ChrisInAZ wrote:bwgood77 wrote:
Us, being the projected worst team in the toughest conference, of course end up with the toughest schedule.
Really? You think the Suns ranking in this thing as having the toughest schedule is due to the Suns being a very poor team? If true, I don't get the value...then again, I don't even understand how assigning SOS before the season would work...doesn't everybody in the West/East have to play (pretty much) the same schedule as every other team?
EDIT: I guess it makes sense that Phoenix's and Golden State's SOS ratings get oppo ratings 'cuz the Suns have to play the Dubs 4 times rather than getting to beat-up Phoenix, and GSW gets PHX 4 times instead of battling themselves....In the end, a pretty much pointless numbers display.
Yes, in the NBA it's always inversely related...if you didn't play your own conference more, it would be inversely related to projected records. There is a chance, for example, that Sacramento might be projected to finish worse than us, but we may play the Warriors four times whereas they play them 3, and we play the Lakers 4 times, and they play them 3, which would slightly alter it.
In the NFL for example, it is completely different due to previous year division ranking matches you up with a couple tougher teams than the rest of the teams in your division. On top of that, each division rotates which division in they play all the teams in that division once in their own conference and once for the division in the other conference which can have a big impact.
In baseball, you play your division SO much more that the strength of your division will give you the toughest schedule, though within the division, it should still be inversely related to projections.
