2014-15 Regular Season Standings Prediction Contest

[yosemiteben]

A bit more than 24 hours to go. Maybe some quotes from the various prediction threads will spice things up. I'll try to add those later today.

How about predicting the Hornets to win 29 games. Did Lance Stephenson strangle your puppy?

[floppymoose]

Actually the Hornets prediction is 36. Some of the early numbers have changed as I made improvements to the data. But this isn't the thread to debate that stuff. This is the thread to post your predictions. Everyone who takes shots but won't put up numbers will get exposed.

[LLcoleJ]

lol

[Smitty731]

ATL 41
BKN 42
BOS 26
CHA 44
CHI 56
CLE 62
DAL 48
DEN 42
DET 39
GSW 54
HOU 43
IND 34
LAC 58
LAL 24
MEM 51
MIA 44
MIL 28
MIN 22
NOP 44
NYK 40
OKC 52
ORL 25
PHI 12
PHX 41
POR 49
SAC 28
SAS 60
TOR 47
UTA 26
WAS 48

[sndesai1]

ATL 45
BKN 44
BOS 28
CHA 34
CHI 52
CLE 55
DAL 54
DEN 33
DET 32
GSW 56
HOU 47
IND 41
LAC 55
LAL 23
MEM 52
MIA 52
MIL 25
MIN 40
NOP 36
NYK 38
OKC 57
ORL 28
PHI 16
PHX 44
POR 45
SAC 28
SAS 58
TOR 45
UTA 20
WAS 47

[chokingmav]

ATL 47
BKN 41
BOS 24
CHA 42
CHI 50
CLE 62
DAL 55
DEN 44
DET 38
GSW 52
HOU 50
IND 36
LAC 57
LAL 31
MEM 54
MIA 45
MIL 20
MIN 30
NOP 41
NYK 27
OKC 48
ORL 31
PHI 14
PHX 48
POR 50
SAC 28
SAS 56
TOR 48
UTA 24
WAS 45

[Nowitness]

ATL 40
BKN 42
BOS 23
CHA 45
CHI 61
CLE 58
DAL 50
DEN 42
DET 36
GSW 52
HOU 48
IND 28
LAC 55
LAL 26
MEM 45
MIA 42
MIL 22
MIN 25
NOH 42
NYK 40
OKC 51
ORL 23
PHI 10
PHX 41
POR 50
SAC 28
SAS 62
TOR 48
UTA 20
WAS 49

[Hornet Mania]

ATL 43
BKN 42
BOS 27
CHA 45
CHI 52
CLE 56
DAL 53
DEN 43
DET 41
GSW 54
HOU 53
IND 32
LAC 59
LAL 30
MEM 53
MIA 45
MIL 34
MIN 32
NOH 40
NYK 39
OKC 55
ORL 31
PHI 12
PHX 47
POR 49
SAC 42
SAS 61
TOR 46
UTA 35
WAS 45

[floppymoose]

ATL 45
BKN 41
BOS 26
CHA 36
CHI 53
CLE 54
DAL 55
DEN 42
DET 29
GSW 52
HOU 47
IND 44
LAC 57
LAL 22
MEM 53
MIA 48
MIL 24
MIN 39
NOH 38
NYK 33
OKC 52
ORL 27
PHI 19
PHX 47
POR 48
SAC 28
SAS 55
TOR 46
UTA 23
WAS 47

[Lolaser]

ATL 45
BKN 37
BOS 32
CHA 41
CHI 57
CLE 58
DAL 54
DEN 39
DET 31
GSW 55
HOU 46
IND 28
LAC 56
LAL 26
MEM 49
MIA 37
MIL 25
MIN 32
NOH 41
NYK 38
OKC 55
ORL 28
PHI 16
PHX 43
POR 47
SAC 34
SAS 55
TOR 48
UTA 32
WAS 45

[Village Idiot]

ATL 44
BKN 45
BOS 26
CHA 47
CHI 53
CLE 58
DAL 53
DEN 47
DET 31
GSW 53
HOU 47
IND 24
LAC 56
LAL 25
MEM 53
MIA 49
MIL 26
MIN 21
NOH 48
NYK 21
OKC 55
ORL 17
PHI 6
PHX 47
POR 56
SAC 44
SAS 58
TOR 49
UTA 24
WAS 47

[MoneyMitch]

ATL 44
BKN 41
BOS 20
CHA 50
CHI 58
CLE 56
DAL 54
DEN 36
DET 33
GSW 55
HOU 53
IND 43
LAC 55
LAL 28
MEM 48
MIA 45
MIL 20
MIN 15
NOH 36
NYK 48
OKC 50
ORL 27
PHI 14
PHX 45
POR 52
SAC 34
SAS 60
TOR 43
UTA 20
WAS 47

[Hans Embiid]

