Top 8 teams in the east

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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#21 » by Joerezz7 » Sun Sep 8, 2019 11:21 pm

Philly
Bucks
Pacers (if oladipo is healthy)
Boston
Brooklyn
Miami
Toronto
Up for grabs
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#22 » by reload141 » Sun Sep 8, 2019 11:41 pm

Not2BeBothered wrote:Can’t wait till da Nets prove folk wrong.
Can’t wait till philly lack of depth and injury prone players backfires
Can’t wait till Boston shows how overrated they are


Yeah, maybe the Nets will be relevant this year will be interesting to see.
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#23 » by JAYZGOAT » Mon Sep 9, 2019 12:43 am

reload141 wrote:
Not2BeBothered wrote:Can’t wait till da Nets prove folk wrong.
Can’t wait till philly lack of depth and injury prone players backfires
Can’t wait till Boston shows how overrated they are


Yeah, maybe the Nets will be relevant this year will be interesting to see.


Interesting. Nets fan believes worst case scenerio for two division rivals will occur. Also, who are these Injury prone players you're talking about? Embiid? That's just one player, and that's an odd thing to say considering Irving is also an often injured player and your other star player, KD, is out with a major injury. Let that hate go brotha.
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#24 » by kio80 » Mon Sep 9, 2019 1:29 am

76ers
Nets
Celtics
Bucks
Pacers
Heat
Raptors
Magic



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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#25 » by kamaze » Mon Sep 9, 2019 1:54 am

Panic610 wrote:
reload141 wrote:
Not2BeBothered wrote:Can’t wait till da Nets prove folk wrong.
Can’t wait till philly lack of depth and injury prone players backfires
Can’t wait till Boston shows how overrated they are


Yeah, maybe the Nets will be relevant this year will be interesting to see.


Interesting. Nets fan believes worst case scenerio for two division rivals will occur. Also, who are these Injury prone players you're talking about? Embiid? That's just one player, and that's an odd thing to say considering Irving is also an often injured player and your other star player, KD, is out with a major injury. Let that hate go brotha.


+1 It's getting old.
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#26 » by reload141 » Mon Sep 9, 2019 1:59 am

kamaze wrote:
Panic610 wrote:
reload141 wrote:
Yeah, maybe the Nets will be relevant this year will be interesting to see.


Interesting. Nets fan believes worst case scenerio for two division rivals will occur. Also, who are these Injury prone players you're talking about? Embiid? That's just one player, and that's an odd thing to say considering Irving is also an often injured player and your other star player, KD, is out with a major injury. Let that hate go brotha.


+1 It's getting old.


Panic610 is talking about your post kiddo.
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#27 » by The_Hater » Mon Sep 9, 2019 2:08 am

aad wrote:Preseason is 30 days away so now that the dust have settled who who got making the playoffs in the east

Here’s mine in order

76ers
Bucks
Celtics
pistons
Pacers
Nets
Magic
Raptors


I’ve got the Pistons missing the playoffs. Hosting a 1st round series would be next to impossible imo
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#28 » by Hroz » Mon Sep 9, 2019 2:15 am

Sixers
Bucks

Celtics
Pacers
Nets
Raptors
Heat
Pistons
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#29 » by Bankai » Mon Sep 9, 2019 2:25 am

Regular Season Records:
1. Bucks (Coach Bud teams rack up wins, team is deep and deadly offensively)
2. Sixers (Nice Roster, scary on paper, but not sure how seamless is the fit)
3. Pacers (East Version of the Blazers. Overachievers with healthy Oladipo)
4. Raptors (Also overachievers, they will rack up wins due to chemistry and experience as is)
5. Nets (Dont think they are that good without Durant, especially with Irving as leader again)
6. Celtics (Wildcard, might rank higher, but really need to see them with Walker and no Horford)
7. Heat (Butler and Dragic will probably get this team to the Playoffs by default)
8. Pistons (Wizards scare me on Chemistry issues, Pistons will have improved Guard play with Rose)

NBA Finals bound: Bucks (Sixers the only real threat, but Bucks are too hungry and deep to be denied)
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#30 » by mudsak » Mon Sep 9, 2019 5:55 am

Bucks
76ers

Pacers
Boston
Raps
Heat

Pistons
Magic
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#31 » by Not2BeBothered » Mon Sep 9, 2019 6:19 am

Panic610 wrote:
reload141 wrote:
Not2BeBothered wrote:Can’t wait till da Nets prove folk wrong.
Can’t wait till philly lack of depth and injury prone players backfires
Can’t wait till Boston shows how overrated they are


Yeah, maybe the Nets will be relevant this year will be interesting to see.


