2013-2014 NBA prediction thread

dpoy george steals hibberts rightful award

rookie of the year mcw lol after one game

I voted Miami for the chip, but if Wade's body is as shot as his first couple of games hint, then the door is pretty wide open. As for filling out 2014 playoff brackets, I am stumped, so I will play the coward's part and abstain. Too much upheaval on rosters this year. Picking the crappiest teams seems much simpler this time around. Philly. Toronto. Phoenix. Kings. Charlotte. LAL.

betting against wades health is like half of what informed my bulls pick, the other half is its no fun to pick the heat

I follow the blazers mostly, so I'll venture an opinion there. If their starters stay healthy, then a 45-37 season, just barely squeezing into the last seed in the WC. If any of their starters has to sit for more than 3 or 4 games, they'll slip further down and miss the playoffs entirely.

btw, it seems like the eastern conference has finally leveled up, with more young rising stars and the western conference has slipped down. East could post a winning record against western conference teams this year.

nah, the east is super top-heavy. 4 very good teams, the knicks, then a bunch of trash

Western team's front offices seem to be streets ahead of most east teams. Cleveland will be better than trash, tho.

can't believe i left out the wolves in the west, what was i thinking

man i never saw this thread

xp Safe enough bet tho, I'm sure 60% of their roster will suffer season ending injuries soon enough.

i don't think the heat will win it this year but i'm having trouble putting a finger on who might

i think brooklyn has a real shot as well as indiana... i don't think the bulls have enough shooting

my predix

east

1. bulls
2. heat
3. pacers
4. nets
5. detroit
6. knicks
7. raptors
8. wizards

west

1. clippers
2. okc
3. spurs
4. houston
5. warriors
6. memphis
7. minnesota
8. portland

playoffs

east

nets over bulls / heat over pacers

nets over heat

west

clippers over houston / okc over spurs

okc over clippers

finals

okc over nets

now that i've typed that out, that looks awful

i still think the clippers have a good shot at not making the west finals depending on their match up, we shall see

MVP, lebron
DPOY, hibbert
ROY, cody zeller
6th man, jj redick
coach, rick adleman

i think okc is gonna be a huge disappointment this year, no way do they get out of the west imo

your east is bonkers but that's so tough to predict. raptors tho??

Redick is ridic right now, seems like such a perfect fit.

redick is starting doggie

adelman is a good choice

Agree w Kev re OKC

feel REALLY good about the cp3 pick btw, if the clips end up with the #1 seed and paul plays half as well as he's playing now, i don't see how anyone else could win it

west is a bit of a cypher this year, like could the warriors win it, yeah sure why not

(bron may still be the best player but i just don't see the guy winning 5 MVPs in 6 years)

i think people are underrating OKC cuz they flamed out without westbrook the last time anyone was paying attention to them

also i think presti isn't gonna sit pat with this team and will make a real move at some point

but mostly i'm betting on two of the 10 best players in the nba, might be too early for them though

would LOVE to see cp3 mvp

if redick is starting then put drummond in there

west is a bit of a cypher this year, like could the warriors win it, yeah sure why not

― lag∞n, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 11:45 AM (26 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

If the Warriors stay healthy this team is 1-2 seed, no homer.

i feel pretty confident in someone taking down the heat this year, but that's about it

i mostly know nothing though... i feel like any of the top 6 teams could come out of the west

i'm also confident in portland making the playoffs and denver falling out, but i've made those points before

yeah i mean the heat probably have as good a shot as anyone but this year there's like 8 or 9 real-deal contenders, the chances just aren't great. but then again if wade can somehow not fall apart in the playoffs again they're gonna be the faves

denver def out

i want to see denver at full strength for a week or so before i give up on them, but i'm leaning toward agreeing with you there

wade is gonna fall apart again

Always hard to judge the spurs you know? Like every year for the last 5 years its been like ok THIS IS THE YEAR they finally decline idk.

Eh the heat are better with wades on the bench :)

they were when they had mike miller

one thing that's gonna kill the heat this year imo is punting the draft since the beginning of the big 3 and filling the roster out with super old vets and not taking a flyer on developing a young 3 and D guy

yeah always a mistake

if they had worked at it from the jump they could have their own jimmy butler by now!

i mean those dudes don't just grow on trees, idk. riley's plan has worked pretty well so far

If the Warriors stay healthy this team is 1-2 seed, no homer.

If the Clippers win the division then the Dubs can't be higher than a 4, right?

yeah true damn

naw they changed that rule, now division winners are just assured one of the top 4 spots

So one random 2nd place team could be higher than two division winners? That's cool but also weird. Why does the NBA even have divisions at this point.

ya h8 divisions and conferences so dumb, w that extra team in the top four the seeding usually works out right especially since the team w best record gets home court regardless so like if the 4/5 are flip flopped it doesn't matter

Has the 3/6 flip flopped, that would be dope.

conferences make sense imo, divisions are completely pointless

the problem w conferences is imho that half the time you have the two best teams playing in the conference championship instead of the finals

yeah tru

de facto title tho eh

isnt that the same as in all the major sports though? only difference being its not a geographical divide in mlb/nfl

yeah its a bad idea in those sports too

there's no real reason for sports to have conferences but i do feel like leagues need some sort of organizational structure

but like in the nba, even diehard fans have no idea which team is in which division

that's totally different than the nfl or mlb

espn.com's default standings page in the nba displays by conference

New York Knicks 1
Orlando Magic 1

wow never forget jordan had the clips as the west's best record then clowned me for that same pick weeks later

man remember when we all thought the nets were gonna be good

lol