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***Our Annual - Predict The Heat 2016-2017 Regular Season***

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Post#21 » by RexBoyWonder » Thu Jul 14, 2016 9:25 am

Chalm Down wrote:I like how everyone is mentioning Iggie lol


Also like all the hate Ellington is already getting before season even started.

We've got our new Mcbob if the old one is traded.
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Post#22 » by Zasterror » Thu Jul 14, 2016 5:52 pm

I'm fairly confident about our squad. We are nowhere near a great or maybe even good team but we have the personnel to do surprising things this season.

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2015-2016 season?
39 wins

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?
Yes, 8th seed

3) Who will be our top 4 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?
Bosh - 18 PPG*
Dragic - 17 PPG
Whiteside - 15 PPG
Richardson - 15 PPG
(if Bosh doesn't play) Winslow - 12 PPG

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new at Miami)?
This is difficult.
Let's hope and pray its McGruder

5) Who will be our best overall young player (not including Whiteside)?
Josh Richardson

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?
From an overall standpoint, Justice Winslow

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?
TJ but that's only because of his contract and not ability

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?
Good question. It depends how well we do this year but I pray McBob is traded for a nickel

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)
Positive: The Youth Movement will be real and successful
Negative: None of the FAs we picked up will pan out this year/Bosh suffers yet another blood clot

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?
"...he's adapted well"

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.
Whiteside continues to shatter Heat records, mainly Zo's

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.
Anything Bosh related and his clots.

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.
#TeamYouthStats

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?
Success: All of our young players (Winslow/JRich/TJ/Weber/McGruder) have AT LEAST noticeable improvements and being the main reason why we make the playoffs this upcoming season.
Failure: Bosh's clots causing a huge rift between players and management within the season and we severely underachieved.

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?
Coach Spo and his ability to implement the new up-tempo offense that truly caters Dragic and the Youth movement.

16) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?
1st round exit of course but at least make it a fight and not get swept by Cleveland.
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Post#23 » by Heat3 » Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:45 am

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2015-2016 season?
33

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?
no

3) Who will be our top 4 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?
Whiteside 22, Dragic 19, TJ 16, Richardson 18

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new at Miami)?
Reed or westbrook

5) Who will be our best overall young player (not including Whiteside)?
Richardson

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?
Whitesde

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?
McBob

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?
Westbrook or nothing at all. I'm answering most of these assuming we don't get him or another whale...

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)
We might be competitive for the first half of the season. I hope measure are taken for a proper tank though.

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?
Spo must go

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.
Whiteside will have a 30pt/20reb/10blk game

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.
Late season Bulls @ Heat game. Heat destroy Bulls. Wade is in a suit nursing an injury :/

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.
Shewasfly will post "In Riley I trust" at least once before season's end

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?
Success = deep playoff run, high lotto pick or acquiring a whale to build around.
Failure = out of the playoffs and a crap draft pick or first round fodder.

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?
Health. Might have to fake injuries to sit players so we don't mess up our lotto chances. See 2008 ;)


16) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?
We won't make the playoffs.
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Re: ***Our Annual - Predict The Heat 2016-2017 Regular Season*** 

Post#24 » by dolphinatik » Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:56 am

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2015-2016 season? 43

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be? yes 7

3) Who will be our top 4 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be? Dragic 22 per, Whiteside 18, Richardson 16, Tyler 15

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new at Miami)? Jank

5) Who will be our best overall young player (not including Whiteside)? Josh Rich

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year? Winslow

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment? Bosh, Mcroberts u decide

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)? McRoberts gets moved, Tyler gets moved

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both) how well we end up doing. New players will do well, coaching staff will relax from hero ball into just gets shots up ball

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over? still hate him, why was X on the bench that long

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player. Heat will be top 10 defensive team

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season. The night Ellington and Williams lead us to a win both beasting for 20+ each

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s. Real Heat posters come back once Bron/Wade bois run off

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year? Producing a viable 4 starting options and 1 solid backup for 2017 squad.

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year? Patience, putting players in the best position to succeed, sharing the ball, letting it fly in a fast pace game, using our significant athleticism to our advantage.
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Post#25 » by Rastas » Fri Jul 15, 2016 7:31 am

38 wins
10th seed
Dragic and Whiteside around 19ppg
Bosh at 21ppg ( but for only half a season )
Whiteside the only allstar - 19pts / 13 rebs / 3.5 blks
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Post#26 » by Daffy » Fri Jul 15, 2016 7:45 am

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2015-2016 season? 28

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?Nope

3) Who will be our top 4 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan!!! Seriously Dragic 16 Bosh 18, Whiteside 16, Winslow/Williams 14-15.

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new at Miami)?Derrick Williams

5) Who will be our best overall young player (not including Whiteside)?Winslow

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?Winslow

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?Whole team but more so maybe dragic (fans will have Wade expectations of him which will be unfair)

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?none

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)winslow offensive improvement

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?they always hate him for no valid reason IMO. Top 8 coach currently

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.whiteside over 15ppg

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.some "fans" booing wade

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?Dennis Smith JR is a success. Anything else is a failure

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?Bosh health and Whitesides development



16) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?13teams can make the playoff per conference now? Actually, what are the playoffs?
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Post#27 » by Hallstar » Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:11 am

Anybody predicting 40+ wins says all I need to know

Although that might just be to line up the fire Spo narrative again once they "underachieve".

Anyway

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1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2015-2016 season?
28

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?
lol

3) Who will be our top 4 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?
Dragic 19, Whiteside, 16, TJ 14, Richardson 13

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new at Miami)?
Reed

5) Who will be our best overall young player (not including Whiteside)?
Richardson

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?
Whiteside

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?
I have no expectations

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?
something insignificant.

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)
the double digit losing streaks will surprise some

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?
Fire Spo as usual with no idea of replacement

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.
Winslow triple double

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.
Wade giving the Heat 35 -40

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.
no comment

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?
Success = no expectations
Failure = somehow trading the lottery pick

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?
Health.


16) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?
don't have to worry about playoffs
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Post#28 » by RexBoyWonder » Sun Jul 17, 2016 5:07 pm

Predictions on wins so far :

Prince Ali - 44
dolphinatik - 43
Zasterror - 39
eddieheatfan - 38
Rastas - 38
Chalm Down n- 37
Mos_Heat - 36
Heat3 - 33
Picklewagon - 32
SCHeat - 30
gom - 28
QUIZ - 28
Daffy - 28
Hallstar - 28
puppa bear - 27
KingDavid - 26 (without Bosh)
DayofMourning - 15 (Forum Mod :o )


17 posters so far : average wins prediction : 32.3 wins

The Knicks of last year won 32 wins, they finished #13 in the East, and got the # 7 pick in the draft (owed to Denver).

I'll add my own prediction later this week
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Post#29 » by krikor » Sun Jul 17, 2016 5:19 pm

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2015-2016 season?
32

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?
no


14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?
failure will be trading our pick, injury..bosh retirement sthg like that. success, the expectation is set low.making playoffs or getting a high draft pick is success.

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?
Bosh Health.


16) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?
my expectation is no playoffs, but if we get in..i expect first round exit.
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Post#30 » by IggieCC » Sun Jul 17, 2016 5:22 pm

RexBoyWonder wrote:Predictions on wins so far :
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Post#31 » by BaDaBo » Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:12 pm

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2015-2016 season? 40

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be? 7

3) Who will be our top 4 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be? Dragic 20 Whiteside 16 JRich 12 Winslow 12

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new at Miami)? Derrik William

5) Who will be our best overall young player (not including Whiteside)? Winslow

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year? Dragic ( Winslow)

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment? Bosh ( TJ)

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)? McBob

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both) We won't suck as much as people think.

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over? Same old same old.

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player. Dragic going for 40pts.

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season. McBob goes for 30 the day before his trade.

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s. idk

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year? Success out of the first round. Less that 32 wins.

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year? Ofensice schemes, further development of Hassan & Winslow

16) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end? Second round out in 5 games.
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Post#32 » by RexBoyWonder » Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:43 pm

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2015-2016 season?

29

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?

No

3) Who will be our top 4 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?

Dragic - 20, Hassan - 16, Derrick Williams - 14, Rich and TJ - 12

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new at Miami)?

Derrick Williams

5) Who will be our best overall young player (not including Whiteside)?

Rich

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?

Dragic and Justise

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?

Spo

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?

If we start badly, Dragic traded mid season

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)

Positive - we'll be fun to watch at times, fastest paced team in NBA
Negative - Hassan's overall defense, Justise 3 point shooting, struggling creating offense consistently (everyone).

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?

Had no offensive game plan once game slowed down

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

TJ, Rich and Winslow hit 15 3's between them in a game
Dragic goes for 40
we score 130 in a game

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.

Wade comes back and plays badly, almost looksl like he threw the game

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

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14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

Success - playing the kids a lot, keeping them aggressive on offense. Getting a high draft pick. Failure - thinking short term.

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?

Coaching, especially offensive system.

16) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?[/quote]

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Post#33 » by TMIMITW » Fri Jul 22, 2016 7:40 pm

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2015-2016 season?

40

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?
Barely as 8th seed

3) Who will be our top 4 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?
Whiteside 19
Dragic 15
Richardson 14
Winslow 10

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new at Miami)?
Reed

5) Who will be our best overall young player (not including Whiteside)?
Richardson

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?
winslow

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?
Williams

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?
Dragic/McBob

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)
ellington

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?
How he coached his ass off this year

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.
top 3 defense top 10 offense

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.
Whitside gets a quadruple double blocks, pts, rebounds, turnovers lol

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.
???

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

Not being a .500 team

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?
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Post#34 » by orphicwhip » Sun Jul 24, 2016 4:42 am

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2015-2016 season?

We won 48 games in the 2015-2016 season.

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?

Maybe sneak in the 8th seed, very doubtful but I'm being blindly optimistic about all my answers :lol:

3) Who will be our top 4 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?

Assuming Bosh doesn't play : 1. Dragic 22PPG, 2. Hassan 18 PPG, 3. Winslow 16.5 PPG, 4. TJ 15 PPG

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new at Miami)?

Toss up really, all our acquisitions are in contract years and I fear will try and do too much. I'll go with Reed, since he'll have the most opportunity with him being our only backup 5.

5) Who will be our best overall young player (not including Whiteside)?

Winslow, He's been talking that talk recently and I think he'll back it up this year. I'm almost %100 positive that he'll lead our team in minutes so he'll have the chances.

He'll have tough competition with TJ and Jrich since they're dogs too. What a good problem to have!

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?

Winslow, because it's hard for his offense to go anywhere but up

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?

Tough one, not many expectations going into the season TBH. I suppose anyone thinking Ellington/Williams/Reed/Babbit will be anything more than mediocre will be disappointed. The only that could get me down this season is a season ending injury to any one of out young core, since that's the main reason I'm watching this season. That or Spo somehow becomes more stubborn with his coaching.

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?

GET RID OF MCBOB


9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)

We'll have an elite defense. It wouldn't be too surprising since that's Spo's forte, but any lineup with Jrich/Winslow/Hassan is going to be grimy on defense. Clamps on yop of clamps.

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?

Murder fantasy fanfics

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

top 10 pace

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.

TJ and Goran will both lose teeth in the same game

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

Civil war breaks out the first time we play the Bulls.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

Success : Our young core shows the potential to be something special
Failure : We trade away TJ/Winslow/Jrich

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?

Winslow. He'll be top 10 in +/-.

16) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?[/quote]

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Post#35 » by contract » Sun Jul 24, 2016 2:25 pm

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2015-2016 season? 48 wins

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be? 3rd seed

Because I don't want to hear about any decline.


3) Who will be our top 4 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be? I wouldn't even guess at #2, #3, & #4, but #1 should be Dragic () since he will have the ball in his hands all night every night, and he's easily the best scorer on this team.


6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year? Dragic

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)? Whiteside + whatever for DeMarcus Cousins + whatever

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? Whiteside for Cousins. Whether that's good or bad, I'll let everyone decide that for themselves.

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over? Coach of the year candidate for getting us back to the #3 seed.


12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season. Wade at the AAA in a Bulls jersey.

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s. I predict that at least one poster will lose his damn mind, and that poster will be me.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

Success: Treading water (3rd seed + making the 2nd round of the playoffs)

Failure: No whales before next season.


15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year? Dragic proving that he can score and facilitate effectively, instead of doing one or the other.


16) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end? 2nd round of the playoffs (game 7)

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Post#36 » by RexBoyWonder » Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:11 am

After the Waiters addition I'm changing my prediction from 29 wins to 26 Wins. I'm dead serious.

I think he alone, if given minutes over TJ/Rich - would cost us at least 3 games in a 82 games season. Also think this move shows we're not trying our best to win now - simply because He's not a winning player now (and will probably never become one).

So I'm downgrading from 29 to 26 wins. Which is fine because our draft pick should be good.
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Post#37 » by QUIZ » Tue Jul 26, 2016 5:37 am

RexBoyWonder wrote:After the Waiters addition I'm changing my prediction from 29 wins to 26 Wins. I'm dead serious.

I think he alone, if given minutes over TJ/Rich - would cost us at least 3 games in a 82 games season. Also think this move shows we're not trying our best to win now - simply because He's not a winning player now (and will probably never become one).

So I'm downgrading from 29 to 26 wins. Which is fine because our draft pick should be good.

That's top 5 pick territory.
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Post#38 » by SCHeat » Tue Jul 26, 2016 1:08 pm

RexBoyWonder wrote:After the Waiters addition I'm changing my prediction from 29 wins to 26 Wins. I'm dead serious.

I think he alone, if given minutes over TJ/Rich - would cost us at least 3 games in a 82 games season. Also think this move shows we're not trying our best to win now - simply because He's not a winning player now (and will probably never become one).

So I'm downgrading from 29 to 26 wins. Which is fine because our draft pick should be good.


I think it helps us. I'm even changing mine from 30 to 35 wins
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Post#39 » by SCHeat » Tue Jul 26, 2016 1:12 pm

SCHeat wrote:1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2015-2016 season?
35. Bosh and Dragic are too good for us to be worse. Waiters gives us a poor man's version of Wade

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?
No.

3) Who will be our top 4 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?
Dragic = 18, Whiteside = 17, Waiters = 14, Richardson - 12, Winslow = 12

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new at Miami)?
Waiters is the only one that will be noteworthy honestly

5) Who will be our best overall young player (not including Whiteside)?
Winslow, Richardson close second

6) which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?
Winslow

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?
Ellington

8) Which trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?
McRoberts. Dragic will be on draft night 2017 IMO.

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)
Bosh doesn't have a re-occurrence of clots.

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?
He did OK, not great but not his fault either

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.
Whiteside 4 blocks/game

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.
Waiters 50 points game in a loss to the Bucks on a weeknight

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.
?

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?
Getting a good draft pick. Trading McRoberts. Healthy Bosh (not really for basketball reasons, mainly just because I like him and want to see his career resume). Making a smart trade for Dragic if we decide to do it.

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?
Depends on how you define success. Success is showcasing Dragic/Bosh, developing the young guys, trading McRoberts, and netting a great pick.

16) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?
Won't make it
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Re: ***Our Annual - Predict The Heat 2016-2017 Regular Season*** 

Post#40 » by CanesHeatFins » Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:21 pm

Spoiler:
RexBoyWonder wrote:So we might see a roster change or 2 down the road, but the core pieces and main rotation is pretty much set. Which means we can have the traditional prediction thread. :nod:


Interesting to note that last year, the "Wisdom of the crowd" of Heat board did a really great job predicting our season, our median average prediction (thx Gom) was only 1 game off from the actual record we ended up having. (we predicted 49.5 wins, ended up with 48). