Official West Conference Prediction Thread - updated 10/25/16

[Alex_De_Large]

Like i did in the east thread, i will change some things after 3 months.

Warriors
Spurs
Clippers
Thunder
Grizzlies
Wolves
Blazers
Jazz

Rockets
Pelicans
Mavericks
Lakers
Nuggets
Kings
Suns

Now:

Warriors
Spurs
Clippers
Jazz
Thunder
Blazers
Rockets
TWolves

Grizzlies
Mavericks
Pelicans
Suns
Nuggets
Lakers
Kings

Devin Booker will win some games for the Suns but will not be enough to make the playoffs. Mavericks may have done good acquisitions but Nowitzki and Deron are 1yr older and the West is stronger as always and still better than the East.
Thunder will not be that bad (Kanter and Adams taking a step forward) but that good to contend (very difficult to win a game without Westbrook) i think it's fair to say they are as good as Jazz, Rockets or Blazers.
It was very very hard to left out a solid team like the Grizzlies (i had to the same in the East with the Hornets), i was thinking about give the 8th seed to the Grizzlies and Wolves missing the playoffs, but... players like Towns are so talented it's hard to imagine they can't make it, plus Thibodeau really makes sense for them.

[Merc_Porto]

Warriors
Spurs
Clippers
Houston
Wolves
Jazz
Memphis
Blazers

Thunder
Kings
Mavericks
Denver
Pelicans
Suns
Lakers

[Deivork]

1. Warriors
2. Clippers.
3. Spurs.
4. Blazers.
5. Grizzlies
6. Thunder
7. Jazz
8. Rockets.

9. Mavericks
10. Wolves.
11. Pelicans
12. Nuggets
13. Kings
14. Suns
15. Lakers

[jmnvcavs]

1. GS
2. SAS
3. LAC
4. Portland
5. Houston
6. Utah
7. Denver
8.Memp
9. OKC
10. Minn
11. Dallas
12. Sac
13. NOP
14. Phoenix
15. LAL

[Nowitness]

Is it OK to repost? These are my final predicitons b4 the season starts:

GSW
LAC
SAS
POR
MEM
UTA
OKC
DAL

MIN
HOU
DEN
NOP
LAL
PHX
SAC

[wjun15]

1: GSW
2: PDX
3: SAS
4: HOU
5: OKC
6: LAC (one of CP and Blake go down again)
7: MEM
8: DAL

[MotownMadness]

1.Warriors
2.Spurs
3.Clippers
4.Jazz
5.Thunder
6.Grizzlies
7.Blazers
8.Rockets

[Triple M]

1 GSW
2 Los Angeles
3 Houston
4 San Antonio
5 Memphis
6 OKC
7 Portland
8 Utah
9 Dallas
10 Denver
11 Minnesota
12 Pheonix
13 Los Angeles
14 Sacramento
15 New Orleans

[Zion Wembanyama]

1. SA
2. GS
3. PDX
4. HOU
5. MEM
6. LAC
7. MIN
8. UTAH
9. OKC
10. DAL
11. NO
12. DEN
13. PHX
14. LAL
15. SAC

[Mich3006]

2016-2017 // Version 1:
01. Golden State
02. San Antonio
03. LA Clippers
04. Portland
05. Utah
06. Memphis
07. OKC
08. Houston
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09. Dallas
10. Denver
11. Minnesota
12. Sacramento
13. New Orleans
14. LA Lakers
15. Phoenix

[zeebneeb]

Very difficult, and my biggest drop are the Mavs, and Thunder.

WEST

1.Warriors
2.Spurs
3.Grizzlies
4.Blazers
5.Clippers
6.Rockets
7.Thunder
8.Jazz
9.Nuggets
10.Pelicans
11.Wolves
12.Mavs
13.Lakers
14.Kings
15.Suns

[ken6199]

Guys, thanks for all the participation. We do appreciate you take the time to do this survey, and some of the folks went back and forth multiple times adjusting their votings - stellar effort.

As the season tips off, we draw the curtain on the predictions as well. We will unsticky them very soon. No worries, at the end of the season we will bump this up and update all the results. (probably one extra bump around the mid-season see how we are doing as a whole).

So long for now. Good luck to everyone!

#noinjuries

[mcmurphy]

Guys, thanks for all the participation. We do appreciate you take the time to do this survey, and some of the folks went back and forth multiple times adjusting their votings - stellar effort.

As the season tips off, we draw the curtain on the predictions as well. We will unsticky them very soon. No worries, at the end of the season we will bump this up and update all the results. (probably one extra bump around the mid-season see how we are doing as a whole).

So long for now. Good luck to everyone!

#noinjuries

Hi, ken we are around mid-season

[Wizenheimer]

generally, it looks like Houston is the biggest 'out-performer

meanwhile, the Blazers are busy crashing & burning

[Mahoner]

Bump. Let's see how you made out

[BayArea408415]

GSW
Spurs
LA Clippers
Grizzlies
Jazz
Blazers
Thunder
Mavericks
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Rockets
T-Wolves
Pelicans
Kings
Suns
Nuggets
Lakers

Looks like I overrated the Grizzlies, Blazers and Mavericks. Not overwhelmingly so though. Highly underrated the Rockets but I suspect many people did. Nuggets should have been a bit higher as well. I did alright though.

[ken6199]

^^^
I've seen Rockets on #13, you not doing too bad.

The biggest satisfaction for all posters here is, we put Utah on 4th pre-season. They started the season slow, dealing with all the injuries, but they came through, and climbed back to 4th eventually. Now they are in a slightly favorable match-up vs the Clippers, very happy for them to prove it's not all Utah hype, they are for real.

[mcmurphy]

1 Golden State
2 San Antonio
3 LA Clippers
4 Utah
5 Houston
6 OKC
7 Denver
8 Portland

9 Memphis
10 Minny
11 NOLA
12 Dallas
13 Sacto
14 Lakers
15 Suns

If Gallo+Chandler play near 100-120 games (critical role last year for injuries), with the improvement of young players, denver will surprise

1 Golden State (=)
2 San Antonio (=)
3 LA Clippers (+1)
4 Utah (+1)
5 Houston (-2)
6 OKC (=)
7 Denver (+2)
8 Portland (=)

9 Memphis (-2)
10 Minny (+3)
11 NOLA (-1)
12 Dallas (-1)
13 Sacto (-1)
14 Lakers (=)
15 Suns (=)

7 of 8 PO teams picked correctly (best 9 teams correctly).

6 teams picked position correctly
5 teams with position shifted by 1
3 teams with position shifted by 2
1 team with position shifted by 3 (Minnesota)

Not bad.