Top 5 Non-Warriors Teams heading into the season

Sark · Post #21 » by **Sark** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 12:07 am

clyde21 wrote:Spurs
Cavs
Thunder
Rockets
Pelicans

stilldropin20 · Post #22 » by **stilldropin20** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 3:28 am

cavs on the way down. wont be in top 5.

SAS
celtics
portland (i said it)
wolves
denver ( i said it)

no one else stands a chance. houston experiment wont make them better. and cavs are about to implode. ( i said it too)

BDM22 · Post #23 » by **BDM22** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 6:00 am

stilldropin20 wrote:cavs on the way down. wont be in top 5.

SAS
celtics
portland (i said it)
wolves
denver ( i said it)

no one else stands a chance. houston experiment wont make them better. and cavs are about to implode. ( i said it too)

You forgot to put "i said it" next to the Wolves.

Torgeir Bryn · Post #24 » by **Torgeir Bryn** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:00 am

Cavs
Spurs
Rockets
Celtics
OKC

Rashoismydad · Post #25 » by **Rashoismydad** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:19 am

Gotta pick the spurs in that group.
While I dont love them, I think the Rockets likely fall in there somewhere.
While their last season surprised me, adding Tatum and Hayward should probably keep the celtics in this conversation.
Cavs still have Lebron James, right?

Outside of that I think its a crapshoot. OKC/MN have the biggest stars out of the rest, but theres plenty of dark horse type teams that could outperform either of them.

Myth · Post #26 » by **Myth** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 12:56 pm

Roughly in order:
Spurs
Rockets
Cavaliers
Celtics
Thunder

phanman · Post #27 » by **phanman** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:26 pm

stilldropin20 wrote:cavs on the way down. wont be in top 5.

SAS
celtics
portland (i said it)
wolves
denver ( i said it)

no one else stands a chance. houston experiment wont make them better. and cavs are about to implode. ( i said it too)

umm we can see that your the poster said clearly you said it :lol:

Cavs dropping out of the top 5 is just crazy by the way.

Mister Ze · Post #28 » by **Mister Ze** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:35 pm

Spurs
Cavs
Rockets
Wolves
Thunder

Johnny Bball · Post #29 » by **Johnny Bball** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:41 pm

Not putting the Cavs in there until I see what happenes with Kyrie.

I'm assuming this is best based on best regular season record at the end of the season and not something debatable with east vs west? Leaving out the Cavs...

Rockets
Celtics
Spurs
Thunder
Raptors (homer pick)

Cavs make a decent deal, one of the bottom 2 drops out, likely Raptors.

Too many teams in the east got so bad that it has to show up in the standings.

Deezzraptors · Post #30 » by **Deezzraptors** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:17 pm

Seabass11 wrote:1. any team that has LeBron
2. Spurs
3. Rockets
4. OKC
5. Wolves/BOS/WAS

Wolves potentionally 5th?? Dude..

Smitson · Post #31 » by **Smitson** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:19 pm

Cavs, Spurs, OKC, Rockets, Raptors.

Adam Stern · Post #32 » by **Adam Stern** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:50 pm

OKC lost 3 starters and replaced them with Paul George and Patrick Patterson and people have catapulted them into top 5 in the league?
I guess we're officially over the "OKC is full of scrubs" narrative.

My five:
Houston
Cleveland (depending)
San Antonio
Boston
Was/OKC

Stillwater · Post #33 » by **Stillwater** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:29 pm

to start the season:
Spurs
Rockets
Cavs
Celtics
Thunder
at the break
Cavs
Rockets
Spurs
Thunder
Trailblazers
after 82
Cavs
Thunder
Celtics
Spurs
Rockets

LightTheBeam · Post #34 » by **LightTheBeam** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 11:15 pm

Cleveland
Houston
OKC
Boston
Spurs

In that order. That being said I feel the Spurs are such a default answer. The NBA is weak at the top with a lot of decent teams hovering around the middle ground. I guess thats what happens when 1 team gets 4 top 20 players and many of the best ring chasers.

LightTheBeam · Post #35 » by **LightTheBeam** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 11:19 pm

Adam Stern wrote:OKC lost 3 starters and replaced them with Paul George and Patrick Patterson and people have catapulted them into top 5 in the league?
I guess we're officially over the "OKC is full of scrubs" narrative.

My five:
Houston
Cleveland (depending)
San Antonio
Boston
Was/OKC

Im sorry? They lost 2 starters... Oladipo and Sabonis for 66 games and Gibson for 16... They replaced those 2 guys with Patterson/George. Id say thats a huge improvement.

Gibson was only there for 23 games so hard to count him as a huge loss. Dipo never fit well with Russ.

Also you are missing the bigger picture, Utah lost Hayward and the Clippers lost Paul. Both those guys went to teams that were already in the top 5... Meaning that no other team jumped above them and the 2 teams directly in front of them got weaker. They finished 4 games behind Utah and the Clippers, you don't think losing Paul/Hayward while gaining George makes that 4 game difference and more honestly?

Post #36 » by **Duffman100** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:25 am

NBAFan93 wrote:
clyde21 wrote:Spurs
Cavs
Thunder
Rockets
Pelicans

These are my 5.

Pelicans? Umm....what?

NBAFan93 · Post #37 » by **NBAFan93** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:30 am

Duffman100 wrote:
NBAFan93 wrote:
clyde21 wrote:Spurs
Cavs
Thunder
Rockets
Pelicans

These are my 5.

Pelicans? Umm....what?

People are sleeping on them...

.

clyde21 · Post #38 » by **clyde21** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:35 am

Duffman100 wrote:
NBAFan93 wrote:
clyde21 wrote:Spurs
Cavs
Thunder
Rockets
Pelicans

These are my 5.

Pelicans? Umm....what?

Why not?

karkinos · Post #39 » by **karkinos** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:13 am

cavs, rockets, spurs, celtics, thunder

karkinos · Post #40 » by **karkinos** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:14 am

clyde21 wrote:Spurs
Cavs
Thunder
Rockets
Pelicans

i like your boldness