Nets 2018-19 Win Prediction Thread

[MrDollarBills]

You know the more I see Zion Williamson. The more I want this team to loose for one more year just because he fits so well with the current team we have. I just don't see us not winning more than 36 games this year. I think our players improved drastically along with the added depth in every position is just something hard to beat.

I want Williamson as well because he is the explosive athlete we need at the wing position.

[Palmeirense]

I'll go with 33.

[Prokorov]

You know the more I see Zion Williamson. The more I want this team to loose for one more year just because he fits so well with the current team we have. I just don't see us not winning more than 36 games this year. I think our players improved drastically along with the added depth in every position is just something hard to beat.

it would be an insanely impressive feat to win 36 games. like atkinson coach of the year dlo breakout type stuff with unusually low amount of injuries

20 wins is more likely then 26. we are still basically a team of bench/role players

[Curns13]

Every year I’ve been 1 or 2 over so I’m gonna say 30 wins because I actually feel about 32.

Curns13 - 30

[TheNetsFan]

It's hard to peg, because I expect mid season trades. If we struggle early, vets will be sold off for 2nds, which would drive the win total down. I could also see a trade for an McCollum/Porter type, which would push us up a bit.

[steady]

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/10/16/17983336/10-questions-nba-season


8. Who will be this season’s Pacers?
There aren’t many teams entering the exact scenario Indiana was in at the beginning of last season. Dallas could be better than expected, but unlike Victor Oladipo before last season, we’ve already seen DeAndre Jordan at his peak. (No one’s having a breakout season stuck under the basket in 2018, anyway.)


Cleveland lost its best player, too, and Detroit’s outlook is certainly as sad as Indiana’s was immediately after trading away Paul George. Orlando and Chicago are young enough that a decent record would be a surprise, as Indiana’s was. But I’m going with Brooklyn, and I’m casting D’Angelo Russell as Victor Oladipo.

Russell was traded two seasons ago, but the former second overall pick hasn’t lived up to the hype he had going into the draft. His stint with Los Angeles ended in new Lakers management discarding and dissing him. Russell’s too many seasons in (this will be his fourth) for his shortcomings to be excused as him just being green, but he’s still a season away from permanent membership in the club of top draft picks who are decent but the public’s given up on them being truly special. (Club president: Michael Carter-Williams. Treasurer: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Waiting on his card in the mail: Nerlens Noel.)

The Pacers also had a group of adequate players who as a unit became passable behind Oladipo’s very, very strong lead. There’s a chance that the Nets could have something similar this season with Jarrett Allen, Allen Crabbe, Spencer Dinwiddie, and DeMarre Carroll. It also helps when the expectations are as low as Indiana’s were last October, and Brooklyn, which is projected to have the East’s 10th-worst win total, shares that quality without question.

[MGrand15]

I'm going with 34 wins. I think we'll be in the mix and I don't think unloading vets at the deadline if we go that route is going to make us much worse.

[SubZero]

38

[vincecarter4pres]

I threw a hunge on them to make the playoffs, **** it.

[MrDollarBills]

I bet the under. I think we'll be better but we're missing something at SF. I like Russell, LeVert in the backcourt and Allen at C. RHJ needs to show that he can stay healthy and has gotten better offensively and stronger at PF. The one thing that I noticed when watching this team is we really need a dynamic wing to compliment what we have.

We should be able to beat the teams we are supposed to, and we'll play the middle of the pack teams tough. expect beat downs versus the top tiers though.

Also, the schedule in March and April is insane. Unless we run into playoff teams who are resting dudes, we are going to get hammer **** ed across the board at season's end.

[vincecarter4pres]

I bet the under. I think we'll be better but we're missing something at SF. I like Russell, LeVert in the backcourt and Allen at C. RHJ needs to show that he can stay healthy and has gotten better offensively and stronger at PF. The one thing that I noticed when watching this team is we really need a dynamic wing to compliment what we have.

We should be able to beat the teams we are supposed to, and we'll play the middle of the pack teams tough. expect beat downs versus the top tiers though.

Yeah, I pretty much just set fire to a Benji.

[MrDollarBills]

might as well have tossed that one out of the window my dude

[Roy Tarpley]

I'm revising my prediction down from 34 to 30.

[Stone]

26

[MrDollarBills]

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They have us going 35-47 now, 11th worst record. They have Denver winning 53 games.

[TheNetsFan]

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They have us going 35-47 now, 11th worst record. They have Denver winning 53 games.

10th worst; 9th place finish in the East. Given the LeVert injury, that has to be viewed a very good step forward.

[MrDollarBills]

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They have us going 35-47 now, 11th worst record. They have Denver winning 53 games.

10th worst; 9th place finish in the East. Given the LeVert injury, that has to be viewed a very good step forward.

Yeah I counted wrong.

If we finish 9th in the east and a top 10 pick (remember, lottery odds have changed) and we can manage to possibly sneak into the top 7 that would be a fantastic cap on a season of improvement.

[vincecarter4pres]

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They have us going 35-47 now, 11th worst record. They have Denver winning 53 games.

10th worst; 9th place finish in the East. Given the LeVert injury, that has to be viewed a very good step forward.

Yeah I counted wrong.

If we finish 9th in the east and a top 10 pick (remember, lottery odds have changed) and we can manage to possibly sneak into the top 7 that would be a fantastic cap on a season of improvement.

Still see us finishing with the 6xth or 7th worst record.

We're blowing games we should be winning(should be in the sense of blowing late leads, not because we're better than anybody) and the schedule is only going to get tougher.

Phoenix will finish worse.
Knix.
Atlanta.
Cleveland.
Chicago.
Probably Miami.

After that, unless we make a trade to improve now, I don't see us besting anyone else.

[Prokorov]

10th worst; 9th place finish in the East. Given the LeVert injury, that has to be viewed a very good step forward.

Yeah I counted wrong.

If we finish 9th in the east and a top 10 pick (remember, lottery odds have changed) and we can manage to possibly sneak into the top 7 that would be a fantastic cap on a season of improvement.

Still see us finishing with the 6xth or 7th worst record.

We're blowing games we should be winning(should be in the sense of blowing late leads, not because we're better than anybody) and the schedule is only going to get tougher.

Phoenix will finish worse.
Knix.
Atlanta.
Cleveland.
Chicago.
Probably Miami.

After that, unless we make a trade to improve now, I don't see us besting anyone else.

Not to mention we eventuallt will give roles to kurucs and Musa and see Carroll/Dudley diminish which will result in more losses

[vincecarter4pres]

Yeah I counted wrong.

If we finish 9th in the east and a top 10 pick (remember, lottery odds have changed) and we can manage to possibly sneak into the top 7 that would be a fantastic cap on a season of improvement.

Still see us finishing with the 6xth or 7th worst record.

We're blowing games we should be winning(should be in the sense of blowing late leads, not because we're better than anybody) and the schedule is only going to get tougher.

Phoenix will finish worse.
Knix.
Atlanta.
Cleveland.
Chicago.
Probably Miami.

After that, unless we make a trade to improve now, I don't see us besting anyone else.

Not to mention we eventuallt will give roles to kurucs and Musa and see Carroll/Dudley diminish which will result in more losses

Yup and who knows when, or if Caris will comeback this season? And if he does, he's going to be on a strict minute restriction.