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I figured if we are going to do this we might as well do it properly, here is my proposal.

Rules:
1) Post your predictions
2) I will record each prediction with its user ID
3) Once regular season finishes, I will report the analysis of
- Predicted vs actual finishing position for each team
- Best and worst predictors among us posters
5) Voting cutoff time is 10/25 0:00 ET

The hope is we contain all prediction into one thread, and with all the data collected, we have something meaningful to look back at the end of the season, and reward (shame) the best (worst) predictors. Safe to say I am not the best Excel user or data mining expert, so I welcome all suggestions, here or PM.

TL;DR, just post your prediction below.

Link to the west conference thread:
http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1462460

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Results updated (up to 10/20/16)


Original document:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzaygCX5b1zHRzJGSVgycHdaQjg/view?usp=sharing
It's a very quick and dirty analysis based on the data I have. All suggestions are welcome, especially on plotting!!

CLE
BOS
TOR
ATL
CHI
ORL
NYK
IND

MIA
MIL
DET
WAS
CHA
BKN
PHI

Cavs
Celtics
Knicks
Pacers
Raptors
Hawks
Pistons
Hornets

Heat
Magic
Wizards
Bulls
Bucks
Sixers
Nets

CLE
IND
BOS
TOR
DET
MIL
ATL
MIA

NYK
ORD
WAS
CHI
CHA
BKN
PHI

Massive cluster of team between Detroit and Washington, all could be between 38-46 wins. Conference certainly has more parity than the West IMO, lots of "good teams", yet still only one "very good team" in CLE.

BOS
CLE
CHA
DET
TOR
ATL
ORL
MIL

IND
CHI
NYK
WAS
MIA
PHI
BKN

CLE
TOR
IND
BOS
MIA
ATL
MIL
NYK

DET
ORD
WAS
CHI
CHA
BKN
PHI

Cle
INDY
BOS
TOR
Det
Knicks
MIL
ORL

CLE
TOR
BOS
IND
ATL
CHI
ORL
NYK
________
DET
MIA
CHA
MIL
WAS
PHI
BKN

CLE
IND
BOS
TOR
ATL
DET
ORL
NYK

Cleveland in 1

CLE
BOS
TOR
IND
DET
MIL
ORL
CHI

ATL
NYK
WAS
CHA
MIA
PHI
BKN

Edit: After Wade decision

Cleveland
Toronto
Indiana
Atlanta
Boston
Detroit
Charlotte
Milwaukee
Miami
New York
Orlando
Washington
Bulls
Nets
Philly

Y'all confusing me with the ORD thing. That is chicago's airport so i am like "is that the bulls or the magic?" Nvm though because i see that CHI is being used for Chicago so, carry on.



I would probably go:

Cavs
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big glut like last year
8. Magic

*shrug*

CLE
TOR
IND
BOS
ATL
Edit again to flip: CHA
Edit to flip: DET
Edit 2: CHI

WAS
MIL
ORL
MIA
NYK
PHI
BKN

Edited to drop Miami. Edited again to swap IND/BOS.

Cleveland
Indiana
Toronto
Boston
Miami
Milwaukee
Atlanta
New York

Detroit
Orlando
Chicago
Charlotte
Washington
Philadelphia
Brooklyn

bondom34 wrote:CLE
TOR
BOS
IND
ATL
MIA
CHA
CHI

WAS
MIL
ORL
NYK
PHI
BKN

You forgot the Pistons.

Anyways here's mine.

CLE
TOR
ORL
BOS
DET
ATL
IND
WAS

CHA
NYK
MIL
PHI
MIA
CHI
BKN

Being perfectly objective:

Cleveland
Toronto
Boston
Ind
ATL
Bucks
Pistons
NYK

Cleveland
Toronto
Boston
Indiana
Atlanta
Miami
New York
Milwaukee

Detroit
Orlando
Charlotte
Washington
Chicago
Brooklyn
Philadelphia

In no particular order, the teams that I don't see missing the playoffs:

Cleveland
Toronto
Boston
Orlando
Atlanta
New York
Charlotte
Detroit

Cavs
Raptors
Pacers
Celtics
Hawks
Heat
Pistons
Bucks
______________

Hornets
Knicks
Magic
Wizards
Bulls
Nets
Sixers