Where do the Wizards fit into next years playoff picture?

hegotgame132 · Post #1 » by **hegotgame132** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:23 am

With the wizards moving into a win now mode people have begun talking about us becoming a playoff contender next year. Obviously a lot depends on free agency but as of today how would you rank the Eastern conference heading into next season?

Here's my list...

Miami
Indiana
Philadelphia
Chicago
Atlanta
New York

Boston?
Orlando?

Washington
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Toronto
Detroit
Brooklyn
Charlotte

Wes_Tiny_Abe_ · Post #2 » by **Wes_Tiny_Abe_** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:54 pm

The words Wizards and Playoffs do not belong together in the same sentence.

dandrews · Post #3 » by **dandrews** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:59 pm

It's not even July yet. Let the offseason play out before we determine our playoff chances.

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #4 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:28 am

With those fat contracts, Nokafor and No-riza will be able to buy some massive flat screen HD TVs in order to best enjoy the playoff pictures

AnaheimRoyale · Post #5 » by **AnaheimRoyale** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:33 am

It's not impossible. Depends alot on whether your draft this year is as bad as last year (passing on K.Leonard), or hits out of the park. Waiving Blatche would help too of course.

Post #6 » by **WizStorm** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:40 pm

long suffrin' boulez fan wrote:With those fat contracts, Nokafor and No-riza will be able to buy some massive flat screen HD TVs in order to best enjoy the playoff pictures

You forgot about NoNo and John Won't.

Knighthonor · Post #7 » by **Knighthonor** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:12 pm

Wes_Tiny_Abe_ wrote:The words Wizards and Playoffs do not belong together in the same sentence.

this what I came here to say.

closg00 · Post #8 » by **closg00** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:42 pm

AnaheimRoyale wrote:It's not impossible. Depends alot on whether your draft this year is as bad as last year (passing on K.Leonard), or hits out of the park. Waiving Blatche would help too of course.

Gee, thanks for the reminder :ouch:

We are all waiting to see how the Wizards balance this roster by the end of the summer.

FAH1223 · Post #9 » by **FAH1223** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:37 am

No chance in hell.

hegotgame132 · Post #10 » by **hegotgame132** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:48 am

Why is everyone so pessimistic? I'm not predicting we're going to win 50 games, but I see no good reason why we can't be better then every team below us on that list. Just look at it, every team below us has serious issues and both Boston and Orlando could be rebuilding.

FAH1223 · Post #11 » by **FAH1223** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:30 am

hegotgame132 wrote:Why is everyone so pessimistic? I'm not predicting we're going to win 50 games, but I see no good reason why we can't be better then every team below us on that list. Just look at it, every team below us has serious issues and both Boston and Orlando could be rebuilding.

and they'll still be better than us

Wes_Tiny_Abe_ · Post #12 » by **Wes_Tiny_Abe_** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:48 pm

Move the arena back to PG County.

Donkey McDonkerton · Post #13 » by **Donkey McDonkerton** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:27 pm

The WIz will make the playoffs next year!!!! Book IT!

Wiz99 · Post #14 » by **Wiz99** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:58 pm

What do you think this is, the Optimism Thread?

Frankly I don't care if the Wizards make the playoffs or not with this current squad. It's entirely possible that we get the 8th or even 7th seed with a maturing Wall, Nene, Beale or MKG, some contributions from others. The East is weak.

But there's no way this cast and crew is the nucleus of a future championship team. All Grunfeld's done is postpone when we can start building one.

mohammed10 · Post #15 » by **mohammed10** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:10 pm

Wes_Tiny_Abe_ wrote:The words Wizards and Playoffs do not belong together in the same sentence.

This.

dobrojim · Post #16 » by **dobrojim** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:31 pm

a lot depends on what other teams do

does Rose come back - if not, CHI got beat by #8 seed
does Howard come back strong - if not ORL is not likely to be very good
What happens to the big 3 in Boston? -

7-Day Dray · Post #17 » by **7-Day Dray** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:12 pm

Wiz99 wrote:What do you think this is, the Optimism Thread?

Frankly I don't care if the Wizards make the playoffs or not with this current squad. It's entirely possible that we get the 8th or even 7th seed with a maturing Wall, Nene, Beale or MKG, some contributions from others. The East is weak.

But there's no way this cast and crew is the nucleus of a future championship team. All Grunfeld's done is postpone when we can start building one.

We this it's most likely we don't make it. It's not like Ariza and Okafor are going to give us a big boost (they're mediocre players IMO).