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I see us at 25 wins now. The Cavs, Hawks, Suns are almost guaranteed to have less wins than us. The Bulls, Magics and Knicks will be around our standings. I believe the HEAT and Wiz will get more wins, they have more talent then us to win more games and I don't see them tanking. So yea we'll be around 6th or 7th. We might get a little lucky because some coaches want to keep their jobs but I don't see us being any higher than 5th. That's a great spot to be in to get a great prospect, we can also trade up from there.

Papi_swav wrote:I see us at 25 wins now. The Cavs, Hawks, Suns are almost guaranteed to have less wins than us. The Bulls, Magics and Knicks will be around our standings. I believe the HEAT and Wiz will get more wins, they have more talent then us to win more games and I don't see them tanking. So yea we'll be around 6th or 7th. We might get a little lucky because some coaches want to keep their jobs but I don't see us being any higher than 5th. That's a great spot to be in to get a great prospect, we can also trade up from there.

I don't think we'll be that low in total wins, but this is probably one of those years where like 30 to 32 wins gets you the 5th to 7th worst record.

January's schedule is pretty brutal. This coming month will be a true test.

TheNetsFan wrote:I think I'm being overly optimistic, but I'll go with 34.

Not sure why I'm down for 30 on the OP, but I'm glad that the Nets are on pace to exceed my expectations.

welp, i'm glad i was wrong.

vincecarter4pres wrote:January's schedule is pretty brutal. This coming month will be a true test.

the Nets really deserve a ton of credit. incredible.

vincecarter4pres wrote:January's schedule is pretty brutal. This coming month will be a true test.

Russell be like....



Nets 8-2 in January with: ORL, NYK, @BOS, CHI, @SAS to close the month. we take 3 of 5 there and we finish January at 11-4.

MrDollarBills wrote:

vincecarter4pres wrote:January's schedule is pretty brutal. This coming month will be a true test.

the Nets really deserve a ton of credit. incredible.

It really is. My make playoffs future is looking decent right now.

vincecarter4pres wrote:

MrDollarBills wrote:

vincecarter4pres wrote:January's schedule is pretty brutal. This coming month will be a true test.

the Nets really deserve a ton of credit. incredible.

It really is. My make playoffs future is looking decent right now.

4 wins from my prediction... 6 from yours. with levert basically out all year.

Prokorov wrote:

vincecarter4pres wrote:

MrDollarBills wrote:
the Nets really deserve a ton of credit. incredible.

It really is. My make playoffs future is looking decent right now.

4 wins from my prediction... 6 from yours. with levert basically out all year.

I at least threw some dough on them to make the playoffs at 3.5 to 1 lol.

Somebody on the radio had thrown record splits out there about the Nets, and contrasting it with Indiana. It was interesting. They were pointing out that Indiana has feasted (22-3) on below .500 teams, but is only 9-12 against above .500 teams. By contrast, we're much more balanced: Under .500 we're 17-11 ; above .500 we're 8-12. We're also 13-11 at home, and 12-12 on the road. The only extreme split is our record against the NorthWest (1-4), but most of those games were bunched up right around the time when LeVert got hurt in Minnesota.

From this I takeaway that we very much control our own fate. We're more dependent on whether our shots are falling than on the quality of opponent. If we shoot well, we can hang with anybody. If we shoot poorly, we can lose to anybody.

vincecarter4pres wrote:

Prokorov wrote:

vincecarter4pres wrote:It really is. My make playoffs future is looking decent right now.

4 wins from my prediction... 6 from yours. with levert basically out all year.

I at least threw some dough on them to make the playoffs at 3.5 to 1 lol.

yo and to think i warned you against betting that future hindsight is a cruel bitch. unless the bottom falls out that's easy money right there.

MrDollarBills wrote:

vincecarter4pres wrote:

Prokorov wrote:
4 wins from my prediction... 6 from yours. with levert basically out all year.

I at least threw some dough on them to make the playoffs at 3.5 to 1 lol.

yo and to think i warned you against betting that future hindsight is a cruel bitch. unless the bottom falls out that's easy money right there.

Like 3 games after Caris went down we were talking how I basically lit fire to $100 dollars lol.

vincecarter4pres wrote:

MrDollarBills wrote:

vincecarter4pres wrote:I at least threw some dough on them to make the playoffs at 3.5 to 1 lol.

yo and to think i warned you against betting that future hindsight is a cruel bitch. unless the bottom falls out that's easy money right there.

