These are names that have entertained me all season.
A name becomes less funny as you get used to it, so people like Nene Hilario did not make the cut. Say these names out loud, i think that makes them better.
1-Ira Newble
2-Royal Ivey (dirty groin puncher)
3-Zaza Pachulia
4-Von Wafer
5-Quincy Douby
6-Adonal Foyal
I was shooting for five names, but i like all of these.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
West is still crazy
If you thought things would shake out by now, you'd be wrong.
If the Hornets win tonight(vs Clippers) and the Rockets(vs Clippers), Jazz(vs Spurs) and Suns(vs Portland) win Wednesday, there would be a four-way tie with the Jazz, Rockets, Spurs and Suns.
A 4 way tie!!!
The Jazz have the tie-breaker against the Rockets and Suns.
The Rockets have the tie-breaker against the Suns and Spurs due to conference record.
The Suns have the tie-breaker against the Spurs.
In that case, the Jazz move up to the third seed.
The Rockets become the fourth seed.
The Suns go to fifth place.
The Spurs fall to sixth place.
So, the Spurs game against the Jazz could either swing them to 3rd place or 6th place! That is totally nuts! And this isn't even because of the divisional stupidness.
If the Hornets win tonight(vs Clippers) and the Rockets(vs Clippers), Jazz(vs Spurs) and Suns(vs Portland) win Wednesday, there would be a four-way tie with the Jazz, Rockets, Spurs and Suns.
A 4 way tie!!!
The Jazz have the tie-breaker against the Rockets and Suns.
The Rockets have the tie-breaker against the Suns and Spurs due to conference record.
The Suns have the tie-breaker against the Spurs.
In that case, the Jazz move up to the third seed.
The Rockets become the fourth seed.
The Suns go to fifth place.
The Spurs fall to sixth place.
So, the Spurs game against the Jazz could either swing them to 3rd place or 6th place! That is totally nuts! And this isn't even because of the divisional stupidness.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Oklahoma Supersonics.
I'm amazed at this story. The arrogance of these Oklahoma folks is amazing. I hope The Commish squashes them, yet I don't know if he actually can. Fortunately, I know David Stern is way too smart and never believed the crap these guys were emailing him.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-supersonics-e-mails&prov=ap&type=lgns
The thing I don't get is have these owners actually been to Seattle? I mean, seriously, Oklahoma is pretty friggin lame. Plus, do they actually think that an NBA free agent is going want to sign with them and move to OKC? The 2 lamest locations used to be Milwaukee or Salt Lake, but those are looking mighty fine compared to Oklahoma.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Another rant about seeding and awards.
5th place with 2nd place record
So, if you look at the standings today, you will find the Rockets in 5th place. That's 5th place, with the 2nd best record. Now, San Antonio has tie braker over them for divisional play. At least, that's what I'm assuming cause Houston has the better Conference play and they are 2-2 against each other.
So, why aren't they at least 3rd with the 2nd best record? Thats because the Lakers and Jazz are gauranteed a top 4 seed. Of course, we all knew that. But I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that this is the first time EVAR that the top 3 teams have come from the same division. Now, they changed the rules before because the Southwest division had the top 2 teams. Think they'll change it again, cause dammit, having the top 2 teams wasn't good enough for the SW. They had to go and F things up.
Rookie of the Year
Who deserves this title? Really. Who? What does it mean to be rookie of the year? Does it mean that you are gonna be awesome a few years down the road? Is it a prediciton trophy? We think this guy has the most potential, here, have a trophy.
Or, is it the guy who has made the biggest impact on a team with the best play. Is it the rookie playing the best ball, THIS year.
If its the first, then it should be Durant. Cause that guy is gonna be good. Gonna be. Not is. Cause he really isn't that good. I've started watching Seattle games recently, cause I wanted to know if he deserved all this hype. Yea, that display against Denver was great, but actually he wasn't even the best Sonic that game.
Call me a homer, cause I am, but Scola is player better ball, having a bigger impact, with less minutes, on a better team than any other rookie.