ATL 45
BKN 41
BOS 25
CHA 46
CHI 55
CLE 58
DAL 54
DEN 44
DET 30
GSW 51
HOU 49
IND 43
LAC 55
LAL 30
MEM 49
MIA 44
MIL 23
MIN 22
NOH 40
NYK 38
OKC 51
ORL 25
PHI 14
PHX 42
POR 51
SAC 32
SAS 58
TOR 48
UTA 23
WAS 47

[Greatness]

ATL 45
BKN 40
BOS 31
CHA 44
CHI 54
CLE 60
DAL 53
DEN 46
DET 41
GSW 55
HOU 52
IND 33
LAC 58
LAL 33
MEM 52
MIA 45
MIL 26
MIN 32
NOH 42
NYK 43
OKC 50
ORL 27
PHI 13
PHX 44
POR 48
SAC 32
SAS 59
TOR 47
UTA 29
WAS 46

[PDX MM]

ATL 45
BKN 38
BOS 28
CHA 45
CHI 52
CLE 59
DAL 50
DEN 45
DET 40
GSW 55
HOU 48
IND 31
LAC 56
LAL 36
MEM 50
MIA 45
MIL 26
MIN 32
NOH 46
NYK 43
OKC 52
ORL 27
PHI 12
PHX 41
POR 51
SAC 35
SAS 54
TOR 47
UTA 29
WAS 50

[Bravenewworld]

ATL 32
BKN 38
BOS 31
CHA 48
CHI 50
CLE 51
DAL 50
DEN 45
DET 46
GSW 47
HOU 54
IND 39
LAC 60
LAL 27
MEM 52
MIA 54
MIL 23
MIN 26
NOH 45
NYK 30
OKC 58
ORL 22
PHI 17
PHX 51
POR 53
SAC 30
SAS 59
TOR 34
UTA 23
WAS 48

[Scalabrine]

ATL 44
BKN 38
BOS 22
CHA 45
CHI 52
CLE 54
DAL 49
DEN 40
DET 26
GSW 54
HOU 42
IND 31
LAC 56
LAL 25
MEM 54
MIA 43
MIL 21
MIN 24
NOH 41
NYK 43
OKC 52
ORL 26
PHI 16
PHX 49
POR 56
SAC 32
SAS 58
TOR 46
UTA 28
WAS 50

[Scalabrine]

ATL 44
BKN 45
BOS 26
CHA 47
CHI 53
CLE 58
DAL 53
DEN 47
DET 31
GSW 53
HOU 47
IND 24
LAC 56
LAL 25
MEM 53
MIA 49
MIL 26
MIN 21
NOH 48
NYK 21
OKC 55
ORL 17
PHI 6
PHX 47
POR 56
SAC 44
SAS 58
TOR 49
UTA 24
WAS 47

21 wins for the Knicks? Are you high? No team with Carmelo Anthony will be the 3rd worst team in the league. Your a joke!

[tayottt]

Coming up with win projections is pretty hard. Some way or another you always end up with too many wins. However, after reviewing my picks a few times here is what I came up with:

EAST

CLE- 62 (Regardless of injury to any of the big three they will dominate the East.)
CHI- 52 (Didn't sign a capable back-up for Rose. Will take time for new guys to fit in)
TOR- 50 (Casey has them playing very well defensively. Improved depth is a plus)
ATL- 48 (Horford's return and continuity for Teague/bench helps a lot. Stole Thabo/Bazemore in FA)
CHA- 45
WSH- 43 (Nene will miss games, Beal is already injured, and Pierce has seen better days)
MIA- 42 (Solid Lebron contingency plans but ultimately the loss is too great. Depth is an ISSUE)
DET- 41 (Can't see a team coached by SVG doing worse than .500)
BKN- 39
NYK- 35 (Horrible defensive personnel coupled with a system offense that will take time to implement)
IND- 27
ORL- 27
MIL- 27
BOS- 22
PHI- 13

WEST

LAC- 57
SAS- 55
MEM- 53
OKC- 53
HOU- 51
GSW- 50
DAL- 50
NOP- 47 (Much improved defense with Asik/Holiday, coupled with health/continuity)
PHX- 43 (Poor depth at PF/C scares me)
PDX- 42 (Uncanny health last year. They also have a terrible bench and bizarrely poor defense)
DEN- 38 (Originally was higher on the Nuggets but I doubt Shaw's coaching ability.)
MIN- 33 (They could be better than advertised but wins are going to be so hard to come by)
UTA- 33 (Great coaching hire in Quin Snyder. Several players coming off career worsts)
SAC- 30
LAC- 22 (Bottom three defensive personnel and a coach that hates threes)

[tayottt]

Using the appropriate format:

ATL 48
BKN 39
BOS 22
CHA 45
CHI 52
CLE 62
DAL 50
DEN 38
DET 41
GSW 50
HOU 51
IND 27
LAC 57
LAL 22
MEM 53
MIA 42
MIL 27
MIN 33
NOP 47
NYK 35
OKC 53
ORL 27
PHI 13
PHX 43
POR 42
SAC 30
SAS 55
TOR 50
UTA 33
WAS 43