Nets 2013-14 Schedule Released; Nets to open vs Cavs/Heat

[PetroNet]

57-25 is what I came up with going through the schedule.

i came up with 63-19

[Trader_Joe]

57-25 is what I came up with going through the schedule.

i came up with 63-19

I took the pessimistic approach where we lost to basically any good team on the road and I had as losses:


vs. Miami
@ LAC
@ Minny - they have our # early in the season it seems
@ Houston
@ Memphis
@ Detroit - their quickness and athleticism worries me some
@ Indiana - bound to beat us sooner or later
@ SAS
@ OKC
vs GS - beat us soundly last year as we don't match up well
vs. Miami
@ NY
vs OKC
@ Indy - 2nd of b2b
vs. SAS
@ Chicago - 2nd of b2b
@ GS
@LAL - 2nd of b2b
@ Portland - another team with athleticism we don't match up with well, they also look much better
@ Denver - speed and altitude and 2nd of b2b
vs. Memphis
@ Miami
vs. Houston
@ NY - 2nd of b2b
@ Miami

I also didn't put it in any upsets other than Detroit and Portland but there will be some.
Atlanta is a team that doesn't match up well either.

[PetroNet]

57-25 is what I came up with going through the schedule.

i came up with 63-19

I took the pessimistic approach where we lost to basically any good team on the road and I had as losses:


vs. Miami
@ LAC
@ Minny - they have our # early in the season it seems
@ Houston
@ Memphis
@ Detroit - their quickness and athleticism worries me some
@ Indiana - bound to beat us sooner or later
@ SAS
@ OKC
vs GS - beat us soundly last year as we don't match up well
vs. Miami
@ NY
vs OKC
@ Indy - 2nd of b2b
vs. SAS
@ Chicago - 2nd of b2b
@ GS
@LAL - 2nd of b2b
@ Portland - another team with athleticism we don't match up with well, they also look much better
@ Denver - speed and altitude and 2nd of b2b
vs. Memphis
@ Miami
vs. Houston
@ NY - 2nd of b2b
@ Miami

I also didn't put it in any upsets other than Detroit and Portland but there will be some.
Atlanta is a team that doesn't match up well either.

i cant see us losing to indiana. i think we will smash them all 4 times.
i dont have us losing to portlant, home against houston, home against okc, or on the road against the pistons. although those 4 we clearly COULD lose. i dont see anyway we lose to indiana.

in addition to the pacers being giant frauds, we own them. They are a completely different team when hibbert struggles, and he tends to become a non factor vs. guys who can match his size, like lopez. the only time they really had success was at the 4 spot with west. scola helps that, but with KG here they have even less a shot to exploit that. i just dont see where their scoring is going to come from, their slow half court style plays right into our hands, and they have no advatage since we are a better rebounding team

[Trader_Joe]

i cant see us losing to indiana. i think we will smash them all 4 times.
i dont have us losing to portlant, home against houston, home against okc, or on the road against the pistons. although those 4 we clearly COULD lose. i dont see anyway we lose to indiana.

in addition to the pacers being giant frauds, we own them. They are a completely different team when hibbert struggles, and he tends to become a non factor vs. guys who can match his size, like lopez. the only time they really had success was at the 4 spot with west. scola helps that, but with KG here they have even less a shot to exploit that. i just dont see where their scoring is going to come from, their slow half court style plays right into our hands, and they have no advatage since we are a better rebounding team

I would bet you we lose to Indy at least one time.

They looked so much better in the post season when Hibbert stepped up and have since added:
Watson, Granger, Copeland, Scola and thus improved their bench exponentially. George, Stephenson and Hibbert continue to improve as well.

As for rebounding.. they had the highest rebound differential in the league.

