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

Clevelander · Post #381 » by **Clevelander** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 7:13 am

JR SMITH_5 wrote:1. CHI
2. CLE
3. IND
4. NY
5. TOR
6. BOS
7. CHA
8. WAS
9. ATL
10. MIL
11. DET
12. ORL
13. PHI
13. BK
15. MIA

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Zion Wembanyama · Post #382 » by **Zion Wembanyama** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 2:49 pm

Clevelander wrote:
JR SMITH_5 wrote:1. CHI
2. CLE
3. IND
4. NY
5. TOR
6. BOS
7. CHA
8. WAS
9. ATL
10. MIL
11. DET
12. ORL
13. PHI
13. BK
15. MIA

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Rapaz · Post #383 » by **Rapaz** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 2:55 pm

JR SMITH_5 wrote:1. CHI
2. CLE
3. IND
4. NY
5. TOR
6. BOS
7. CHA
8. WAS
9. ATL
10. MIL
11. DET
12. ORL
13. PHI
13. BK
15. MIA

????

jc23 · Post #384 » by **jc23** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 4:34 pm

JR SMITH_5 wrote:
Clevelander wrote:
JR SMITH_5 wrote:1. CHI
2. CLE
3. IND
4. NY
5. TOR
6. BOS
7. CHA
8. WAS
9. ATL
10. MIL
11. DET
12. ORL
13. PHI
13. BK
15. MIA

????

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Spoiler:

Clevelander · Post #385 » by **Clevelander** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 6:35 pm

JR SMITH_5 wrote:
Clevelander wrote:
JR SMITH_5 wrote:1. CHI
2. CLE
3. IND
4. NY
5. TOR
6. BOS
7. CHA
8. WAS
9. ATL
10. MIL
11. DET
12. ORL
13. PHI
13. BK
15. MIA

????

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You don't think Chicago at #1 is a bit of a stretch???

Zion Wembanyama · Post #386 » by **Zion Wembanyama** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 7:44 pm

Clevelander wrote:
JR SMITH_5 wrote:
Clevelander wrote:
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You don't think Chicago at #1 is a bit of a stretch???

No.

push · Post #387 » by **push** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 12:57 am

I recommend everyone watch the first two Bulls games this season then re evaluate their rankings. Thank you.

Jon_3232 · Post #388 » by **Jon_3232** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 2:35 am

I recommend we dont evaluate any team on how good/bad they are after 2 games.

push · Post #389 » by **push** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 2:54 am

Always haters who will go to the end of the earth to never admit they were wrong on RealGM. Cause, you know, it's totally okay for the wide consensus to be that the Bulls will suck and will struggle to make the playoffs when ZERO games have been played, but, when they wipe out two teams that were both commonly listed as top 3 teams in the east, its all of a sudden too early. Whatever makes you happier, we'll come back after THREE games.

ajones9219 · Post #390 » by **ajones9219** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 3:07 am

push wrote:Always haters who will go to the end of the earth to never admit they were wrong on RealGM. Cause, you know, it's totally okay for the wide consensus to be that the Bulls will suck and will struggle to make the playoffs when ZERO games have been played, but, when they wipe out two teams that were both commonly listed as top 3 teams in the east, its all of a sudden too early. Whatever makes you happier, we'll come back after THREE games.

Maybe come back after 15?

ajones9219 · Post #391 » by **ajones9219** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 3:35 am

push wrote:Always haters who will go to the end of the earth to never admit they were wrong on RealGM. Cause, you know, it's totally okay for the wide consensus to be that the Bulls will suck and will struggle to make the playoffs when ZERO games have been played, but, when they wipe out two teams that were both commonly listed as top 3 teams in the east, its all of a sudden too early. Whatever makes you happier, we'll come back after THREE games.

You beat Boston in your home opener/Wade's first game back while shooting a unsustainable percentage from 3 also with smart/olynyk out.

You beat Indy who just got beat by Brooklyn last night.

I'm not discounting your wins or anything or taking away from the Bulls but it's way too early to tell for Chicago

cw3k · Post #392 » by **cw3k** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 12:44 pm

ajones9219 wrote:
push wrote:Always haters who will go to the end of the earth to never admit they were wrong on RealGM. Cause, you know, it's totally okay for the wide consensus to be that the Bulls will suck and will struggle to make the playoffs when ZERO games have been played, but, when they wipe out two teams that were both commonly listed as top 3 teams in the east, its all of a sudden too early. Whatever makes you happier, we'll come back after THREE games.

You beat Boston in your home opener/Wade's first game back while shooting a unsustainable percentage from 3 also with smart/olynyk out.

You beat Indy who just got beat by Brooklyn last night.

I'm not discounting your wins or anything or taking away from the Bulls but it's way too early to tell for Chicago

So far Brooklyn losses were with 5 and 2 points by much more talented teams. You sound like Brooklyn got blown out every game. Yes, Nets does has a bunch of scrubs

ajones9219 · Post #393 » by **ajones9219** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 10:32 am

cw3k wrote:
ajones9219 wrote:
push wrote:Always haters who will go to the end of the earth to never admit they were wrong on RealGM. Cause, you know, it's totally okay for the wide consensus to be that the Bulls will suck and will struggle to make the playoffs when ZERO games have been played, but, when they wipe out two teams that were both commonly listed as top 3 teams in the east, its all of a sudden too early. Whatever makes you happier, we'll come back after THREE games.

