team predictions for 2009/10

Post #1 » by **fatlever** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:51 pm

i think its time to make your predictions for the year.

record: 38-44 finishing 9th in the east

stats
wallace: 18.5ppg, 7.5ppg, 3apg 1.5spg 1bpg
diaw: 15.5ppg, 6.5rpg 4.5apg
augustin: 15ppg, 2rpg, 4.5apg, 1spg
felton: 14ppg, 3.5rpg, 6apg, 1.5spg
henderson: 10ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.5apg
bell (30games): 9.5ppg, 3rpg, 2apg
chandler: 9ppg, 10.5rpg, 1.5bpg
radmanovic: 7.5ppg

over or under
felton 41% FG - over
diop 35% FT - under
chandler 70 games - under
wallace 70 games - over
MJ courtside at 10 home games - under
Bob Johnson courtside at 10 home games - over
5 sellouts - under

first to get traded? - bell
does bob sell the team this year? - no
hottest ladycat? - jordan

post your own questions/predictions.

Post #2 » by **BigSlam** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:08 pm

record: 41-41 finishing 8th in the east

stats
wallace: 18.5ppg, 7.5ppg, 3.5apg 1.5spg 1.5bpg
diaw: 18.5ppg, 6.5rpg 5.5apg
augustin: 15ppg, 2rpg, 4.5apg, 1.5spg
felton: 12ppg, 4rpg, 6apg, 1.5spg
henderson: 10ppg, 3rpg, 1.5apg, 1spg
bell (30games): 9.5ppg, 3rpg, 2apg
chandler: 12ppg, 10rpg, 1.5bpg
radmanovic: 7.5ppg

over or under
felton 41% FG - under
diop 35% FT - over
chandler 70 games - under
wallace 70 games - over
MJ courtside at 10 home games - over (we'll start winning more so he will be there)
Bob Johnson courtside at 10 home games - over
5 sellouts - over (if you build it, they will come)

first to get traded? - Lexy
does bob sell the team this year? - no
hottest ladycat? - Ashley

thruthefire · Post #3 » by **thruthefire** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:32 pm

Record: 41-41, 8th in the east

Stats:
Wallace: 17.1 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.8 spg, 1.0 bpg
Diaw: 16 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 5.0 apg
Felton: 15 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 7.8 apg, 1.5 spg, .40 bpg
Augustin: 15 ppg, 2 rpg, 4.5 apg, 0.9 spg
Murray: 10 ppg, 2.0 apg, 2.0 rpg
Henderson: 10 ppg, 3 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1 spg, .30 bpg
Chandler: 9 ppg, 11 rpg, 1.2 bpg
Bell: 8 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.5 apg

Okafor: 16.1 ppg, 11.6 rpg, 2.2 bpg, 1.0 spg

Over or Under:
Felton 41% FG - Over
Diop 35% FT - Over
Chandler 70 games - Under
Wallace 70 games - Over
MJ courtside at 10 home games - Over
Bob Johnson courtside at 10 home games - Over
5 sellouts - Over

First to get traded? - Bell
Does Bob sell the team this year? - No
Hottest Ladycat? - Lauren, because she's my button.

aceunc111 · Post #4 » by **aceunc111** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:59 pm

I'm not a huge predictor of stats because well, I'm just not good at it. But I did want to mention for the "Over/Under" for 5 Sellouts. ...i'm going WAAAAAAAAAAAY under. UNLESS we become a surefire playoff team we are NOT selling out a single game at just over 20,000 seats. a "source" told me yesterday that we didn't even sell out the Cleveland game last year (although it was announced as a sell out I believe) and Cleveland only came to Charlotte once. We still have over 7,000 tickets available for OPENING NIGHT! ..yeah, it's against the lowly Knicks..but there are NY fans EVERYWHERE. Anyways, sorry, just wanted to throw my 2 cents in about sell outs. I wish we could get some energy in the arena at the BEGINNING of the year like we had at the end of the year. Maybe we'd get off to a good start instead of the typical crappy starts which kills the casual fan base.

Dexmor · Post #5 » by **Dexmor** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:38 pm

Diaw is a problem but hopefully he gets in shape.
If so

Wallace 19 points 7 rebounds
Diaw 15 points 6 pathetic rebounds
Tyson 8 points 10 rebounds 1.5 pathetic blocks
DJ the man Augustine 16 points 6 assists
Raymond need a contract Felton 17 points 6 assists
Flip 13 points
Graham 7 points
Henderson 10 good points with good D
Radman 10 points
Bell will be traded

8th seed.

