 31 .557 16.5 24-17 10-5 22-13 17-18 Won 1
6 Bulls 38 31 .551 17.0 27-13 8-6 19-16 19-15 Won 2
7 Celtics 36 33 .522 19.0 22-18 7-5 24-10 12-23 Lost 4
8 Bucks 34 35 .493 21.0 22-22 7-9 18-17 16-18 Lost 3
9 76ers 27 42 .391 28.0 15-25 7-8 20-17 7-25 Won 1
10 Raptors 26 44 .371 29.5 15-26 3-11 17-18 9-26 Lost 4
11 Wizards 25 44 .362 30.0 12-29 5-9 18-17 7-27 Lost 1
12 Pistons 24 47 .338 32.0 20-23 6-7 15-21 9-26 Won 1
13 Cavaliers 22 47 .319 33.0 16-24 3-11 13-21 9-26 Lost 5
14 Magic 18 52 .257 37.5 8-34 2-9 10-26 8-26 Lost 6
15 Bobcats 16 54 .229 39.5 13-28 5-9 10-25 6-29 Lost 2
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14 POINTS a hope for a couple more if Bobcats exceed the Magic or Brooklyn drops.
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Home stretch... back end of the schedule hurting the Raptors.
Next year fans - next year... :cheers:
W
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Playoffs locked and loaded. Minor changes possible....count your socres
Official Rules:
- 2 points for each correct team in the exact spot
- 16 bonus points for all 8 playoff teams in in exact order.
- 10 bonus points for all 8 playoff teams in any order.
- 4 bonus points for 6 playoff teams in any order
W L Pct GB Conf Div Home Road Streak
1Heat 64 16 .800 0.0 39-11 14-1 36-4 28-12 Won 6
2Knicks 53 27 .663 11.0 36-14 10-6 30-10 23-17 Won 2
3Pacers 49 31 .613 15.0 31-19 13-3 30-10 19-21 Lost 2
4 Nets 47 33 .588 17.0 34-16 11-5 24-15 23-18 Lost 1
5 Hawks 44 36 .550 20.0 29-21 11-5 25-15 19-21 Won 2
6 Bulls 43 37 .538 21.0 32-18 9-7 23-17 20-20 Lost 2
7 Celtics 41 39 .513 23.0 27-23 7-8 27-13 14-26 Won 1
8 Bucks 37 43 .463 27.0 24-28 7-9 21-19 16-24 Lost 4
9 76ers 33 47 .413 31.0 21-29 7-9 23-18 10-29 Won 2
10 Raptors 32 48 .400 32.0 20-30 4-11 20-20 12-28 Won 3
11 Wizards 29 51 .363 35.0 15-35 5-11 22-19 7-32 Lost 4
12 Pistons 28 52 .350 36.0 24-26 8-8 17-23 11-29 Won 3
13 Cavaliers 24 56 .300 40.0 18-32 3-13 14-26 10-30 Lost 4
14 Magic 20 60 .250 44.0 10-40 3-12 12-28 8-32 Lost 1
15 Bobcats 19 61 .238 45.0 16-34 6-10 13-26 6-35 Won 1
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10 points :banana:
:facepalm
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[QUOTE=Chamberlain]10 points :banana:
:facepalm[/QUOTE]
Harder than it looks.
Looking through I think 16 - 20 will be the maximum.
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[QUOTE]1. Miami (2)
2. Boston
3. Indiana (2)
4. Brooklyn Nets (2)
5. NY Knicks
6. Philly
7. Chicago
8. Milwaukee (2)
9. Atlanta
10. Toronto (2)
11. Washington (2)
12. Detroit (2)
13. Orlando
14. Cleveland
15. Charlotte (2)[/QUOTE]
20. Did anyone top that?
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[QUOTE][B]1. Miami[/B]
2. Indy
3. Boston
4. Philly
5. NYK
6. Brooklyn
7. Atlanta
8. Chicago
9. Toronto
10. Washington
11. Milwaukee
[B]12. Detroit[/B]
[B]13. Cleveland[/B]
[B]14. Charlotte[/B]
[B]15. Orlando[/B][/QUOTE]
I sucked on the playoff team order. Oh well. I guess i'm good at predicting teams that are gonna suck. 10 points + 4 point bonus = 14 points.