You beat Boston in your home opener/Wade's first game back while shooting a unsustainable percentage from 3 also with smart/olynyk out.

You beat Indy who just got beat by Brooklyn last night.

I'm not discounting your wins or anything or taking away from the Bulls but it's way too early to tell for Chicago

So far Brooklyn losses were with 5 and 2 points by much more talented teams. You sound like Brooklyn got blown out every game. Yes, Nets does has a bunch of scrubs

Not sure how I came off like Brooklyn got blown out every game but I doubt anyone would argue that Brooklyn is very bad. But I stand by my original comment. Indy looks bad so far and Boston was missing key pieces on your home opener. Let's see what happens the next few weeks.

cool007 · Post #394 » by **cool007** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 1:48 pm

push wrote:Always haters who will go to the end of the earth to never admit they were wrong on RealGM. Cause, you know, it's totally okay for the wide consensus to be that the Bulls will suck and will struggle to make the playoffs when ZERO games have been played, but, when they wipe out two teams that were both commonly listed as top 3 teams in the east, its all of a sudden too early. Whatever makes you happier, we'll come back after THREE games.

As a Bulls fan, I think this is crazy.

This has been only 2 freaking games. Bulls can easily lose next 2 or 3.

This is way way too early to say anything and I mean either way. Bulls do look promising so far but that's about it. Let them prove themselves first. If anything, most of the Bulls fans were not optimistic about even making the playoffs or totally uncertain on how things pan out this year. Give them about a month and then you can make your case.

push · Post #395 » by **push** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 3:37 pm

cool007 wrote:
push wrote:Always haters who will go to the end of the earth to never admit they were wrong on RealGM. Cause, you know, it's totally okay for the wide consensus to be that the Bulls will suck and will struggle to make the playoffs when ZERO games have been played, but, when they wipe out two teams that were both commonly listed as top 3 teams in the east, its all of a sudden too early. Whatever makes you happier, we'll come back after THREE games.

As a Bulls fan, I think this is crazy.

This has been only 2 freaking games. Bulls can easily lose next 2 or 3.

This is way way too early to say anything and I mean either way. Bulls do look promising so far but that's about it. Let them prove themselves first. If anything, most of the Bulls fans were not optimistic about even making the playoffs or totally uncertain on how things pan out this year. Give them about a month and then you can make your case.

Or I can make my case now, and not care about everyone playing the its early card. Look at the top seeds in both conferences right now. All of them were predicted to be at the top. All of the teams at the bottom are supposed to suck. Is it still too early for those teams or nah? And I don't know what you're talking about, but any Bulls fan who expected us to be worse than we were last year was out of their mind. We got inherently better, a massive upgrade over last year. The only criticisms are "ohmygod noooo no spacing, no three points!! No playoffs!". Like we don't have an abundant amount of talent, winners, and vets on this team who know what they are doing.

This is why fans have no idea what they are talking about. Having a huge assumption of being toward the bottom in the damn east and not making the playoffs based on stupid **** like three point shooting and "spacing" and acting like thats a requirement just because it worked really well as a system for a couple of teams, is very dumb. It's the product of people basing everything off of advanced stats. The NBA shouldn't be a bunch of teams trying to play the exact same, it should be teams with a variety of playstyles that find success in their own way, which gives them their own identity. I'm glad the Bulls didn't give in to this 3 point chucking hype.

Jadoogar · Post #396 » by **Jadoogar** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 4:57 pm

push wrote:Always haters who will go to the end of the earth to never admit they were wrong on RealGM. Cause, you know, it's totally okay for the wide consensus to be that the Bulls will suck and will struggle to make the playoffs when ZERO games have been played, but, when they wipe out two teams that were both commonly listed as top 3 teams in the east, its all of a sudden too early. Whatever makes you happier, we'll come back after THREE games.

To be fair, the two games Chicago has won were against teams coming in on the 2nd night of a back to back. Chicago's three point shot has looked good to begin with but it seems unsustainable given the history of the players

push · Post #397 » by **push** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 6:02 pm

The three isn't even what won us those games

Post #398 » by **ken6199** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 3:13 am

Washington outperforming.
Detroit (slightly) underperforming.

Top and bottom pretty much as predicted, except if Philly finish the January on this pace...

ClutchDJ · Post #399 » by **ClutchDJ** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:12 pm

ClutchDJ wrote:1. CLE
2. BOS
3. TOR
4. ATL
5. WAS
6. DET
7. IND
8. NYK

Surpised people have Chicago making the playoffs, well at least more than I think, tbh. I feel that roster is just built to have tension in the middle of the season. 9th seed at best.

The top 5 going as expected.

Detroit underperforming.

Knicks being the Knicks, which I should've seen coming.

MotownMadness · Post #400 » by **MotownMadness** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:33 pm

Pistons are finally starting to pick it up a bit with a lot of games left still. If they can't get to that 6th seed at least though I'm gonna be very unhappy as I'm not looking to a 1st round matchup with the Cavs or Raps. Our team has been so bipolar this year so it's hard to say how they finish this season out.