dautjazz wrote:Not really sure, but I'm LOVING the way the team has played in the preseason, I can really see this team surprise a lot of teams and come out of the gates strong, and play very well at home.
Low 30
Guess - 40
High - 45+
I can see us being the Suns of this year, taking the league by surprise. A lot of it has to do with the MUCH needed coaching change, which coincidentally is what pushed the Suns up too.
Points: Burks
Rebounds: Favors
Assists: Burke
Blocks: Favors
Steals: Burks or Hayward
Biggest Surprise - I think for the league it may be Gobert, then Burks.
Disappointment - Kanter. I think a new coach will have less patience, and Gobert is already better IMO, so I see him taking away a lot of minutes, not to mention Booker has showed up very well in the preseason, and if we need to space the floor Novak will get playing time too. I hope I'm wrong, but Kanter just might not turn out as good as we hoped.
Issue - Probably the lack of a star player, though I think Burks is about a season away from becoming an All-Star level playe, hopefully sooner!
Hayward's stats - I expect similar to last year, but with much better efficiency
Coach - I love what I've seen from the team this summer, so if it's any indication, I think he's doing a GREAT job. I like him a lot right now.
I may have been a little optimistic, after a slow start we wont get 40 wins, but I think we're going win around .450-.500 of the remaining games, which wouldn't be far off that 40 win pace. We'll definitely pass 30, I'll say 33-35 win range, which is still an 8-10 game improvement.
I was dead on about Gobert, he was the surprise, and is better than Kanter. Kanter is a disappointment to some extent, I don't think we really have disappointments this season except for maybe Burke (early on), or Burks because of his setback (injury). Kanter has been a little better on offense, but continues to disappoint on defense, but I think he's gotten a little better on defense.
I was wrong about Burks, Hayward is the player becoming a star player, our issue is probably more inexperience though. Next year I think we pass the hump to become a 40+ win team.
Was kind of wrong about Hayward, his numbers are definitely up, as a whole, but he has become more efficient.
Was right about the coach, he's really a great choice.
Oh and about the leaders, got ats, rbs, and stls right, got blks and pts wrong.
Overall, wish we were a little better, the playoff mix would be awesome, but I finally am rooting for wins, which is GREAT!