Post-Mortem Results IV: Rising/Treadmill/Waning

ElectricMayhem · Post #1 » by **ElectricMayhem** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:59 pm

Thank you all for your participation in the RealGM Post-Mortem Series. This is the fourth and final segment of the result of the polls. The results are definitely not perfect. Some polls got nearly 100 respondents. Others, less than 10. That's definitely an issue. Still, you get a good general idea of how RealGM felt about the direction of teams. The number represents the percentage of people who voted teams were rising, treadmill, or waning.

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Other results in the series:
Post-Mortem Results I: GM Confidence Meter
Post-Mortem Results II: Coaching Confidence Meter
Post-Mortem Results III: Performance Compared to Expectations

Harry Garris · Post #2 » by **Harry Garris** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:14 pm

The Pacers being universally considered a treadmill team is exactly what I expected to see

Statlanta · Post #3 » by **Statlanta** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:27 pm

You should have replaced treadmill with maintaining or staying the same.

ElectricMayhem · Post #4 » by **ElectricMayhem** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:29 pm

Statlanta wrote:You should have replaced treadmill with maintaining or staying the same.

It's a fair point. Treadmill has a negative connotation, but of course some teams are likely to remain at the same level in a good way (Milwaukee, for example).

Lalouie · Post #5 » by **Lalouie** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:09 pm

looks about right

Lalouie · Post #6 » by **Lalouie** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:11 pm

ElectricMayhem wrote:
Statlanta wrote:You should have replaced treadmill with maintaining or staying the same.

It's a fair point. Treadmill has a negative connotation, but of course some teams are likely to remain at the same level in a good way (Milwaukee, for example).

make a fourth category because there is a definite distinction between treadmill and maintain

IMF · Post #7 » by **IMF** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 10:58 pm

Harry Garris wrote:The Pacers being universally considered a treadmill team is exactly what I expected to see

In fairness, the Pacers poll had about 4 voters.

I can’t really argue with that assessment, excepting that I think a treadmill/contender binary is overly simplistic, nor do I believe every team not exactly stacked to contend should immediately blow it up and tank.

meekrab · Post #8 » by **meekrab** » Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:14 am

IMF wrote:
Harry Garris wrote:The Pacers being universally considered a treadmill team is exactly what I expected to see

In fairness, the Pacers poll had about 4 voters.

I can’t really argue with that assessment, excepting that I think a treadmill/contender binary is overly simplistic, nor do I believe every team not exactly stacked to contend should immediately blow it up and tank.

There's only one trophy every year, a league where that's seen as the only worthwhile goal would be horrible to watch since every team without a top 5 player would be blown up.

Ice Trae · Post #9 » by **Ice Trae** » Sat Jul 24, 2021 12:08 am

Hawks/Grizz finals confirmed

Post #10 » by **Goudelock** » Sat Jul 24, 2021 1:28 am

Ice Trae wrote:Hawks/Grizz finals confirmed

Really brings a new meaning to "The South Will Rise Again."

jkvonny · Post #11 » by **jkvonny** » Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:52 am

Ice Trae wrote:Hawks/Grizz finals confirmed

2026 NBA Finals.