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Preseason Predictions

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 02:30:26 No.63073011 View Reply Report Delete

Quoted By: >>63073100 >>63073101 >>63073126 >>63073151 >>63073410 >>63073493 >>63074056

NBA starts tomorrow. Who finishes where after 82 games?

West:
1. Warriors
2. Thunder
3. Spurs
4. Clippers
5. Rockets
6. Grizzlies
7. Pelicans
8. Kings

East:
1. Cavaliers
2. Heat
3. Bulls
4. Wizards
5. Hawks
6. Raptors
7. Bucks
8. Pacers

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 05:43:17 No.63073096 Report Delete

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eric gordon jr. confirmed for liking anime girls

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 05:45:07 No.63073100 Report Delete

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>>63073011
>heat that high
>hawks that low
>pacers making playoffs over celtics

maybe utah over sac too

Clips4lyfe !!9egtzarsjE3

Clips4lyfe !!9egtzarsjE3 Mon 26 Oct 2015 05:45:08 No.63073101 Report Delete

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>>63073011
clips will finish top 3 in the west for sure spurs are going to rest everyone in the regular season like they always do 5 seed at best

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 05:53:30 No.63073126 Report Delete

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>>63073011
>8. Kings
if this happens, people would start respecting rondo again as a player, only for him to make it all crash down sooner or later

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 05:54:25 No.63073131 Report Delete

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West
1. Spurs
2. Spurs
3. Spurs
4. Spurs
5. Spurs
6. Spurs
7. Spurs
8. Spurs

East
1. Spurs
2. Spurs
3. Spurs
4. Spurs
5. Spurs
6. Spurs
7. Spurs
8. Spurs

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 05:59:49 No.63073151 Report Delete

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>>63073011
West:
1. Warriors.
2. Thunder.
3. Spurs.
4. Rockets.
5. Clisps.
6. Grizz
7. Pelicans
8. Kings, Jazz, Suns

East:
1. Cavs
2. Hawks
3. Bulls
4. Wiz
5. Raptors
6. Bucks
7. Celtics
8. Hornets

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 06:02:38 No.63073163 Report Delete

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>no lakers

FUCK OFF

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 06:06:34 No.63073184 Report Delete

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Warriors/Clippers WCF

Heat/Cavs ECF

Heat/Clippers finals

Heat win

Kevin Durant is done, his foot is a major problem.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 06:11:14 No.63073208 Report Delete

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I think in the EAST it will be a battle between Pistons, Pacers, Boston, and I am telling everyone to watch out for the Magic. That is a team full of young talent.

Browns Syndrome !!+1AJ/9WMylF

Browns Syndrome !!+1AJ/9WMylF Mon 26 Oct 2015 06:11:50 No.63073210 Report Delete

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>>63073184

>Heat/Clippers

>The Clippers can get out of their own way long enough to play in the finals

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 06:12:41 No.63073215 Report Delete

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>implying the Cavs won't win it all this season

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 06:12:42 No.63073217 Report Delete

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Are the Mavericks finally dead forever

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 06:15:03 No.63073225 Report Delete

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>>63073210
but marc cuban told me that deandre jordan was the next shaq

>>63073215
expect to see a lebron drop-off this year

22 ppg
8 assists (only increase)
a drop in rebounding like 3-4 per game
<50% field goal percentage for sure

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 06:50:58 No.63073410 Report Delete

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>>63073011
>kings in playoffs and not jazz
>heat at number two
>hawks at 5

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 06:53:13 No.63073422 Report Delete

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The hawks got worse. When did this meme start that they were good

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 06:59:38 No.63073454 Report Delete

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WEST

1. Clippers
2. Warriors
3. Thunder
4. Rockets
5. Spurs
6. Pelicans
7. Grizzlies
8. Jazz

EAST

1. Cavaliers
2. Wizards
3. Heat
4. Raptors
5. Hawks
6. Bulls
7. Pacers
8. Celtics

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:06:20 No.63073493 Report Delete

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>>63073011
i was optimistic as fuck coming into the season. clarkson and russell were supposed to be a dynamic back court...but russell looks like he's going to pan out slow if he ever does at all (like nash).

randle looks a lot better than i thought he would and lou has been great off the bench. huertas looks pretty great, too. actually, the bench in general should be the team's saving grace.