Like 3 games after Caris went down we were talking how I basically lit fire to $100 dollars lol.

fun times....

we are 19-15 since levert went down. that doesnt seem like real life.

if you write off the 8 game losing sreak as a mourning period we are 19-7

Prokorov wrote:

vincecarter4pres wrote:

MrDollarBills wrote:
yo and to think i warned you against betting that future hindsight is a cruel bitch. unless the bottom falls out that's easy money right there.

Like 3 games after Caris went down we were talking how I basically lit fire to $100 dollars lol.

fun times....

we are 19-15 since levert went down. that doesnt seem like real life.

if you write off the 8 game losing sreak as a mourning period we are 19-7

This has been the first time in a long time we as Nets fans could truly enjoy a season.

Prokorov wrote:

vincecarter4pres wrote:

MrDollarBills wrote:
yo and to think i warned you against betting that future hindsight is a cruel bitch. unless the bottom falls out that's easy money right there.

Like 3 games after Caris went down we were talking how I basically lit fire to $100 dollars lol.

fun times....

we are 19-15 since levert went down. that doesnt seem like real life.

if you write off the 8 game losing sreak as a mourning period we are 19-7

*21-13. Refs cost us the Memphis and Philly games.

While the OP doesn't include all of the predictions that were made prior to the start of the season, the overwhelming majority of us (myself included) have a lot of crow to eat lol.

I had us winning 32 games...we're at 36 wins with 13 games remaining.

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NyCeEvO wrote:While the OP doesn't include all of the predictions that were made prior to the start of the season, the overwhelming majority of us (myself included) have a lot of crow to eat lol.

I had us winning 32 games...we're at 36 wins with 13 games remaining.

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yeah.... you really need to give serious props to kenny and the developmental team. I think we all could have assumed that some of the young guys would improve. maybe even 1 guy taking a big leap... but basically our entire starting lineup took an enormous leap as well as our 6th man and 2nd round pick

-Russell took a ENORMOUS leap becoming an all-star. even pro-DLo guys didnt see that
-Dinwiddie took another big leap after last years MIP type season
-Levert had a huge surge to start the year showing big improvment
-Allen in just year 2 is legit starting center and has shown alot of growth
-Joe Harris has basically become the best three point shooter in the league and a floor spacer who gets to the rim too
-Rodi looks like a 20 year vet and everything we thought Kirelenko would have been

also props to marks and kenny... everyone buys in, we have like 13 guys who deserve minutes but never complain even if they are DNP for weeks (Dudley, RHJ, napier, graham....) and eveyrone accepts their role.

its a thing of beauty.

We have 8 more wins then last year, with 13 games still left to play. That is after an 8 win increase from 2017 to last year as well.

-last year only philly improved more from the prior season then we did
-this year only Milwaukee or denver will top is in improvement over last year

things are looking WAY up

5 more wins puts us at .500 on the season. I think it's a realistic goal.

Prokorov wrote:

NyCeEvO wrote:While the OP doesn't include all of the predictions that were made prior to the start of the season, the overwhelming majority of us (myself included) have a lot of crow to eat lol.

I had us winning 32 games...we're at 36 wins with 13 games remaining.

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yeah.... you really need to give serious props to kenny and the developmental team. I think we all could have assumed that some of the young guys would improve. maybe even 1 guy taking a big leap... but basically our entire starting lineup took an enormous leap as well as our 6th man and 2nd round pick

-Russell took a ENORMOUS leap becoming an all-star. even pro-DLo guys didnt see that
-Dinwiddie took another big leap after last years MIP type season
-Levert had a huge surge to start the year showing big improvment
-Allen in just year 2 is legit starting center and has shown alot of growth
-Joe Harris has basically become the best three point shooter in the league and a floor spacer who gets to the rim too
-Rodi looks like a 20 year vet and everything we thought Kirelenko would have been

also props to marks and kenny... everyone buys in, we have like 13 guys who deserve minutes but never complain even if they are DNP for weeks (Dudley, RHJ, napier, graham....) and eveyrone accepts their role.

its a thing of beauty.

We have 8 more wins then last year, with 13 games still left to play. That is after an 8 win increase from 2017 to last year as well.

-last year only philly improved more from the prior season then we did
-this year only Milwaukee or denver will top is in improvement over last year

things are looking WAY up

In addition to this, our center rotation is A LOT better than last year. We were rolling with Mozgov, Okafor, Zeller, Acy for a lot of the year. Jarrett was limited to 20 minutes a game basically. We've turned that into 48 minutes of Allen and Ed Davis. Tough, mistake free ball at the center position is HUGE for a young team.

I don't think even the biggest Rodi fan could've expected him to start 30+ games as a rookie and show the ability to play 3 and 4 effectively.