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re: First day of the season conference predictions

Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:14 pm to
Posted by BengalShark
Member since Jul 2017
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Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:14 pm to
I’ll be conservative and predict we get a top 4 seed if everyone is healthy for most part.

WE RIDIN!




Posted by brmark70816
Atlanta, GA
Member since Feb 2011
11381 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:31 pm to
quote:

Why? What is the purpose of this


Mavs and Wolves are built to win during the regular season and they are both hungry with something to prove. Tough, big, deep defensive teams. Most of the better teams (including us) will have players missing big chunks of the season. Some teams will be able to take advantage and leap frog up to the top..
Posted by ThanosIsADemocrat
The Garden
Member since May 2018
9395 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 4:28 pm to
quote:

Most of the better teams (including us) will have players missing big chunks of the season.


Who on the Pels is missing a big chunk of the season and why are the soft wolves and paper thin Mavs better equipped, in your reality?
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
37057 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 4:54 pm to
Western Conference:

1. Warriors
2. Nuggets
3. Clippers
4. T’Wolves
5. Suns
6. Pelicans

7. Mavs
8. Grizzlies
9. Lakers
10. Blazers

Kings
Thunder
Rockets
Jazz
Spurs


Eastern Conference:

1. Sixers
2. Bucks
3. Celtics
4. Nets
5. Heat
6. Cavs

7. Raptors
8. Hawks
9. Bulls
10. Knicks

11. Wizards
12. Pistons
13. Magic
14. Hornets
15. Pacers

Posted by ThanosIsADemocrat
The Garden
Member since May 2018
9395 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 5:12 pm to
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1. Warriors 2. Nuggets 3. Clippers 4. T’Wolves 5. Suns 6. Pelicans


division winners are guaranteed a top 4 seed.
ETA
With that being said pelicans are top four seed. Nuggets clippers and the champs are the other top three
This post was edited on 10/18/22 at 5:47 pm
Posted by YungBuck
Mandeville
Member since Dec 2017
3237 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 5:19 pm to
I feel Mavs are taking a step back with Brunson gone, Luka will have to carry that back-court with Dinwiddie as his guy now instead of Jalen. Regarding the Griz, JJJ is out for 1/2 the season and people still think it'll be the same team. Yeah Ja and all that comes with it, but who on the inside takes JJJ's role? Steven Adams and Zaire?

Pels top 4 seed incoming #FlockTFUp
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
48972 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 5:58 pm to
here are the final DARKO win projections at season start



methodology here
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
48972 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 6:05 pm to
more advanced nerd stat modeling HERE

LEBRON, BBIPM, etc

i think pels fans would be pleased with those outcomes
Posted by YungBuck
Mandeville
Member since Dec 2017
3237 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 6:15 pm to
INJECT THAT IN MY VEINS
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
37057 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 6:37 pm to
quote:

division winners are guaranteed a top 4 seed.


Fake news. If you’re gonna come, come correct.
Posted by brmark70816
Atlanta, GA
Member since Feb 2011
11381 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 6:53 pm to
quote:

feel Mavs are taking a step back with Brunson gone


They get Hardaway back and added Wood. Doncic is odds on favorite to win MVP. They won 52 games last year, were a top 4 seed and made the WCF. They are a tough defensive team that return everything but Brunson. They are falling off and back due to that? Do you think Doncic is a flash in the pan? This is the point where players like him ascend. They don't fade away.
Posted by YungBuck
Mandeville
Member since Dec 2017
3237 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 7:32 pm to
Hey dumbass, no where in my post did I mention Luka being a flash in the pan. I forgot about Hardaway I’ll give you that, didn’t say they’d be bad, just that with other teams ascending could see them in the 5-6 range if we perform how I believe we could…

Stop trying so hard
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 7:47 pm to
quote:

drop the Grizzlies down to the 2nd tier


correct
they have 1 starter out for game1 and another starter Brooks is doubtful and 6th man is out.
they start off with their rookies in the rotation
no es bueno.
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 8:30 pm to
if that happens there are several west teams at 47.

6th thru 10th. tie breakers for playoff spots and coin flips for picks.


Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
48972 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 8:34 pm to
I hope the pels are watching this BOS-PHI game. The Celtics are fricking fearless
Posted by ErikGordan
Member since Oct 2016
969 posts
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:57 am to
Contenders:
GS
Denver
Clippers
Memphis

First round and out:
Suns
T Wolves

Play In:
Lakers
Dallas
Pels
Portland
Sac


Posted by ThanosIsADemocrat
The Garden
Member since May 2018
9395 posts
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:48 am to
quote:

They get Hardaway back and added Wood. Doncic is odds on favorite to win MVP. They won 52 games last year, were a top 4 seed and made the WCF. They are a tough defensive team that return everything but Brunson. They are falling off and back due to that? Do you think Doncic is a flash in the pan? This is the point where players like him ascend. They don't fade away.


From claiming a players peak is 22 years old, to now this. I love how retarded you are.
Posted by Bronc
Member since Sep 2018
12646 posts
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:58 am to
I dont see eye to eye with BRmark much(mostly cause I think he is a habitual contrarian so he naturally chooses the opposite argument in everything), but I dont really see the Mavs taking a step back either.

On the whole they should be at worst right around where they were last year assuming average health.

They lose Brunson but add Wood and a healthy Hardaway Jr(a guy we tried to pay 20 million to replace Lonzo at one point). Dinwiddie has a full offseason under his belt and no one in the core rotation is older than 30.

It's a solid blue collar team that fits well for a guy like Luka that has such huge gravitational pull and needs the ball in his hands. They can legit run a bunch of sets where they put Luka with 4 shooters around him, which can be devastating.
This post was edited on 10/19/22 at 10:02 am
Posted by whatiknowsofar
hm?
Member since Nov 2010
27559 posts
Posted on 10/19/22 at 10:03 am to
I don't think Luka is enough of a leader to reign in a guy like Wood.

quote:

"This is my first time hearing about it. But thank you.”

Wood smiled and the room filled with laughter. It’s difficult to believe that Kidd nor anyone else in the organization hasn’t told 6-10 Wood that he’ll be coming off the bench, but Wood did not seem to be joking.




There's a reason a guy as talented as him has bounced around the league. He's a cancer until proven otherwise.
Posted by LSUSaintsHornets
Based Pelican
Member since Feb 2008
7310 posts
Posted on 10/19/22 at 10:13 am to
West

1 Nuggets
2 Warriors
3 Clips
4 Wolves
5 Pels
6 Grizz
7 Suns
8 Mavs
9 Kings
10 Lakers
11 Blazers
12 Thunder
13 Rockets
14 Jazz
15 Spurs

East

1 Bucks
2 Celtics
3 76ers
4 Heat
5 Nets
6 Raptors
7 Cavs
8 Hawks
9 Bulls
10 Knicks
11 Wizards
12 Magic
13 Hornets
14 Pistons
15 Pacers
This post was edited on 10/19/22 at 10:14 am
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