[NyCeEvO]

i cant see us losing to indiana. i think we will smash them all 4 times.
i dont have us losing to portlant, home against houston, home against okc, or on the road against the pistons. although those 4 we clearly COULD lose. i dont see anyway we lose to indiana.

in addition to the pacers being giant frauds, we own them. They are a completely different team when hibbert struggles, and he tends to become a non factor vs. guys who can match his size, like lopez. the only time they really had success was at the 4 spot with west. scola helps that, but with KG here they have even less a shot to exploit that. i just dont see where their scoring is going to come from, their slow half court style plays right into our hands, and they have no advatage since we are a better rebounding team

I would bet you we lose to Indy at least one time.

They looked so much better in the post season when Hibbert stepped up and have since added:
Watson, Granger, Copeland, Scola and thus improved their bench exponentially. George, Stephenson and Hibbert continue to improve as well.

As for rebounding.. they had the highest rebound differential in the league.

PetroNet believed that the Pacers were a fraud team all of last season, even after taking MIA to G7 in the ECF.

It'll be impossible to convince him otherwise, so I wouldn't invest much time in trying to do so.

[Trader_Joe]

i cant see us losing to indiana. i think we will smash them all 4 times.
i dont have us losing to portlant, home against houston, home against okc, or on the road against the pistons. although those 4 we clearly COULD lose. i dont see anyway we lose to indiana.

in addition to the pacers being giant frauds, we own them. They are a completely different team when hibbert struggles, and he tends to become a non factor vs. guys who can match his size, like lopez. the only time they really had success was at the 4 spot with west. scola helps that, but with KG here they have even less a shot to exploit that. i just dont see where their scoring is going to come from, their slow half court style plays right into our hands, and they have no advatage since we are a better rebounding team

I would bet you we lose to Indy at least one time.

They looked so much better in the post season when Hibbert stepped up and have since added:
Watson, Granger, Copeland, Scola and thus improved their bench exponentially. George, Stephenson and Hibbert continue to improve as well.

As for rebounding.. they had the highest rebound differential in the league.

PetroNet believed that the Pacers were a fraud team all of last season, even after taking MIA to G7 in the ECF.

It'll be impossible to convince him otherwise, so I wouldn't invest much time in trying to do so.

I'm not.. I'd rather just make a bet and prove him wrong.
He also said the Pacers would lose to NY and Atlanta in the PO.

[NyCeEvO]

I would bet you we lose to Indy at least one time.

They looked so much better in the post season when Hibbert stepped up and have since added:
Watson, Granger, Copeland, Scola and thus improved their bench exponentially. George, Stephenson and Hibbert continue to improve as well.

As for rebounding.. they had the highest rebound differential in the league.

PetroNet believed that the Pacers were a fraud team all of last season, even after taking MIA to G7 in the ECF.

It'll be impossible to convince him otherwise, so I wouldn't invest much time in trying to do so.

I'm not.. I'd rather just make a bet and prove him wrong.
He also said the Pacers would lose to NY and Atlanta in the PO.

You're on a roll with these bet proposals lol.

[Trader_Joe]

You're on a roll with these bet proposals lol.

It's kinda sad, I know, but I tend to be a very argumentative person in real life too.

So far I think I only have two lined up and I think are pretty easy wins

1. The Knicks will not win more than 55 games
2. The Clippers will not win 60 or more games

[NyCeEvO]

You're on a roll with these bet proposals lol.

It's kinda sad, I know, but I tend to be a very argumentative person in real life too.

So far I think I only have two lined up and I think are pretty easy wins

1. The Knicks will not win more than 55 games
2. The Clippers will not win 60 or more games

Wait, someone actually believes the Clippers will win more than 60 games?

Especially in the West?

[Trader_Joe]

You're on a roll with these bet proposals lol.

It's kinda sad, I know, but I tend to be a very argumentative person in real life too.

So far I think I only have two lined up and I think are pretty easy wins

1. The Knicks will not win more than 55 games
2. The Clippers will not win 60 or more games

Wait, someone actually believes the Clippers will win more than 60 games?

Especially in the West?

Have you not met LobCityClips yet on the GB?

