2023-2024 Official Around the NBA Discussion Thread

Post #1701 » by **eyriq** » Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:14 pm

Rank players by age, please.

Here's mine, age | player

39 LeBron
38 CP3
37 Horford
36 Conley
35 Curry/Durant
34 Butler
33 Lillard/George
32 Kawhi
31 Kyrie
30 AD
29 Giannis
28 Jokic
27 Booker
26 Tatum
25 SGA
24 Doncic
23 Halliburton
22 Edwards
21 Paolo
20 Wemby
19 Scoot

Optimus_Steel · Post #1702 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:32 am

Philly losses against Milwaukee, another big one for us.

Post #1703 » by **SOUL** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:50 am

We also may benefit because we play each of these 4 teams (or 5 if you want to add Cavs) we're against the least from now (tied with NY) until the last game. Caveat with NYK is they have 11 road games and 6 home games.

ORL: @PHI
IND: vs CLE, vs MIA, @CLE
MIA: @PHI, vs NYK, vs PHI
PHI: vs MIA, @CLE, @MIA, vs ORL
NYK: @MIA

pepe1991 · Post #1704 » by **pepe1991** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:19 am

Heat seems to be favorites to win all of their games left.

cedric76 · Post #1705 » by **cedric76** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:30 am

Grayson with another good game

Post #1706 » by **SOUL** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:37 am

pepe1991 wrote:

Heat seems to be favorites to win all of their games left.

Current Heat are struggling, some very losable games for them if they cant score

drsd · Post #1707 » by **drsd** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:39 am

pepe1991 wrote:Heat seems to be favorites to win all of their games left.

Miami has the 3rd easiest schedule to close out the season.

Chicago is 2nd (and should get to a neutral record I would think; locking in a play-in slot).

But what amazes is that Boston has the easiest schedule by a long, LONG way over all other teams. Celts opponents are 0.415. Will Boston lose another game this season?

pepe1991 · Post #1708 » by **pepe1991** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:54 am

SOUL wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:

Heat seems to be favorites to win all of their games left.

Current Heat are struggling, some very losable games for them if they cant score

Even by that data, they have 3rd easiest schedule remaining, only shocking L was vs Wizards but it was their 3rd game in like 90 hours.

I don't know, i'm not sure how important it is for them to avoid playin or even climb up to 6 or 7 ( or 5).

Next few weeks will be interesting.

byeganyo · Post #1709 » by **byeganyo** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:03 pm

pepe1991 wrote:

Heat seems to be favorites to win all of their games left.

They can lose 4-5 games, but that's it, NYC are getting players back so we are not surpassing them either.
76ers have tough schedule and without Embiid they are not making top 6.
So it's us vs Pacers for the final spot imo.

JoshuaPotter · Post #1710 » by **JoshuaPotter** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:37 pm

Miami is a playoff team, not a regular season team. They are just as able to have another finals run.

basketballRob · Post #1711 » by **basketballRob** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:39 pm

pepe1991 wrote:

Heat seems to be favorites to win all of their games left.

5 B2B's seem like a brutal schedule. If you're tired you can lose to anyone. Also, if you haven't noticed when teams go through a bunch of B2B's in a short time, they have more injuries. Minnesota had no B2B's early in the season and stayed completely healthy, and as I predicted, they would start falling and have injuries now.

Butler isn't the type of player that will grind through a bunch of B2B's. He's 35 and will likely sit some.

We only have 1 more b2b. The Knicks have 2 more. I think it's us and the Knicks battling for the 4th seed during the rest of the season. The Knicks are @ Sacramento, Denver, and Golden State in the next 3. We hold the season series against them.

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Post #1712 » by **Knightro** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:29 pm

I think it's gonna be Knicks/Magic in the 4/5

basketballRob · Post #1713 » by **basketballRob** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:07 pm

I was wrong. We have 2 b2bs left. One on a home and home against the Grizzlies. The second against the Bucks, who'll also be on a b2b.

When we play the Kings, they'll be playing their 3rd game in 4 nights on the road. Golden State will be on the second night of a b2b when we play them.

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drsd · Post #1714 » by **drsd** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:27 pm

Knightro wrote:I think it's gonna be Knicks/Magic in the 4/5

Frankly this is more likely correct than not.

1) Go MAGIC!

2a) Thus who is 4 and who is 5 will be super key against these teams
2b) Thank goodness the Magic owns the tiebreaker!

Post #1715 » by **eyriq** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:30 pm

Knightro wrote:I think it's gonna be Knicks/Magic in the 4/5

I'm curious how Vegas treats it. ESPN playoff BPI has the Knicks 2.1, Magic -0.2. Home court I think is worth what, 3 points? This would imply a two possession advantage for New York at home, and a tossup in Orlando.

I could definitely talk my way into us upsetting these scrubs. Unleash JI and Suggs 30+ mins = checkmate

basketballRob · Post #1716 » by **basketballRob** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:40 pm

eyriq wrote:
Knightro wrote:I think it's gonna be Knicks/Magic in the 4/5
I'm curious how Vegas treats it. ESPN playoff BPI has the Knicks 2.1, Magic -0.2. Home court I think is worth what, 3 points? This would imply a two possession advantage for New York at home, and a tossup in Orlando.

I could definitely talk my way into us upsetting these scrubs. Unleash JI and Suggs 30+ mins = checkmate

We're 8th in odds to win the Eastern Conference. Indiana, Philadelphia, and NY are way ahead of us in odds. I assume they don't think we'll end up 4th.

https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/nba?tab=conference-division

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RookieStar · Post #1717 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:16 pm

Knightro wrote:I think it's gonna be Knicks/Magic in the 4/5

I hope so.... but somehow the league will make MIA leapfrog us ( I don't know how )

basketballRob · Post #1718 » by **basketballRob** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:53 pm

Here we go with this 3 guard lineup.

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Post #1719 » by **SOUL** » Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:30 am

RookieStar wrote:
Knightro wrote:I think it's gonna be Knicks/Magic in the 4/5

I hope so.... but somehow the league will make MIA leapfrog us ( I don't know how )

Well, by winning more than us lol

MIA have the tiebreaker but we have the tiebreaker with knicks

RookieStar · Post #1720 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:32 am

SOUL wrote:
RookieStar wrote:
Knightro wrote:I think it's gonna be Knicks/Magic in the 4/5

I hope so.... but somehow the league will make MIA leapfrog us ( I don't know how )

Well, by winning more than us lol

MIA have the tiebreaker but we have the tiebreaker with knicks

Yuo that is the way