Rich4114 · Post #6 » by **Rich4114** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:53 pm

record: 30-52 finishing 12th in the east

stats
wallace: 18.5ppg, 7.5ppg, 3apg 1.5spg 1bpg
diaw: 15.5ppg, 6.5rpg 4.5apg
augustin: 15ppg, 2rpg, 4.5apg, 1spg
felton: 72ppg, 3.5rpg, 65apg, 111.5spg
henderson: 10ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.5apg
bell (30games): 9.5ppg, 3rpg, 2apg
chandler: 9ppg, 10.5rpg, 1.5bpg
radmanovic: 7.5ppg

over or under
felton 41% FG - over
diop 35% FT - under
chandler 70 games - under
wallace 70 games - over
MJ courtside at 10 home games - under
Bob Johnson courtside at 10 home games - over
5 sellouts - under

first to get traded? - bell
does bob sell the team this year? - no
hottest ladycat? - jordan

Post #7 » by **BigSlam** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:00 pm

Beautiful Rich - but I thought Felts was meant to be a good rebounder for a PG??

Post #8 » by **fatlever** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:01 pm

Rich4114 wrote:felton: 72ppg, 3.5rpg, 65apg, 111.5spg

ray w/ only 3.5 rebounds per game? what a hack.

Benjamin Linus · Post #9 » by **Benjamin Linus** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:02 pm

If Felton's dropping 72 ppg, 65 apg, and 111.5 spg, wouldn't you think we'd be at least worthy of 9th or 10th place?

SWedd523 · Post #10 » by **SWedd523** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:23 pm

Benjamin Linus wrote:If Felton's dropping 72 ppg, 65 apg, and 111.5 spg, wouldn't you think we'd be at least worthy of 9th or 10th place?

rocketsballin · Post #11 » by **rocketsballin** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:06 am

Rich4114 wrote:felton: 111.5spg

thats a lotta steals

esoteric001 · Post #12 » by **esoteric001** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:49 am

aceunc111 wrote:I'm not a huge predictor of stats because well, I'm just not good at it. But I did want to mention for the "Over/Under" for 5 Sellouts. ...i'm going WAAAAAAAAAAAY under. UNLESS we become a surefire playoff team we are NOT selling out a single game at just over 20,000 seats. a "source" told me yesterday that we didn't even sell out the Cleveland game last year (although it was announced as a sell out I believe) and Cleveland only came to Charlotte once. We still have over 7,000 tickets available for OPENING NIGHT! ..yeah, it's against the lowly Knicks..but there are NY fans EVERYWHERE. Anyways, sorry, just wanted to throw my 2 cents in about sell outs. I wish we could get some energy in the arena at the BEGINNING of the year like we had at the end of the year. Maybe we'd get off to a good start instead of the typical crappy starts which kills the casual fan base.

Would your prediction change if you knew that there are, in reality, only 19,026 seats for professional basketball? The 20,200 # is the expandable number seats by adding non permanent seats for big events, like NCAA tourney, all-star game etc.

How many seats are in Time Warner Cable Arena?

Time Warner Cable Arena offers the ultimate in flexible seating; from a 4,000 - 7,000 theater set up to more than 20,000 people for a collegiate basketball tournament. Maximum seating capacities are listed below: Sporting Events

* NBA Basketball: 19,026

http://www.timewarnercablearena.com/page/arenainfo/faq

Post #13 » by **Walt Cronkite** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:37 am

roxfashoballin wrote:
Rich4114 wrote:felton: 111.5spg

thats a lotta steals

Welcome to the joke.

Felton for Pres · Post #14 » by **Felton for Pres** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:16 pm

Walt Cronkite wrote:
roxfashoballin wrote:
Rich4114 wrote:felton: 111.5spg

thats a lotta steals

Welcome to the joke.

I thought it was "shots" per game, in which case 111.5 smells about right. :lol:

Bassman · Post #15 » by **Bassman** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:56 pm

OK, here's mine as of 10/22/09 (I don't try stats as I just don't have time and I know they'll be wrong):

Record: 36-46 finishing 10th in the east

Season Summary: I believe the team gets off to another very bad start, struggles to find chemistry, makes a bold trade before the deadline and becomes a better team later in the season.

