Early Offseasons in Review 2017 Edition
Posted: Tue Aug 1, 2017 6:49 pm
Last year's edition of this thread can be found here --
https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1467470
And 2015's can be found here --
http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=1402501
As always, feel free to go through and see how right or wrong some of us were.
This year's edition will be headlined by Hartfordwhalers, Slava, bondom34m and some sprinkling of Mamba4Goat, pacers33granger and other trade board mods, as well as the usual guest post appearances
If anyone is interested in having an early offseason review added to the OP of a thread, just send me a PM and I will send you the template we are adding our analysis to.
And thanks again to the great work of Chuck and PMOTT3 (now Hawk Eye) for doing such a great version of this two years ago, and everyone who contributed last year (such as Andre Roberson who is too lazy this year but no hard feelings).
2017 so far:
Boston Grades ranged from A to B, with 2 A- in between. Expected wins ranged from 63 to 55, with 3 of the reviews predicting 55-56 wins and one optimistic outlier.
Philadelphia Grades ranged from B+ to C, with 3 B+ and 1 B and then the outlier C. Expected wins ranged from 41, to 32, with predictions of 39, 37 and 35 filling in the full range and showing some dispersion.
Brooklyn Grades ranged from A to C, with a B+ and a B filling in the range. In contrast, expected wins ranged from 27 to 28 in an extremely tight prediction range with 3 28's.
Toronto Grades were bimodal with a B+ and a B and two C-. In contrast, expected wins ranged from 49 to 46 with two predictions of 48 showing little dissension among the group.
New York Knicks Grades ranged from a C+ to an F+, with 2 D's and one C in between. Expected wins were centered around two predictions of 26 with one prediction down to 23 and two up at 29 and 30.
Orlando Grades spanned from two C- to one B+, with a B, a C+ and a C filling in the range. Win predictions were similarly dispersed, with estimates of 27, 28, 31, 32, 34 and 38.
Charlotte Grades ranged from one A to one B, with a tight concentration of 2 A- and 3 B+ reflecting a consensus positive take. Win predictions had a littler greater dispersion, but were unanimous in predicting an above average team with a range of 52 to 42 wins. The five middle predictions reflected a much tighter range of 48, 47, 45, 44 and 44 however.
Miami Grades ranged from a B- all the way down to a D+. In between there was a C+, a C and a C-. In contrast, win predictions were tightly clustered with two at 41, one at the midpoint of 42, and two at 43.
Atlanta Grades were 2 c's, 2 D+ and 2 D's. Win predictions were tightly clustered between 22 and 26 with one outlier at 41.
Washington Grades were bimodal with three B- and then an A and an A-. In contrast, expected wins ranged from 49 to 51 with three predictions at the mean of 50.
Dallas Grades ranged from a lone B to an F, with a C and two D+. Win predictions ranged from a 37 and a 36, to a 33 and two 32's.
New Orleans Grades were one B, three B- and one C-
Win predictions ranged from 50 to 47 to 43 to 38 to 37, one of the most diverse sets.
https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1467470
And 2015's can be found here --
http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=1402501
As always, feel free to go through and see how right or wrong some of us were.
This year's edition will be headlined by Hartfordwhalers, Slava, bondom34m and some sprinkling of Mamba4Goat, pacers33granger and other trade board mods, as well as the usual guest post appearances
If anyone is interested in having an early offseason review added to the OP of a thread, just send me a PM and I will send you the template we are adding our analysis to.
And thanks again to the great work of Chuck and PMOTT3 (now Hawk Eye) for doing such a great version of this two years ago, and everyone who contributed last year (such as Andre Roberson who is too lazy this year but no hard feelings).
2017 so far:
Boston Grades ranged from A to B, with 2 A- in between. Expected wins ranged from 63 to 55, with 3 of the reviews predicting 55-56 wins and one optimistic outlier.
Philadelphia Grades ranged from B+ to C, with 3 B+ and 1 B and then the outlier C. Expected wins ranged from 41, to 32, with predictions of 39, 37 and 35 filling in the full range and showing some dispersion.
Brooklyn Grades ranged from A to C, with a B+ and a B filling in the range. In contrast, expected wins ranged from 27 to 28 in an extremely tight prediction range with 3 28's.
Toronto Grades were bimodal with a B+ and a B and two C-. In contrast, expected wins ranged from 49 to 46 with two predictions of 48 showing little dissension among the group.
New York Knicks Grades ranged from a C+ to an F+, with 2 D's and one C in between. Expected wins were centered around two predictions of 26 with one prediction down to 23 and two up at 29 and 30.
Orlando Grades spanned from two C- to one B+, with a B, a C+ and a C filling in the range. Win predictions were similarly dispersed, with estimates of 27, 28, 31, 32, 34 and 38.
Charlotte Grades ranged from one A to one B, with a tight concentration of 2 A- and 3 B+ reflecting a consensus positive take. Win predictions had a littler greater dispersion, but were unanimous in predicting an above average team with a range of 52 to 42 wins. The five middle predictions reflected a much tighter range of 48, 47, 45, 44 and 44 however.
Miami Grades ranged from a B- all the way down to a D+. In between there was a C+, a C and a C-. In contrast, win predictions were tightly clustered with two at 41, one at the midpoint of 42, and two at 43.
Atlanta Grades were 2 c's, 2 D+ and 2 D's. Win predictions were tightly clustered between 22 and 26 with one outlier at 41.
Washington Grades were bimodal with three B- and then an A and an A-. In contrast, expected wins ranged from 49 to 51 with three predictions at the mean of 50.
Dallas Grades ranged from a lone B to an F, with a C and two D+. Win predictions ranged from a 37 and a 36, to a 33 and two 32's.
New Orleans Grades were one B, three B- and one C-
Win predictions ranged from 50 to 47 to 43 to 38 to 37, one of the most diverse sets.