So, if you look at the standings today, you will find the Rockets in 5th place. That's 5th place, with the 2nd best record. Now, San Antonio has tie braker over them for divisional play. At least, that's what I'm assuming cause Houston has the better Conference play and they are 2-2 against each other.
So, why aren't they at least 3rd with the 2nd best record? Thats because the Lakers and Jazz are gauranteed a top 4 seed. Of course, we all knew that. But I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that this is the first time EVAR that the top 3 teams have come from the same division. Now, they changed the rules before because the Southwest division had the top 2 teams. Think they'll change it again, cause dammit, having the top 2 teams wasn't good enough for the SW. They had to go and F things up.
Rookie of the Year
Who deserves this title? Really. Who? What does it mean to be rookie of the year? Does it mean that you are gonna be awesome a few years down the road? Is it a prediciton trophy? We think this guy has the most potential, here, have a trophy.
Or, is it the guy who has made the biggest impact on a team with the best play. Is it the rookie playing the best ball, THIS year.
If its the first, then it should be Durant. Cause that guy is gonna be good. Gonna be. Not is. Cause he really isn't that good. I've started watching Seattle games recently, cause I wanted to know if he deserved all this hype. Yea, that display against Denver was great, but actually he wasn't even the best Sonic that game.
Call me a homer, cause I am, but Scola is player better ball, having a bigger impact, with less minutes, on a better team than any other rookie.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Recap: Predictions, Midseason
jake said...
midseason highlights-lebron is a maniacdunks-D howard. i heard he's gonna move the goal up to 12 ft MVP-KG (arrrgh! i really wanna go CP, but they have a really tough schedule from here on out, and i doubt their record will be good enough to get looked at for MVP. also, have you looked at BOS schedule!? crap!)
coach of the year-Doc 'right place at the right time' Rivers playoff picture:
EASY
1 BOS
2 DET
3 CLE
4 ORL
5 TOR
6 WAS
7 ATL
8 SPRINGFIELD ISOTOPES (i know i used this joke before, but seriously, who else is in the east? i put the Hawks on there!)
WEST (i really think that HOU, LAL, and PHX are extreme wildcards this season. such big IFs on all those teams. these are tough predictions to make)
1 DAL
2 SAS
3 LAL
4 NOH
5 HOU (i've been listening to patrick too much.)
6 PHX
7 UTA
8 DEN
FINALS
PHX over BOSin 5
finals MVP-Nash
darkhorse-still UTAH. GO JAZZ!if i didn't like steve kerr so much, i would consider the matrix/shaq trade the worst move EVER (for PHX). but i really think he has a legitimate point, and i like steve kerr a lot. so there.
dullstone said...
Mid-season highlights? I wish D-wade was 100%. Most my favorite plays usually involve him. Member last year when, at half court, some guy tried to cut him offt, and he dribbled through the guys legs, then immediately went into an alley-oop to Shaq.Though i know Bron and Kobe do amazing things every game. Right now, i am thinking more of some good games, like the recent hornets-pheonix one. Offhand, i did like marcus camby taking the ball all the way down in transition in traffic. He went right around a steal attempt with a sweet behind-the-back dribble, then, assisted with a behind the back pass. Pretty good stuff for a defensive specialist center.
MVP-too easily garnett, unless things go a different direction next half.
Coach-Portland's coach maybe? Is that Sam Vincent? I guess the other two i would go with at this point are whoever coahces Hornets (i guess i just kinda give the award to the teams that seem better than was expected of them. I don't really know much about their actual coaching). And then Doc, like jake said.I love Dwight, but moving the goal is cheating. I going to just lay a hoop on the ground and show off my new sweet dunk. Next year, i am going to throw a hoop from an airplane, then, i am going to jump out after it, flipping and spinning, and stuff. Upon catching up to the rim, i'll deliver a dunk God told be about while i was atop a mountain in Nepal. The strong will rejoice and the weak will cry.
East
1. Detroit
2. Boston
3. Springfield Isotopes
4. Springfield Isotopes
5. Springfield Isotopes
6. Springfield Isotopes
7. Springfield Isotopes
8. Springfield Isotopes
West-Could be anything
The East is their worst ever this year. I get off topic here so i'm making another post on East.
