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Rerisen wrote:

JeremyB0001 wrote:Not necessarily. What's predictive of future success is the margin by which a team is outscoring opponents. Slippage on one end might not be a big deal if the the team is doing great on the other end and thus still outscoring opponents by a large margin. Moreover, looking at the rankings could be misleading - even late in the season - because teams could be bunched closely together.

For example, let's take a hypothetical team that's third in scoring at 110 points per 100 possessions and sixth in defense, allowing 101 points per 100 possessions. Let's say the team has a game where it keeps up its scoring rate on offense but gives up a lot of points and its points allowed dips to 101.5 points per 100 possessions. There are a lot of teams bunched up next to each other in the points allowed ranking so this moderate drop causes the team to slip five spots in the ranking. It might seem like a major fluctuation that the team went from being ranked third and sixth to third and 11th. But the scoring margin only dropped from 9 points per 100 possessions to 8.5 points per 100 possessions, which would have a relatively minor effect on how many games the team is projected to win. Perhaps it means that the team is now projected to win 59 rather than 60 games. (Of course, there could be teams bunched up in terms of point differential and, ultimately, wins, which could mean that by winning one or two fewer games, the team's playoff seed drops by a few spots.)

Extreme corner cases excepted naturally. Point differential is a better predictor than your off/def ranks, I would agree, my comment should be taken as associating with all those related metrics. Main point being, 16 games doesn't mean much for predicting your season. In 2011 we started 9-8, then won the most in the league. Last year we started 11-5, barely ended over .500.

Bulls03 wrote:

Ctownbulls wrote:

Bulls03 wrote:Wade is questionable after having a fractured tooth extracted yesterday. I find it really hard to believe that he won't play because of that.

you ever have a root canal?

Yes.

push wrote:

Bulls03 wrote:

Ctownbulls wrote:
you ever have a root canal?

Yes.

no you havent lol

InsideInfo wrote:

push wrote:

Bulls03 wrote:
Yes.

no you havent lol

I have had one as well, and I honestly didn't think it was that big of a deal. Not nearly as painful as people make it out to be.

Ctownbulls wrote:

InsideInfo wrote:

push wrote:no you havent lol

I have had one as well, and I honestly didn't think it was that big of a deal. Not nearly as painful as people make it out to be.

Everyone is different.

InsideInfo wrote:

Ctownbulls wrote:

InsideInfo wrote:
I have had one as well, and I honestly didn't think it was that big of a deal. Not nearly as painful as people make it out to be.

Everyone is different.

Personally, I had my wires removed from my mouth after having my mouth wired shut for about 40 days. 10 days later I had the root canal and a deep cleaning of my teeth(which is when the scrape the underneath of your gums clean) all done on the same day. For me, it really wasn't to bad.

push wrote:

Bulls03 wrote:

Ctownbulls wrote:
you ever have a root canal?

Yes.

no you havent lol

Ctownbulls wrote:

InsideInfo wrote:

Ctownbulls wrote:
Everyone is different.

Personally, I had my wires removed from my mouth after having my mouth wired shut for about 40 days. 10 days later I had the root canal and a deep cleaning of my teeth(which is when the scrape the underneath of your gums clean) all done on the same day. For me, it really wasn't to bad.

I've had root canal pain so bad that I had to get an emergency procedure done at 7 am just so I could actually fly for a vacation. Granted, after the procedure the pain is basically gone but everyone reacts differently.

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InsideInfo wrote:

push wrote:

Bulls03 wrote:
Yes.

no you havent lol

I have had one as well, and I honestly didn't think it was that big of a deal. Not nearly as painful as people make it out to be.

Frank Stallone wrote:

Bulls03 wrote:Wade is questionable after having a fractured tooth extracted yesterday. I find it really hard to believe that he won't play because of that.

I had to do this a couple weeks ago, and it sucks. If he had to get a dental implant, he's not feeling too good.

That said, Duncan Keith lost like 6 teeth mid game and came back in...buck up Dwayne!

InsideInfo wrote:

push wrote:

Bulls03 wrote:
Yes.

no you havent lol

I have had one as well, and I honestly didn't think it was that big of a deal. Not nearly as painful as people make it out to be.

Ctownbulls wrote:

InsideInfo wrote:

Ctownbulls wrote:
Everyone is different.

Personally, I had my wires removed from my mouth after having my mouth wired shut for about 40 days. 10 days later I had the root canal and a deep cleaning of my teeth(which is when the scrape the underneath of your gums clean) all done on the same day. For me, it really wasn't to bad.

I've had root canal pain so bad that I had to get an emergency procedure done at 7 am just so I could actually fly for a vacation. Granted, after the procedure the pain is basically gone but everyone reacts differently.

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Jo Jo English wrote:Man I am ready for some Bulls basketball. Last Friday's game vs. Philly wasn't televised where I live (which is ridiculous as I am in IL less than 90 minutes from the city), so it feels like it's been forever since I've seen these guys get at it.