Western Conference vs Eastern Conference

Wizenheimer · Post #1 » by **Wizenheimer** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:36 pm

real interesting chart of current & end-of-season Strength of Schedules

kind of ridiculous where the conference teams end up based upon the current won-loss records:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BeD8AK9CQAAx_Wr.png:large

it will probably change a little as the stronger EC teams fatten up their records against the EC tanking crowd, but still, 1-15 = WC & 16-30 = EC sure looks like a stacked deck, both directions

DHodgkins · Post #2 » by **DHodgkins** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:37 pm

Lets see what Portland is made of

dyukcs · Post #3 » by **dyukcs** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:38 pm

DHodgkins wrote:Lets see what Portland is made of

The Blazers are about to run into a brick wall.

Wizenheimer · Post #4 » by **Wizenheimer** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:50 pm

Portland has had the benefit of an easier schedule which basically means they so far have played more EC teams.

the "brick wall" comes quickly. Their next four games are a pair of road B2B's and is a 4-games-in-5-nights stretch:

@ San Antonio Spurs
@ Dallas Mavericks
@ Houston Rockets
@ Oklahoma City Thunder

after those 4 games, the incline of their SOS line on that chart will be quite a bit less

CharlesKane · Post #5 » by **CharlesKane** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:36 pm

I dont get this chart at all. Teams with hard schedules on one side have easy schedules on the other.

wicked_crossova · Post #6 » by **wicked_crossova** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:38 pm

CharlesKane wrote:I dont get this chart at all. Teams with hard schedules on one side have easy schedules on the other.

Left side is how hard their schedule has been up to now
Right side is how hard their remaining schedule is

and what you said isn't always true (see Indiana, Detroit, LAL)

DusterBuster · Post #7 » by **DusterBuster** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:39 pm

CharlesKane wrote:I dont get this chart at all. Teams with hard schedules on one side have easy schedules on the other.

The dots on the left side is teams SOS to this point in the season. The dots on the right side are the teams SOS for the rest of the season. The lower the dot, the easier the schedule, the higher the dot, the harder the schedule. Pretty straight forward.

TheGameWinner · Post #8 » by **TheGameWinner** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:44 pm

Does that mean raps are legit?

Brauer · Post #9 » by **Brauer** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:50 pm

Raps will get the 3rd seed lol. Happy that Utah, Sac and Orlando have an easier schedule now, but am worried about the Lakers... If they get the first pick I will be really frustrated.

RunSunRun · Post #10 » by **RunSunRun** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:34 pm

Thanks for sharing this, looks like the Suns are going to be in for a bit of a struggle, especially with Bledsoe out and the difficulty of our SOS the rest of the way.

Going to be interesting to see if we make any moves before the trade deadline.

EuroPacer · Post #11 » by **EuroPacer** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:40 pm

What a nonsense chart... really, I can make graphs and diagrams about most things about information (it is my job) and this sort of thing makes my skin crawl.

BJGOAT3 · Post #12 » by **BJGOAT3** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:46 pm

Detroit will likely be out of the playoff picture and be replaced by the Knicks, which I definitely see happening

The right side just shows that there will be more intra-conference games played in the remainder of the season. Boston can make a jump if they decide not to tank when Rondo returns, and Brooklyn might climb the steps up to the 6th seed depending on how Chicago or Atlanta does.

Flopper · Post #13 » by **Flopper** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:03 pm

Seems odd that Indiana's to-date and remaining SOS are both so low and the same rank. I'm sure some of that is from having the best record in the league while playing in a really bad conference, but you'd think the SOS would trend upwards for the rest of the season like Miami's did.

robi · Post #14 » by **robi** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:12 pm

TheGameWinner wrote:Does that mean raps are legit?

+1. What are the haters going to say to discredit them now.

Walid · Post #15 » by **Walid** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:16 pm

I'm not a big fan of the whole strength of schedule thing. If you're a bad team you have a harder schedule not because the other teams are better, but because you suck. Vice-versa.

taufblazers33 · Post #16 » by **taufblazers33** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:34 pm

If you are a pacers fan, you should be smiling about now

Tiesto_Lakers · Post #17 » by **Tiesto_Lakers** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:38 am

Lakers are getting closer and closer to EMBIIIIIIIID

Hope the bottom East teams start picking it up.

blizzard · Post #18 » by **blizzard** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:32 am

GSW schedule was a lot tougher than it was seen in the chart. Few EC games and few home games.

Teens On Acid · Post #19 » by **Teens On Acid** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:43 am

it's wonderful being a Nuggets lifer

RSCD3_ · Post #20 » by **RSCD3_** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:18 pm

Wizenheimer wrote:Portland has had the benefit of an easier schedule which basically means they so far have played more EC teams.

the "brick wall" comes quickly. Their next four games are a pair of road B2B's and is a 4-games-in-5-nights stretch:

@ San Antonio Spurs
@ Dallas Mavericks
@ Houston Rockets
@ Oklahoma City Thunder

after those 4 games, the incline of their SOS line on that chart will be quite a bit less

Already got two wins in the trip I cant see the blazers winning less than 54 games

Also the raptors look super legit ( for a 3rd seed :grin:

) especially since most of the tanking begins later and a lot of the east is terrible

Sent from my SCH-I800 using RealGM Forums mobile app