[NyCeEvO]

It's kinda sad, I know, but I tend to be a very argumentative person in real life too.

So far I think I only have two lined up and I think are pretty easy wins

1. The Knicks will not win more than 55 games
2. The Clippers will not win 60 or more games

Wait, someone actually believes the Clippers will win more than 60 games?

Especially in the West?

Have you not met LobCityClips yet on the GB?

I saw him posting about how it's great the CP3 and Blake are doing commercials together because it means they're the best of friends and what not. I didn't bother to read his many posts after that though.

Has Blake Griffin turned into prime Karl Malone without anyone noticing lol?

[therealbig3]

Well, I mean, 60 wins is really tough, no doubt, and chances are it doesn't happen...but the Clips did win 56 games last year, and they've improved this year. Of course, teams like the Warriors and Rockets have also improved this year, so the competition has gotten tougher as well.

They've still got Paul and Griffin. They've still got Barnes and Crawford. And they've added Darren Collison, Jared Dudley, and JJ Redick. They're losing Chauncey Billups, Eric Bledsoe, Grant Hill, and Caron Butler...overall, I'd say they've lost a little depth at SF, but they've improved.

And most importantly, they're replacing Vinny Del Negro with Doc Rivers, which is a MASSIVE improvement.

If healthy, it's not a ridiculous notion that they win 60 games, but they'd have to be incredibly lucky for sure. Namely, the "if healthy" part. CP3 is a pretty injury-prone player, and he's been relatively healthy for the last 2 regular seasons. What if he gets injured and has to miss 20-something games this year? And most of their key players were very healthy last season as well...Grant Hill and Chauncey Billups were the only ones that missed significant time out of their key rotation players.

[CalamityX12]

Other than coaching, where did the LAC improve? For me, I would rank Bledsoe higher than Collison, I believe Del Negro or whoever made a mistake playing Chauncy AND CP3 in the starter unit.... losing Caron n replacing with Dudley seems sideways to me, if anything lost scoring from there but maybe improved defensively...

its still on Blake n Jordan down below IMO...

[Trader_Joe]

Well, I mean, 60 wins is really tough, no doubt, and chances are it doesn't happen...but the Clips did win 56 games last year, and they've improved this year. Of course, teams like the Warriors and Rockets have also improved this year, so the competition has gotten tougher as well.

They've still got Paul and Griffin. They've still got Barnes and Crawford. And they've added Darren Collison, Jared Dudley, and JJ Redick. They're losing Chauncey Billups, Eric Bledsoe, Grant Hill, and Caron Butler...overall, I'd say they've lost a little depth at SF, but they've improved.

And most importantly, they're replacing Vinny Del Negro with Doc Rivers, which is a MASSIVE improvement.

If healthy, it's not a ridiculous notion that they win 60 games, but they'd have to be incredibly lucky for sure. Namely, the "if healthy" part. CP3 is a pretty injury-prone player, and he's been relatively healthy for the last 2 regular seasons. What if he gets injured and has to miss 20-something games this year? And most of their key players were very healthy last season as well...Grant Hill and Chauncey Billups were the only ones that missed significant time out of their key rotation players.

They could.. but it's the nature of a bet, it has risks.
Do I think they will win 60+?
No.
Only 2 teams did last season.. Miami and OKC.

I also don't put much faith in a team that has Reddick/Dudley/Jordan as 3 of its starters.
Dudley has been on non-playoff teams a majority of his career, the Bucks got worse after they traded for Reddick and D.Jordan is trash.

[Paradise]

We're at the bottom tier of the league in travel mileage this year



We actually have a bi-week also. Nets have four days off after facing Indy at home then face Sacramento on the road followed by Phoenix in November. The 7 game circus road trip in February doesn't technically begin until after all-star break which is against Utah then LAL so fresher legs and easier non athletic opponents out the gate.

The schedule doesn't seem as bad even with the back to backs.

[vincecarter4pres]

26 nationally televised games but not a single Sunday game on ABC, a tad disappointing.