the problem is the starters. i think clarkson will be good, but kobe is obviously going to regress, russell sucks at the moment, randle will be good on offense but bad on defense (the entire team is going to get rekt defensively). there's only so much hibbert can do and his confidence is going to be low as fuck all season.

analysts weren't wrong to predict that the lakers will nearly bottom out of the west. if kobe goes down again, they really should just try all they can to secure that top 3 draft.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:06:42 No.63073495 Report Delete

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>>63073151

>Spurs don't give a shit about the reg. season
>Suns are way worse than last year when they were worse than the year before

>Hawks got BTFO by the Cavs and the NYPD, lost Demarre Carrol
>Hornets making the playoffs over the Heat

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:09:49 No.63073516 Report Delete

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>>63073493

The biggest issue the Lakers have is that the coach thinks its 1975

On top of that:

>Hibbert has clinical depression
>Kobe cannot jump and needs to shoot every shot as a huge rainbow
>D'Angelo and Clarkson are mediocre shooters
>Literally no bench

Lakers would be lucky to pull 25 wins. Just enjoy Kobe getting closer to Malone on the all time scorer list

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:10:50 No.63073525 Report Delete

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>>63073422

After Sefalosha wins $50 million from the NYPD and uses it to pay KD under the table to come to Memelanta in 2017

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:13:05 No.63073539 Report Delete

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>>63073131
upvote

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:14:04 No.63073545 Report Delete

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West

1. Warriors
2. Thunder
3. Clippers
4. Spurs
5. Rockets
6. Grizzlies
7. Pelicans
8. Suns/Jazz

East

1. Cavaliers
2. Raptors
3. Hawks
4. Bulls
5. Wizards
6. Heat
7. Pacers
8. Celtics

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:15:03 No.63073550 Report Delete

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>>63073545
>having the craptors anywhere near the top

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:17:39 No.63073562 Report Delete

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>>63073516
the bench, at least on paper, really isn't that bad.

>huertas
if you saw the dude in preseason, he was actually playing pretty good. like a nash-lite. can't ask for much more from a bench pg.

>lou
was tearing it up all preseason long. seriously couldn't be more happy with signing him. CAN be a black hole on offense, but he's a pretty damned efficient, volume scorer.

>nick young
obvious weakness of the bunch, but he shot it well from 3 in the preseason. really needs to embrace the role of spot up 3 point shooter (huertas was setting him up beautifully). oddly enough one of the best defenders on the team. if he doesn't embrace the role, buy him out and insert larry nance jr. in or something.

>bass
played like butt in the preseason but his midrange is efficient as fuck. solid backup.

>tarik
undersized but fits perfectly in small ball rotations. great hustle guy.

with an actually good starting 5, that bench would be considered one of the best in the league.

agreed with you on all other points, though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:19:08 No.63073573 Report Delete

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>>63073550
They got better and hawks got worse and i just don't see bulls being at the 2 spot or anyone below that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:19:18 No.63073575 Report Delete

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Don't sleep on the Pistons to make the playoffs in the east.

Drummond is coming lads.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:19:20 No.63073576 Report Delete

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>>63073562
forgot to mention that the bench's defense will be awful, but bench defense (unless it's truly, truly horrible) isn't insanely important.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:21:13 No.63073585 Report Delete

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If you took out the 10th seed from the West would they make the playoffs in the East?

Suns/Jazz/Kings/Mavs

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:23:17 No.63073601 Report Delete

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Anyone else think knicks may be able to compete for the 8th spot?

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:26:26 No.63073628 Report Delete

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>YFW Boston gets the 3rd pick from Brooklyn, the 8th pick from Dallas and the 13th pick from Minnesota

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:28:06 No.63073639 Report Delete

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>>63073601

Only if

>Melo has a career season
>Porzingis isn't as raw as people think
>The triangle starts working a little bit
>Jerian Grant becomes a servicable 3 point shooter
>One of Atlanta, Boston, Detroit or Milwaukee drops out of the playoffs

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:29:59 No.63073653 Report Delete

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>>63073628
>yfw they waste all their picks on guards again even though they have smart and bradley

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:49:34 No.63073771 Report Delete

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>Heat

is this 2012?

also Celtics are Top 5 in the East

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:55:29 No.63073809 Report Delete

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>>63073771
ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:55:33 No.63073810 Report Delete

