Rich
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Time to fire this baby up. Throw out anything. MVP. ROY. Worst team. Whatever you feel like.
I'm gonna lead off with my playoff seeding predictions.
East
1. Cleveland
2. Chicago
3. Atlanta
4. Toronto
5. Charlotte
6. Washington
7. Miami
8. Brooklyn
I mean really, after Cleveland this thing is wide open. You've got a host of teams that could either make the leap from last year, stay stagnant, or fall off in Charlotte, Toronto, and Washington. Out of the 3, Washington is the only one that got worse personnel wise with the loss of Ariza and bringing in Pierce as his replacement. Interesting to look at the top 8, though, and to find it very hard seeing anyone else in the conference getting in over one of those teams. Maybe New York can make it...but they haven't improved the roster from a year ago. Other than that, you can pretty much bank on the rest of the conference being left out. No real chance of a surprising team to sneak in.
West
1. Oklahoma City
2. San Antonio
3. Los Angeles Clippers
4. Golden State
5. Dallas
6. Portland
7. New Orleans
8. EDIT- Memphis
Good lord what a conference. Dallas was the 8th seed last season and they won 49 games. They've unquestionably improved the roster with the additions of Parsons and Chandler. I've got Memphis falling out (and being replaced by New Orleans) and they won 51 games. It is going to be a 50 win minimum to get into the playoffs in the West this year.
Haven't decided on the Finals match-up yet, although I think Cleveland are the clear favorites in the East. In the West I think teams 1-5 are real contenders and wouldn't be surprised to see any of them make it out. While I'm high on New Orleans and Anthony Davis, teams that get a first taste of the playoffs never make a deep run.
I'm gonna lead off with my playoff seeding predictions.
East
1. Cleveland
2. Chicago
3. Atlanta
4. Toronto
5. Charlotte
6. Washington
7. Miami
8. Brooklyn
I mean really, after Cleveland this thing is wide open. You've got a host of teams that could either make the leap from last year, stay stagnant, or fall off in Charlotte, Toronto, and Washington. Out of the 3, Washington is the only one that got worse personnel wise with the loss of Ariza and bringing in Pierce as his replacement. Interesting to look at the top 8, though, and to find it very hard seeing anyone else in the conference getting in over one of those teams. Maybe New York can make it...but they haven't improved the roster from a year ago. Other than that, you can pretty much bank on the rest of the conference being left out. No real chance of a surprising team to sneak in.
West
1. Oklahoma City
2. San Antonio
3. Los Angeles Clippers
4. Golden State
5. Dallas
6. Portland
7. New Orleans
8. EDIT- Memphis
Good lord what a conference. Dallas was the 8th seed last season and they won 49 games. They've unquestionably improved the roster with the additions of Parsons and Chandler. I've got Memphis falling out (and being replaced by New Orleans) and they won 51 games. It is going to be a 50 win minimum to get into the playoffs in the West this year.
Haven't decided on the Finals match-up yet, although I think Cleveland are the clear favorites in the East. In the West I think teams 1-5 are real contenders and wouldn't be surprised to see any of them make it out. While I'm high on New Orleans and Anthony Davis, teams that get a first taste of the playoffs never make a deep run.
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