ESPN Ranks the West

[kevin44]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/82738 ... -standings

[Sacramento_King]

Dead last in the West. That's rough but about right. We need Reke to progress to superstar level and DMC to become a monster.

[kevin44]

The Kings are & will be bad, but are the Suns, Hornets, Blazers & Rockets really better than us? The Suns have the worst roster.

[KF10]

29 wins, huh? That's .354% winning percentage.

At least that's a higher winning percentage from last years, .333%.

[SacKingZZZ]

Well, he has 4 teams right around the same mark more or less, I don't think it will be that close at the top. I think the teams that really did improve themselves this summer will widen the gap. This could go a number of ways, but with the talent the team has it could very well be more competitive than that, or with the type of talent they have they could be even worse. I would think Houston would be the team ready for the big drop off into no mans land since they went young and blew the heck up this summer.

I'm just going to hope the Kings surprise because that's what it's going to take. Plenty of talent though.

[deNIEd]

The Kings are & will be bad, but are the Suns, Hornets, Blazers & Rockets really better than us? The Suns have the worst roster.

Well they have all those teams within 4-6 games of each other.

I don't think these rankings are that outrageous. While I still think Phoenix and Houston are worse than Sacramento, I still think the margin is +/- 2 games or so...in which case anything could happen. You always win some games you shouldn't.

Even though last season we were tied for 5th, we were only separated from the 2nd worst record by 2 games and separated from the 8th worst record by 3 games. Anything could happen.

[blind prophet]

unless injuries take their toll.

I think 33 wins +- 2

[GrapeApe]

I guess if Goran Dragic can morph into Steve Nash maybe Suns will be better than the Kings.

Isaiah Thomas vs. Dragic even.
Marcus Thornton vs. Jared Dudley advantage Thornton.
Tyreke Evans vs. Micheal Beasley advantage Evans
Jason Thompson vs. Luis Scola advantage Scola
DeMarcus Cousins vs. Marcin Gortat advantage Cousins

Not only do the Kings seem to have more talent, but they have been together longer.

[SacKingZZZ]

If Thomas Robinson doesn't start, I for one will be seriously disappointed. Back to back years top 10 pick, top 10 bench warmer? C'mon Petrie you can do better than that. More than a few guys available in this draft that could have owned that spot.

And the Kings have a ton of talent, whether or not it works as a team is the question.

[SacKingsPejaFan]

ESPN is smoking something putting the Rockets at #12 out of 15. They have the worst roster in the entire NBA and they've never played together. This is a joke. The Kings are, at worse, second to last in the West to the Rockets.

Unlike some of you, I think the Suns are a better team than the Kings. Our guys aren't as good as a lot of you make them out to be, and the last couple years have proven the fit and chemistry of the team just sucks. We made additions, but nothing major. We were 1 win better than New Orleans last year and Eric Gordon only played 9 games. Even though they lost him, they upgraded just about everywhere else, and it's not like they "had" him last year anyway. They'll be better than us. I think it's silly to even talk about us being better than the Blazers. No shot. Golden State, Minny, and Utah will likely smash us as well barring injuries. I'm not expecting a pretty year.

[kevin44]

I doubt Thomas Robinson will play much this year. We just gave Thompson a big contract to start right? This team is still a work in progress. I have lost faith in Petrie. With picks like Jimmer & most of the players we have added I question if anyone knows what they are doing.