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>>63073771
Heat only didn't make the playoffs because they had injuries and now bosh is back which should at least put them in playoffs and celtics top 5 in the east quit lying to yourself they aren't exactly there yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:59:12 No.63073832 Report Delete

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>>63073225
22/4/8... really? This has to be bait.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:05:43 No.63073863 Report Delete

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>>63073101
After getting rekt last year no one respects your opinion tripfag

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:06:45 No.63073871 Report Delete

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>>63073832
they really aren't that far off from last year

25/5/7 on 48% shooting

he's gonna be 31 years old with +42,000 career minutes played, 5 straight seasons where he played in the finals, and one trip to the Olympics.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:09:58 No.63073885 Report Delete

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>>63073495
Let me see your suggestion then nigga! I wouldnt mind writing Heat but I think Hornets will be better this year. Wade is gonna get an injury two games into this season.

Why the fuck are you writing:
>Hawks got BTFO by the Cavs and the NYPD, lost Demarre Carrol
I dont give a single pee drop about the Hawks mayne?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:11:06 No.63073893 Report Delete

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>>63073101
Clips might but its not guaranteed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:11:49 No.63073897 Report Delete

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>>63073885

My point was there's no way in hell they get the 2 seed

6 seed at the very best IMO

>>63073454 is my suggestion, have at it

(I could be talked out of the Wiz at #2)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:13:10 No.63073906 Report Delete

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People sleeping on the bucks I feel like they'll definitely be a playoff team.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:26:40 No.63073985 Report Delete

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>>63073897
I think the Hawks will get better than 6th in the east. Carroll is a loss for them for sure.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:27:42 No.63073993 Report Delete

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>>63073906
They might, maybe not but might. Youll only know for sure halfway through the season

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:37:56 No.63074056 Report Delete

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>>63073011
1. Cavs, Warriors
2. Bulls, Spurs
3. Heat, Rockets
4. Hawks, Thunder
5. Bucks, Clippers
6. Raptors, Pelicans
7. Wizards, Grizzlies
8. Hornets, Jazz
---------------
9. Celtics, Suns
10. Pacers, Mavs
11. Magic, Kings
12. Pistons, Lakers
13. Nets, Blazers
14. Knicks, T-Wolves
15. 6ers, Nuggets

Only true standings tbh fam

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 09:20:53 No.63074341 Report Delete

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8 team league:

Link: http://games.espn.go.com/fba/tools/join?leagueId=172249&inviteKey=4027d

Password: butt

Would be best if we could get at least 12 teams though

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 09:23:45 No.63074362 Report Delete

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Not even a fan of any Western Conference team, but holy fuck I want to see Minny make the playoffs in Flip's honor. Great coach, gonna miss the guy tbh

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 09:26:56 No.63074386 Report Delete

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>>63074056
Celtics will be in the playoffs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 10:28:12 No.63074852 Report Delete

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Warriors
Spurs
Thunder
Clippers
Pelicans
Rockets
Grizzlies
Jazz

Cavs
Hawks
Bulls
Heat
Wizards
Bucks
Pacers
Raptors

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 10:38:13 No.63074929 Report Delete

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>>63073100
OP here. This is my reasoning, yes miami lost lebron but they still have spoelstra who is a good coach and they added a real point guart in dragic instead of chalmers. Also whiteside is pretty legit and will be better than most centers in the east. If wade and bosh can stay healthy (which is a pretty big if for wade) they could finish as high as 2

Like >>63073422 said atlanta got worse losing carrol will hurt them more than people think

George coming back in addition to ellis should be enough to get indiana in the eastern playoffs

But i do agree utah could make it instead of the kings

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 10:42:51 No.63074956 Report Delete

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>>63074929
Honestly i was surprised atlanta finished 1st last year

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 10:50:46 No.63075017 Report Delete

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Gonna be laffin when the Hawks have the best record and take it all.

You plebs obviously don't know basketball.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 10:54:00 No.63075045 Report Delete

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WEST

1. Warriors
2. Thunder
3. Rockets
4. Clippers
5. Spurs
6. Pelicans
7. Grizzlies
8. Suns

EAST

1. Cavaliers
2. Bulls
3. Heat
4. Wizards
5. Hawks
6. Raptors
7. Bucks
8. Pacers

TBH

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