East Playoff Teams for 2016

Post #1 » by **theBigLip** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:27 pm

Just curious how everyone thinks things are going to end up in the East. A lot of games to be played and trade deadline coming up, which could certainly change things. Here is my prediction...

A tier to themselves
1. Cleveland

Battling for #2 seed
2. Toronto
3. Atlanta
4. Chicago

The "real" playoff race for the Pistons - need to stay out of the #8 slot
5. Miami
6. Indiana
7. Pistons
8. Boston

Bubble teams
Washington
Charlotte
Orlando
Milwaukee
New York

No chance
Brooklyn
Philadelphia

El Chivo · Post #2 » by **El Chivo** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:30 pm

Boston is gonna fight for the 4th spot. They have an easy schedule after the ASB.

Miami and Charlotte will be fighting for 8th spot.

Todd3 · Post #3 » by **Todd3** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:38 pm

Avoid CLE/TOR and we got a chance.

Cavs aren't losing in 1st rd and neither are the Raps for the 3rd yr straight. All the other teams can be had imo

Post #4 » by **theBigLip** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:46 pm

El Chivo wrote:Boston is gonna fight for the 4th spot. They have an easy schedule after the ASB.

Miami and Charlotte will be fighting for 8th spot.

I think my hate for Boston might have biased my rankings a bit :-)

But 5-8 is going to be interesting, and Chicago without Noah could slide down into the mix as well.

El Chivo · Post #5 » by **El Chivo** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:47 pm

between third and eight spot I see no more difference than 5/6 wins

whitehops · Post #6 » by **whitehops** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 7:01 pm

i'd put toronto in the cavs tier if we're talking about regular season.

i still maintain that our goal should be to get home court advantage in round one, which is definitely possible. 3rd might be a bit of a stretch but 4th is definitely within reach.

also i wouldn't put chicago in that second tier. they're closer to 8th seed than 2nd.

Canadafan · Post #7 » by **Canadafan** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:05 pm

I feel Toronto is gonna slide into that 4-5 seed. We'll be 6 or 7 unless a trade happens to upgrade PF. My bias towards Boston makes me think they'll slide too with Wizards moving up once they get healthy

Spider156 · Post #8 » by **Spider156** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:20 pm

I think Chicago is going to drop further. They've played the least amount of road games compared to the other Top 8 teams. I think the 4th spot is definitely up for grabs. Depending on trades and injuries in the league, we could go up as high as #4 and as low as #8. Toronto is officially a Top 2 team. The top 3 teams' real fight is after the ASG. We'll see how Cleveland responds to a new head coach. It could go well or sour for them.

Post #9 » by **theBigLip** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:36 pm

Canadafan wrote:I feel Toronto is gonna slide into that 4-5 seed. We'll be 6 or 7 unless a trade happens to upgrade PF. My bias towards Boston makes me think they'll slide too with Wizards moving up once they get healthy

A fellow Celtic hater. High five!

mercury · Post #10 » by **mercury** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:46 pm

If Wall stays healthy they should make the playoffs. Also not counting out Charlotte.
I'm expecting Wade to miss a few games again... Guessing the two teams that fall will be Miami & Boston.