Predicting the Eastern Conference Rankings: 2015-2016 Edition

[gambitx777]

If we are going to play spoilers and get the win we need, we need everyone to be on their A game tonight. We need WALLSTAR/A dialed in beal/ OttoMATIC / a motivated and focused Morris/ and the Polish Hammer. and we need our bench to show up. We pretty much need to go all out and then some because this is almost a must win game.

[CobraCommander]

Where is the game time thread!?!? I agree we need a full effort- just to lose by 10.

[closg00]

Charlotte's new-look team will be the surpise team of the East.

Charlotte is going to suck. They still can't shoot and now with MKG out, they won't defend very well either.

Basically, it's the same 33-win team as last year, only with Batum replacing MKG (a downgrade) and Lin and Lamb replacing Gary Neal and Lance Stevenson (a wash). Up front, they lose Biyombo; Jefferson gets a year older, and they add nobody of consequence. Kaminsky may pan out to be a decent pro, but rookie bigs never help much.

When you look at bottom half of the East and see a bunch of improving teams like Boston, Milwaukee, Detroit, New York, and Miami, you have to conclude that those extra wins have to come from somewhere. I think they're coming from Charlotte (and Atlanta, Brooklyn, Toronto and Philly).

I stand vindicated

[dobrojim]

double whammy. Not only did we not win, DET managed to beat OKC.
We're effed. Our only hope is that Ted will surprise us and actually fire EG.
Maybe about as much chance of that as there was of us ending GSW's home
winning streak.

[payitforward]

Charlotte's new-look team will be the surpise team of the East.

Charlotte is going to suck. They still can't shoot and now with MKG out, they won't defend very well either.

Basically, it's the same 33-win team as last year, only with Batum replacing MKG (a downgrade) and Lin and Lamb replacing Gary Neal and Lance Stevenson (a wash). Up front, they lose Biyombo; Jefferson gets a year older, and they add nobody of consequence. Kaminsky may pan out to be a decent pro, but rookie bigs never help much.

When you look at bottom half of the East and see a bunch of improving teams like Boston, Milwaukee, Detroit, New York, and Miami, you have to conclude that those extra wins have to come from somewhere. I think they're coming from Charlotte (and Atlanta, Brooklyn, Toronto and Philly).

I stand vindicated

Awright, Nate -- lets hear what you have to say! We need some amusement on the Board given this season....