Team MVP - Boris Diaw
6th Man Award - DJ
Most Improved - Derrick Brown
Most Promising - Gerald Henderson

Bold Predictions:

> Bell does not get traded as his value due to his injury is low. Greater value to the Cats as an expiring contract.

> Cats engineer a bold trade prior to the deadline. The trade includes Wallace and Felton, and returns a starting PF and a reserve guard. This moves Diaw to the 3, backing up at the 4. DJ moves to the starter spot at PG, with Henderson beginning to take more minutes at the 2. These moves actually help the team become even better than last season, but way too late to become a factor in the playoff race.

> Tyson Chandler plays better in the 2nd half of the season than the 1st. Between his conditioning, the ankle and chemistry, many are thinking the trade was a bust for the Cats. But his impact begins to grow by game #30, and he shows flashes of good chemistry with Augustine prior to the big trade. Late in the season people will be saying "what if he was healthy, and had been hooked up with DJ and this group all season?".

> Nazr plays better as a reserve, but not well enough to attract a quality trade offer. Diop is just bad, and gets random minutes like Nazr got last year. Ajinca flounders, pouts, and is traded for a 2nd round pick.

> Gerald Henderson improves enough to be a decent player at the 2, taking starter minutes more often in the 2nd half of the season. Derrick Brown improves he was a steal in the draft, improving from rough early performances to taking minutes away from Vlad and becoming a solid part of the rotation by year's end.

Post #16 » by **tsherkin** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:27 pm

I think the the 35- to 40-win range seems reasonable. I also agree with Bassman about the second half for Chandler.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Charlotte be 24-31 at the break, and then go 14-13 to close out the season (or something similar, anyway).

Post #17 » by **fatlever** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:52 pm

Non bobcats season predictions

Playoff teams

East
Boston
Cleveland
Orlando
Chicago
Atlanta
Miami
Philadelphia
Detroit

West
LA Lakers
SanAntonio
Denver
Dallas
Portland
New Orleans
Utah
Oklahoma City

First round
Boston over Detroit
Cleveland over Philadelphia
Orlando over Miami
Chicago over Atlanta
Lakers over OKC
San Antonio over Utah
New Orleans over Denver
Portland over Dallas

Second Round
Boston over Chicago
Cleveland over Orlando
Lakers over Portland
San Antonio over New Orleans

Conf Finals
Cleveland over Boston
Lakers over San Antonio

Finals
Cleveland over Lakers

MVP
Lebron James

All NBA 1st Team
Kobe Bryant
Dwyane Wade
Lebron James
Kevin Durant
Dwight Howard

All NBA 2nd Team
Chris Paul
Brandon Roy
Dirk Nowitzki
Carmelo Anthony
Tim Duncan

All NBA 3rd Team
Tony Parker
Chauncey Billups
Paul Pierce
Kevin Garnett
Shaq Oneal

Rookie of the Year
Tyreke Evans

All NBA Rookie 1st Team
Tyreke Evans
Stephen Curry
Jonny Flynn
Blake Griffin
Brandon Jennings

All NBA Rookie 2nd Team
James Harden
Terrence Williams
James Johnson
Jeff Teague
Demarr DeRozan

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant – 28ppg
Dwayne Wade – 27ppg
Kobe Bryant – 26.5ppg
Carmelo Anthony – 25ppg
Dwight Howard – 25ppg

Benjamin Linus · Post #18 » by **Benjamin Linus** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:41 pm

East
Cleveland
Orlando
Boston
Atlanta
Chicago
Washington
Miami
Toronto
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Philadelphia
Charlotte
Indiana
Detroit
New Jersey
New York
Milwaukee

West
LA Lakers
San Antonio
Portland
Denver
Dallas
New Orleans
Utah
Phoenix
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Golden State
Houston
LA Clippers
Oklahoma City
Memphis
Sacramento
Minnesota

Finals - Lakers over Celtics
MVP - LeBron James
ROY - Tyreke Evans
DPOY - Dwight Howard
MIP - Greg Oden
COY - Jerry Sloan (pity award)
Sixth Man - Lamar Odom
Scoring Champ - LeBron James

Rich4114 · Post #19 » by **Rich4114** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:16 am

BigSlam wrote::rofl:

Beautiful Rich - but I thought Felts was meant to be a good rebounder for a PG??

Actually it's just about right. Since he'll be shooting 97% there's not many rebounds to go around at least offensively.