Interesting. Nets fan believes worst case scenerio for two division rivals will occur. Also, who are these Injury prone players you're talking about? Embiid? That's just one player, and that's an odd thing to say considering Irving is also an often injured player and your other star player, KD, is out with a major injury. Let that hate go brotha.


It’s not hate, I look at the Nets being successful because I don’t believe Prince has to try and put up KD numbers for the nets to be good. If the Nets run the same exact system as they did last year but instead of Dlo you have Kyrie, they’re a much better team. Embiid is only one player but he’s their most important player. Doesn’t change the 6er’s lack of depth, or the fact that their starting lineup’s players have conflicting play styles. Unless you believe the Ben Simmons jumpshot is real.
Celtics are overrated, I find it hard to believe that the Celtics downfall was all because of kyrie. Boston is paying Kemba big money, do you expect him to take less shots than Kyrie did? With Kanter as their starting center they’ll be worst of defense with the same questions on offense, who’s gonna take the majority of the shots.
I didn’t mention the other divisions because it’s pretty self explanatory. Bucks are going to run away with the one seed. Indiana will have a top 4 record depending on health of Vic.
1) Milwaukee
2) Philadelphia
3) Indiana
4) Brooklyn
5) Miami
6) Boston
7) Toronto
8) Orlando
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#32 » by Topofthekey » Mon Sep 9, 2019 6:39 am

1. Bucks
2. Raptors
3. Pacers
4. 76ers
5. Celtics
6. Nets
7. Magic
8. Pistons


Bucks lost Brogdon, Mirotic
Raptors lost Kawhi

Both teams got weaker, but should still be the top two teams in the regular season

Pacers lost Oladipo (till he returns)
76ers lost Butler, Redick
Celtics lost Horford, Kyrie, Baynes

Pacers picked up Brogdon, Lamb, and Warren, they'll be fine while they await Oladipo's return

76ers tempered their losses somewhat by adding Horford and Richardson, but spacing and lack of depth is going to be a huge issue for them

Celtics picked up Kemba to replace Kyrie, but they have no one to replace Horford or Baynes - unless Tatum breaks out, they're going struggle to obtain homecourt
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#33 » by melo4three » Mon Sep 9, 2019 9:42 am

1 Bucks
2 knicks
3 sixers
4 celtics
5 pacers
6 nets
7 raptors
8 bulls
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#34 » by The-Power » Mon Sep 9, 2019 10:13 am

reload141 wrote:
kamaze wrote:
Panic610 wrote:
Interesting. Nets fan believes worst case scenerio for two division rivals will occur. Also, who are these Injury prone players you're talking about? Embiid? That's just one player, and that's an odd thing to say considering Irving is also an often injured player and your other star player, KD, is out with a major injury. Let that hate go brotha.


+1 It's getting old.


Panic610 is talking about your post kiddo.

Maybe learn to read properly first before you decide to be condescending in your posts.
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#35 » by LloydFree » Mon Sep 9, 2019 10:54 am

It's shocking to me, that multiple people actually believe the Nets will be better than the Raptors.
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#36 » by ProspectPark » Mon Sep 9, 2019 11:27 am

LloydFree wrote:It's shocking to me, that multiple people actually believe the Nets will be better than the Raptors.


What’s so shocking about it?

Raptors wing depth is Norman Powell, OG Anunoby, and Stanley Johnson.

Lowry will be 34, Gasol will be 35.
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#37 » by reload141 » Mon Sep 9, 2019 12:12 pm

The-Power wrote:
reload141 wrote:
kamaze wrote:
+1 It's getting old.


Panic610 is talking about your post kiddo.

Maybe learn to read properly first before you decide to be condescending in your posts.


Awkward for you.....

But hey let’s stay on topic, Kyrie will miss between 10-15 games as he likes to take them off and with no Durant I’m not seeing where the scoring is going to come from?

They are still playoff bound but not doing much at all this year.
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#38 » by TravisScott55 » Mon Sep 9, 2019 12:15 pm

Milwaukee
Philly
Indiana
Toronto
Miami
Boston
Orlando
Brooklyn
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#39 » by The-Power » Mon Sep 9, 2019 12:20 pm

reload141 wrote:
The-Power wrote:
reload141 wrote:
Panic610 is talking about your post kiddo.

Maybe learn to read properly first before you decide to be condescending in your posts.


Awkward for you.....

I'm not the one calling out the wrong poster because all I can see are team logos. You realize that different users can use the same logo, right?
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Re: Top 8 teams in the east 

Post#40 » by Danny1616 » Mon Sep 9, 2019 1:09 pm

1. Sixers
2. Bucks
3. Raptors
4. Celtic
5. Indiana
6. Miami
7. Brooklyn
8. Magic

My dark horse is Atlanta but I think they are still a year away from cracking that 8th spot.

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