Finals
MVP: B-B-Billups. Bite Me!:) Last year i kept saying SA was going to win it. So i gotta say Detroit is this time.
I still say Utah in west for darkhorse, and well, anyteam in the east beside the TOP two would be a dark horse. How bout...Washington. The got some upside. Two allstars, and a third coming back.
jake said...
isn't that kind of cheating, tom? picking teams is fun! the whole point is that you can't just say "could be anything"come on man.on the other hand, i couldn't agree with you more about most of these things. i certainly agree that BOS and DET are the only 2 legitimate contenders outta the Least (love that one). it's almost as if Chauncey was there that night that i was dogging him at the cabin and he got pissed. ever since then, he's been playing the best ball of his life! way to go chauncey!
GO ISOTOPES!
dullstone said...
Oh, i let him know what this fool jake was going on about at the cabin.I guess i did kinda miss the point here. I'll try and put up some real seedings b4 allstar break ends. BTW, Detroit has 3 all-stars. Booyah! And, of course, you know they still feel slighted.
dullstone said...
East
1. Det
2. Bos
3. Orl (Clev is in same Division as Det)
4. Cle
5. Was
6. Tor
7. Chi
8. Phi
West
1. NOH
2. Dal
3. SAS
4. LAL
5. PHX
6. UTA
7. DEN
8. GSW
Da Winner: DET
Da Wiener: SAS
dullstone said...
Whoops, i forgot to look at Divisions for West. So it would be: -Actually i'm changing it a little bit too. So my final answer is:
West.
1. NOH
2. UTA
3. LAL
4. DAL
5. SAS
6. PHX
7. DEN
8. GSW
Patrick said...
Mid-season highlights: All the damn trades! WTF...I mean if this Kidd trade goes through, the Easy will be even worse and the West will be even better.MVP- KG...I mean Jimi's stats show that the MVP comes from the team with the best record. And since Bos has no competition over there, there is no reason why they won't continue their winning ways.COY - Byron Scott. NoH has really impressed me this year. I watch a lot of basketball, and wow, they are a sound team.playoff picture:
Easy
1 Bos
2 Det
3 Orl
4 Cle
5 Tor
6 Was
7 Atl
8 Phi
West
1 NoH
2 LaL
3 Uta
4 Hou
5 SaS
6 Dal
7 Phx
8 GS
Tom, did you just look at the standings in the west and copy them? Have you been paying att to Houston's play of late? Hottest team in the league next to your Pistons. And if yall think my Hou prediction is crazy, look at the standings. They are only 1.5 games out of 4th place. Like I said, I think NoH are the most sound team in the league. Lakers are looking freaking good since getting Pau. I'm with Pop, this trade should have been vetoed.Spurs are good, but with the Parker injury they have been playing confused basketball. They should have held onto Beno. Damon S. hasn't helped them.Pheonix is going to fall hard cause Shaq won't play more than 10 more games. Dallas is a ? due to this Kidd trade. They could move way up.
Golden State is still impressive. They lose games they shouldn't, but when they are on, they are tough to beat.
Denver doesn't make the playoffs. There is just too much competition and they aren't that good. I'd talk about the East, but as tom put it, they suck. I think the Pistons are better than the Celts, but they too are losing games they shouldn't.
1st round losers:
GS
Sa
Dal
Lal
2nd round losers:
Hou
Phx
3rd round losers:
Uta
Finals:
NoH over Detroit
Finals MVP: Paul
I really think Houston could beat NO, but I don't want to look like too much of a homer. They are 12-1 since getting Tracy back, and that loss was to Utah without Yao.
jake said...
just remembered that thing about 1-3 have to be from different divisions, so:revised LEAST:swap 3 & 4revised
WEST:
1 DAL
2 PHX
3 UTA
4 SAS
5 HOU
6 NOH
7 LAL
8 DEN
revised insult to patrick:did you look at NOH schedule? sorry dude, there's no way they're finishing with the best record.too hard
dullstone said...
No, I didn't copy the standings. There was complaining that people didn't make predictions, so i did. I really don't have a lot to go off of. I mainly watch piston games. And they mainly play the east. I had not heard that houston is the hottest team in NBA:D How nice. I eventually told myself i gotta choose 2 of these three--DEN, HOU, GSW--for the West. Even though Denver is an effed up team. Crazy amount of talent in starting five, absolutely crazy. But they have mental defects or something. I'll never understand. Either, way i had to say that that much talent will get to the playoffs.
GSW, well, they just seem like a team that has the passion when they need it. I feel like, if it is the end of the season, and they need to close out with x bunch of wins to make the playofffs, they could do it.
As for houston, forgive me, but they seem to fall short when all the pressure is on them. Of course, i hardly watch houston, and admit i really don't know them. But like i said, i had to pick someone, and it was either pick teams for BS reasons or no reasons. Like, another thing i did was make sure LAL was above PHX, cause i feel like LAL always owns PHX. And i think they will more so this year, if both teams have full healthy rosters. As though their opposition refects their regular season success. But i had to go off of something.Take these rankings with a grain of salt.BTW, my dallas ranking is based on the Kidd going there. I don't see how Atlanta could make the playoffs--even in the east.
oh, random FYI,
among Shaq's first 5games as a sun, if he comes back next game, he will play against Lakers, Boston, Detroit, and New Orleans. Trail by fire.
Patrick said...
I'm going to go look at remaining schedules in the near future. I hadn't looked at NoH's. I do know that Houston's is easier than Denver and Golden State's.I've said it before, schedule and injuries have a bigger inpact on record than anything. ANYTHING!
Patrick said...
Yea, Tom, I would say Houston is probably a hard team to know right now. Hardest schedule in the league for the first 2 monthes. Then lost Tracy to injury for 17 games. Throw that on top of a new coach with an entirely different system that Van Gundy's.However, they have pulled it together recently and have a better record in 08 than anyone except for the Jazz.
midseason highlights-lebron is a maniacdunks-D howard. i heard he's gonna move the goal up to 12 ft MVP-KG (arrrgh! i really wanna go CP, but they have a really tough schedule from here on out, and i doubt their record will be good enough to get looked at for MVP. also, have you looked at BOS schedule!? crap!)
coach of the year-Doc 'right place at the right time' Rivers playoff picture:
EASY
1 BOS
2 DET
3 CLE
4 ORL
5 TOR
6 WAS
7 ATL
8 SPRINGFIELD ISOTOPES (i know i used this joke before, but seriously, who else is in the east? i put the Hawks on there!)
WEST (i really think that HOU, LAL, and PHX are extreme wildcards this season. such big IFs on all those teams. these are tough predictions to make)
1 DAL
2 SAS
3 LAL
4 NOH
5 HOU (i've been listening to patrick too much.)
6 PHX
7 UTA
8 DEN
FINALS
PHX over BOSin 5
finals MVP-Nash
darkhorse-still UTAH. GO JAZZ!if i didn't like steve kerr so much, i would consider the matrix/shaq trade the worst move EVER (for PHX). but i really think he has a legitimate point, and i like steve kerr a lot. so there.
dullstone said...
Mid-season highlights? I wish D-wade was 100%. Most my favorite plays usually involve him. Member last year when, at half court, some guy tried to cut him offt, and he dribbled through the guys legs, then immediately went into an alley-oop to Shaq.Though i know Bron and Kobe do amazing things every game. Right now, i am thinking more of some good games, like the recent hornets-pheonix one. Offhand, i did like marcus camby taking the ball all the way down in transition in traffic. He went right around a steal attempt with a sweet behind-the-back dribble, then, assisted with a behind the back pass. Pretty good stuff for a defensive specialist center.
MVP-too easily garnett, unless things go a different direction next half.
Coach-Portland's coach maybe? Is that Sam Vincent? I guess the other two i would go with at this point are whoever coahces Hornets (i guess i just kinda give the award to the teams that seem better than was expected of them. I don't really know much about their actual coaching). And then Doc, like jake said.I love Dwight, but moving the goal is cheating. I going to just lay a hoop on the ground and show off my new sweet dunk. Next year, i am going to throw a hoop from an airplane, then, i am going to jump out after it, flipping and spinning, and stuff. Upon catching up to the rim, i'll deliver a dunk God told be about while i was atop a mountain in Nepal. The strong will rejoice and the weak will cry.
East
1. Detroit
2. Boston
3. Springfield Isotopes
4. Springfield Isotopes
5. Springfield Isotopes
6. Springfield Isotopes
7. Springfield Isotopes
8. Springfield Isotopes
West-Could be anything
The East is their worst ever this year. I get off topic here so i'm making another post on East.
Finals
MVP: B-B-Billups. Bite Me!:) Last year i kept saying SA was going to win it. So i gotta say Detroit is this time.
I still say Utah in west for darkhorse, and well, anyteam in the east beside the TOP two would be a dark horse. How bout...Washington. The got some upside. Two allstars, and a third coming back.
jake said...
isn't that kind of cheating, tom? picking teams is fun! the whole point is that you can't just say "could be anything"come on man.on the other hand, i couldn't agree with you more about most of these things. i certainly agree that BOS and DET are the only 2 legitimate contenders outta the Least (love that one). it's almost as if Chauncey was there that night that i was dogging him at the cabin and he got pissed. ever since then, he's been playing the best ball of his life! way to go chauncey!
GO ISOTOPES!
dullstone said...
Oh, i let him know what this fool jake was going on about at the cabin.I guess i did kinda miss the point here. I'll try and put up some real seedings b4 allstar break ends. BTW, Detroit has 3 all-stars. Booyah! And, of course, you know they still feel slighted.
dullstone said...
East
1. Det
2. Bos
3. Orl (Clev is in same Division as Det)
4. Cle
5. Was
6. Tor
7. Chi
8. Phi
West
1. NOH
2. Dal
3. SAS
4. LAL
5. PHX
6. UTA
7. DEN
8. GSW
Da Winner: DET
Da Wiener: SAS
dullstone said...
Whoops, i forgot to look at Divisions for West. So it would be: -Actually i'm changing it a little bit too. So my final answer is:
West.
1. NOH
2. UTA
3. LAL
4. DAL
5. SAS
6. PHX
7. DEN
8. GSW
Patrick said...
Mid-season highlights: All the damn trades! WTF...I mean if this Kidd trade goes through, the Easy will be even worse and the West will be even better.MVP- KG...I mean Jimi's stats show that the MVP comes from the team with the best record. And since Bos has no competition over there, there is no reason why they won't continue their winning ways.COY - Byron Scott. NoH has really impressed me this year. I watch a lot of basketball, and wow, they are a sound team.playoff picture:
Easy
1 Bos
2 Det
3 Orl
4 Cle
5 Tor
6 Was
7 Atl
8 Phi
West
1 NoH
2 LaL
3 Uta
4 Hou
5 SaS
6 Dal
7 Phx
8 GS
Tom, did you just look at the standings in the west and copy them? Have you been paying att to Houston's play of late? Hottest team in the league next to your Pistons. And if yall think my Hou prediction is crazy, look at the standings. They are only 1.5 games out of 4th place. Like I said, I think NoH are the most sound team in the league. Lakers are looking freaking good since getting Pau. I'm with Pop, this trade should have been vetoed.Spurs are good, but with the Parker injury they have been playing confused basketball. They should have held onto Beno. Damon S. hasn't helped them.Pheonix is going to fall hard cause Shaq won't play more than 10 more games. Dallas is a ? due to this Kidd trade. They could move way up.
Golden State is still impressive. They lose games they shouldn't, but when they are on, they are tough to beat.
Denver doesn't make the playoffs. There is just too much competition and they aren't that good. I'd talk about the East, but as tom put it, they suck. I think the Pistons are better than the Celts, but they too are losing games they shouldn't.
1st round losers:
GS
Sa
Dal
Lal
2nd round losers:
Hou
Phx
3rd round losers:
Uta
Finals:
NoH over Detroit
Finals MVP: Paul
I really think Houston could beat NO, but I don't want to look like too much of a homer. They are 12-1 since getting Tracy back, and that loss was to Utah without Yao.
jake said...
just remembered that thing about 1-3 have to be from different divisions, so:revised LEAST:swap 3 & 4revised
WEST:
1 DAL
2 PHX
3 UTA
4 SAS
5 HOU
6 NOH
7 LAL
8 DEN
revised insult to patrick:did you look at NOH schedule? sorry dude, there's no way they're finishing with the best record.too hard
dullstone said...
No, I didn't copy the standings. There was complaining that people didn't make predictions, so i did. I really don't have a lot to go off of. I mainly watch piston games. And they mainly play the east. I had not heard that houston is the hottest team in NBA:D How nice. I eventually told myself i gotta choose 2 of these three--DEN, HOU, GSW--for the West. Even though Denver is an effed up team. Crazy amount of talent in starting five, absolutely crazy. But they have mental defects or something. I'll never understand. Either, way i had to say that that much talent will get to the playoffs.
GSW, well, they just seem like a team that has the passion when they need it. I feel like, if it is the end of the season, and they need to close out with x bunch of wins to make the playofffs, they could do it.
As for houston, forgive me, but they seem to fall short when all the pressure is on them. Of course, i hardly watch houston, and admit i really don't know them. But like i said, i had to pick someone, and it was either pick teams for BS reasons or no reasons. Like, another thing i did was make sure LAL was above PHX, cause i feel like LAL always owns PHX. And i think they will more so this year, if both teams have full healthy rosters. As though their opposition refects their regular season success. But i had to go off of something.Take these rankings with a grain of salt.BTW, my dallas ranking is based on the Kidd going there. I don't see how Atlanta could make the playoffs--even in the east.
oh, random FYI,
among Shaq's first 5games as a sun, if he comes back next game, he will play against Lakers, Boston, Detroit, and New Orleans. Trail by fire.
Patrick said...
I'm going to go look at remaining schedules in the near future. I hadn't looked at NoH's. I do know that Houston's is easier than Denver and Golden State's.I've said it before, schedule and injuries have a bigger inpact on record than anything. ANYTHING!
Patrick said...
Yea, Tom, I would say Houston is probably a hard team to know right now. Hardest schedule in the league for the first 2 monthes. Then lost Tracy to injury for 17 games. Throw that on top of a new coach with an entirely different system that Van Gundy's.However, they have pulled it together recently and have a better record in 08 than anyone except for the Jazz.
Recap: Predictions, Preseason
Patrick said...
Western Champs: I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say the Rockets. I know! It really is a long shot. They have to develop chemistry pretty quickly, but they have probably the deepest roster in the league.
Eastern Champs: BullsDeng is tha shit. I doubt the Cs will do much of anything. And who else is there? The Cavs. But, I'm picking the Bulls.
NBA Champs: Rockets! Wishful thinking, but you heard it here first.
MVP: NashHe deserved it last year, and he'll deserve it again this year.
jake said...
suns over bulls in 6 gamesMVP-Yao (side note prediction: rockets kick everyone's ass until the playoffs where they lose to suns/spurs because they never traded steve francis. HA!)
jeremy said...
WC: SANEC: DET
MVP: TMac
Rockets have a monster regular season (lose to PHX or SAN in playoffs): SAN WIN #5.3 more predictions:'if' pick #1: IF Timmy is hurt in/around the playoffs (which seems like a decent possibility to me for some reason), it's PHX in the West, beating DET in the Finals). 'if' pick #2: IF Kobe goes to Chi-town, Bulls in the East (losing to Spurs in the Finals).'the Dark Horse': I hope they suck as much as they did last year, and it's hard to justify any team with two all stars as a dark horse but nobody seems to be thinking much about them. They have the potential (however unlikely that they reach it) to beat any team in a series (except the Spurs): MIA
Patrick said...
Oooh, I like the dark horse prediction!
Clearly there won't be a dark horse in the west.So, I'm gonna put my dark horse in the east as well: Orlando
Howard is gonna be even better this year, and Lewis is a haus. If they get hot near the playoffs, they could make some noise.
jeremy said...
anyone have a chance to compare our predictions from last season?
Chad said...
Just like 1995. Rockets sweep Magic.MVP = Kobe
thomas said...
East-Det
West-SA
Darkhorse West- Utah, or are they too good to be a darkhorse? What about Denver?
Darkhorse East- Det. In your eye! I've heard and seen a lot of predictions in the media, and no one is picking Detroit for finals really. So i am counting them as a darkhorse.Scoring title-Arenas
MVP-Mcgrady
Breakout year: Team-Hawks, Player-Andre Iguodala. Hollinger had Orlando with a better regular season record than detroit. If that happens, i'll take a giant bite out of a living fish at boysclub. Espn writers are renobs.
Western Champs: I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say the Rockets. I know! It really is a long shot. They have to develop chemistry pretty quickly, but they have probably the deepest roster in the league.
Eastern Champs: BullsDeng is tha shit. I doubt the Cs will do much of anything. And who else is there? The Cavs. But, I'm picking the Bulls.
NBA Champs: Rockets! Wishful thinking, but you heard it here first.
MVP: NashHe deserved it last year, and he'll deserve it again this year.
jake said...
suns over bulls in 6 gamesMVP-Yao (side note prediction: rockets kick everyone's ass until the playoffs where they lose to suns/spurs because they never traded steve francis. HA!)
jeremy said...
WC: SANEC: DET
MVP: TMac
Rockets have a monster regular season (lose to PHX or SAN in playoffs): SAN WIN #5.3 more predictions:'if' pick #1: IF Timmy is hurt in/around the playoffs (which seems like a decent possibility to me for some reason), it's PHX in the West, beating DET in the Finals). 'if' pick #2: IF Kobe goes to Chi-town, Bulls in the East (losing to Spurs in the Finals).'the Dark Horse': I hope they suck as much as they did last year, and it's hard to justify any team with two all stars as a dark horse but nobody seems to be thinking much about them. They have the potential (however unlikely that they reach it) to beat any team in a series (except the Spurs): MIA
Patrick said...
Oooh, I like the dark horse prediction!
Clearly there won't be a dark horse in the west.So, I'm gonna put my dark horse in the east as well: Orlando
Howard is gonna be even better this year, and Lewis is a haus. If they get hot near the playoffs, they could make some noise.
jeremy said...
anyone have a chance to compare our predictions from last season?
Chad said...
Just like 1995. Rockets sweep Magic.MVP = Kobe
thomas said...
East-Det
West-SA
Darkhorse West- Utah, or are they too good to be a darkhorse? What about Denver?
Darkhorse East- Det. In your eye! I've heard and seen a lot of predictions in the media, and no one is picking Detroit for finals really. So i am counting them as a darkhorse.Scoring title-Arenas
MVP-Mcgrady
Breakout year: Team-Hawks, Player-Andre Iguodala. Hollinger had Orlando with a better regular season record than detroit. If that happens, i'll take a giant bite out of a living fish at boysclub. Espn writers are renobs.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Quick Post About Strength of Schedule
Has anyone looked at Hollinger's Power Rankings?
Apparently Patrick was right in saying that Houston has had a tough schedule and Boston's schedule is a joke.
If you sort the teams by SOS (Strength of Schedule) you'll note that Boston has had the 4th easiest schedule (average win percentage of opponents was .490) and Houston has had THE HARDEST schedule (average win percentage of opponents was .516).
The only teams with an easier schedule than Boston are the Hawks, Knicks and Nets.
Jeez.
Apparently Patrick was right in saying that Houston has had a tough schedule and Boston's schedule is a joke.
If you sort the teams by SOS (Strength of Schedule) you'll note that Boston has had the 4th easiest schedule (average win percentage of opponents was .490) and Houston has had THE HARDEST schedule (average win percentage of opponents was .516).
The only teams with an easier schedule than Boston are the Hawks, Knicks and Nets.
Jeez.
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