OFFICIAL 2010-11 PREDICTIONS - Predictions only no debates

Mr.Raptorsingh · Post #21 » by **Mr.Raptorsingh** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 6:33 pm

I've got two predictions:

1. Chris Paul will be traded by the trade deadline.

2. Like others have already predicted, Joey Dorsey will be the starting C for the Raptors, if not by opening night, then definitely after the first 10 or 15 games to begin the season.

BeeLine2thebowl · Post #22 » by **BeeLine2thebowl** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:52 pm

We get top 3 draft lottery pick

We get rubio somehow at the trade deadline (trade our pick, top 6 protected this year, top 4 protected year after)

Calderon gets traded for expirings/picks

We are top 15 in defence and top 15 in offence

Boston vs LA finals, Boston wins.

Denver, Phoenix dont make the playoffs in the west

BC gets an extension.

Guy Smiley · Post #23 » by **Guy Smiley** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:11 pm

Raps win less than 28 games.
Heat win 75 games and the title.
Bosh flirts with 70 percent from the field.
Blake Griffin will be beastly.
Kobe starts declining noticeably.
I will hate Bargnani more at the end of the season than I do now.

andyo · Post #24 » by **andyo** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:03 pm

Kleiza will average at least 16 points a game.

Derozan will improve, specifically his back to the basket game and his range. However, he will still lack break down ability.

B.C gets extended for 3 years.

Anthony Randolph wins most improved.

Durant wins the MVP.

Heat will finish with the best regular season record with 60-70 wins.

Heat will lose to Boston in the ECF and Bosh will be thrown under the bus for being soft. Their weak front court defensively and lack of a quality PG will be heavily criticized.

Boston wins in 7 against the Lakers in the Finals. Perkins is healthy, JO is a integral component in helping the Celtics win the title.

Denver misses the playoffs.

Thelonious · Post #25 » by **Thelonious** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:05 pm

Raptors don't use TPE until 2011-12 offseason.

Iamtheliquor · Post #26 » by **Iamtheliquor** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:01 am

Magic beat Heat in ECF only to lose to the Lakers in 6.

Post #27 » by **Yuri Vaultin** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:05 am

The Heat will average over 38 FTs/game.

Bankai · Post #28 » by **Bankai** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:15 am

Raptors : 38-44 (9th in the East) Treadmill Pick but still the same team without Bosh.
Chris Paul traded by deadline, New Orleans starts tanking.
Miami Heat averages 50 Free Throws a game, some owners (Cuban) complain and get fined.
Raptors Trade Player Exemption is left to die, Fans rage nothing good came out of it.

a-mah · Post #29 » by **a-mah** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:36 am

Sonny Weems will lead the raptors in scoring
Joey Dorsey will lead the raptors in rebounding
John Wall will be the first rookie ever to avg 20ppg 10apg and win ROY
Kevin Durant will be the 5th person ever to avg 35+ppg and win MVP
LeBron James will be the 2nd person ever to avg a tripple-double 22-10-10
BC will draft Jan Veesley or Donatas Motiejunas over Kyrie Irving, Harrison Barnes and Perry Jones in the 2011 draft

AbC? · Post #30 » by **AbC?** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:14 am

Miami, if healthy during the playoffs, will comfortably win the title. No team will take them past 6 games.

syntax · Post #31 » by **syntax** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:51 am

My mate and I place a few bets on our predictions... I took the Raptors for worst record in the league. What do you think Raps fans? Did I make a good choice?

6Ft Under · Post #32 » by **6Ft Under** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:08 am

- Heat get beat by the Celtics in conference finals.
- Lakers 3 peat
- Raptors do not make playoffs.
- MVP Chris Paul

Laowai · Post #33 » by **Laowai** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:12 am

Toronto 36W
Boston wins East
Portland wins West
Oden has a breakout year then is injured in 1st game of finals.
Boston coasts.
Charlotte worst team in East
Minny worst team in West

ATLTimekeeper · Post #34 » by **ATLTimekeeper** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:41 am

-Chris Paul will be traded. And New Orleans will tank.
-Golden State will have more wins than New York.
-Sacramento will flirt with the playoffs.
-The Heat will win 75 games and go 16-0 in the playoffs.
-The Lakers won't make the finals.
-The Celtics won't make the Conference FInals.

Raptor only

-30 wins
-Barbosa will be traded by the deadline for an expiring.
-Triano will be let go by the end of the season, and a name-coach will take his place.
-There will be a fight on the court this year.
-We'll draft a Euro with our high first, but Bargnani will be gone by next July.
-BC will get extended as President, but he'll either promote someone to be GM or he'll hire someone new.
-Weems will break-out and want too much money. We'll let him go.

basketball royalty · Post #35 » by **basketball royalty** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:16 pm

syntax wrote:My mate and I place a few bets on our predictions... I took the Raptors for worst record in the league. What do you think Raps fans? Did I make a good choice?

I'll take that bet. You have PayPal?

Mascot · Post #36 » by **Mascot** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:58 pm

Raptors have 17 Wins 65 losses
Indiana has 13 wins and 69 losses

Phoenix misses the playoffs
Denver trades Melo to NY at trade deadline
New Orleans trades Paul to NY at trade deadline

New York already sitting on a 17 and 27 record manages to make the 3rd seed after acquiring them and gets eliminated by Boston

Heat have 72 wins and 10 losses, three of which come in the last week due to resting the big 3.

Celtics defeat Heat in conference finals
Lakers defeat Dallas in conference finals
Boston defeats Lakers in Finals.

Black Milk · Post #37 » by **Black Milk** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:24 pm

Heat vs Boston in 5.

Heat vs Lakers finals, Lakers in 7, but will be a very tight finals.

Raptors max out at 25 - 30 wins.

Raptors luck out and get the 1st overall pick in 2011 draft

LieCheatSteal · Post #38 » by **LieCheatSteal** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:40 pm

Bargnani will start of slow, leading to complete meltdown of this board and, for the 1st time ever, a 1 week shutdown of this board so people can chill out. Then, by January, he'll heat up, leading to another meltdown of this board and, for the 1st time ever, any topic about Bargnani not started by mods are locked and any poster starting a Bargnani topic be banned permanently. Furthermore, anyone mentioning Bargnani in any post will be suspended.

At the end, of the year, because of his Jekyll and Hyde season, Bargnani will end up having identical stats as last year.

Post #39 » by **Harry Palmer** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:22 pm

If we do not use the TPE, the defensive sound byte raised will be something like 'Making a move to just make a move is stupid. I'm glad BC had the guts to do the unpopular but smart thing rather than just play to the crowd like his critics expected. As far as the Bosh trade, hindsight is 20/20, and we can't change history, and besides, Bosh screwed us and BC's hands were tied. But at least he's trying to correct his mistakes.'

There will also be some kind of time-specific reason why it was actually smarter to let is go unused, like some great future move we could be making that it would have handicapped, or similar. (Or in the negation sense, like 'who were we going to get? Peja? LMAO!') etc.

toast · Post #40 » by **toast** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:23 pm

^^^
We have a winner. Edit (Liecheatandsteal I mean not HarryPalmer)

I'll go bold.

I predict that Boston finished 6-8 in the division, before being eliminated in the first round. Then not making the playoffs next year. They remind me too much of Detroit 2 years ago when they fell off. Except for Rondo, everyone else on that team is average at best now. 100 games for everyone last year will really take there toll.

I think that BC will be willing to trade Bargnani. I think he will be traded by next summer, contingent upon.
If
A) He does not improve his play from last year
B) Either Davis or Amir develop to allow for at least one feasible big man