King Stannis wrote:djeros612 wrote:TheKingofSting wrote:Winning 70 games is obviously hard but they are predicted to win like 58 games I saw somewhere.
58 wins allows 24 losses
70 wins is half that at 12 losses which is a very big difference especially for a team with a injury prone and already hurt point guard ,
And what a lot of people fail to realize when the cavs won 66 Lebron wasn't holding anything back and the league was a lot less talented .
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The guy under the bridge .
A lot less talented? That is utter rubbish. If anything, the Eastern Conference had better teams then than now on the balance. The Celtics, Pistons, Magic and Bulls all had good teams. Even the lesser playoff teams were not without talent.
LeBron wasn't holding back? Maybe. He also didn't have teammates anywhere near the caliber of Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving. You seem to completely discount their contributions. So your point makes no sense.
Yep, plus the current 'holding back' version of LeBron is better and more efficient than the 'not holding back' version. So, as compared to the 66 win Cavs team, this one has a better LBJ, a vastly better starting lineup, a significantly better bench, and a significantly better coach.
On a side note, this topic would have gone better if it were a poll asking what we think the chances are that the Cavs will win 70+ games (if the season isn't cancelled at some point due to the runaway Ebola pandemic that continues to exponentially double its deaths every ~3 weeks). If the season isn't cancelled and they don't make 70+ wins, it'll most likely be a combination of poor effort, injuries, and excessive resting in the last couple weeks of the season. I have little doubt that they'll click right away. Unfortunately, it seems pretty likely that the season will be halted before it is completed, so we'll probably never get to know if they would've won 70+ or not.
Cavs will be fine, they will win 55-58 games, maybe even 60. They will figure it out.
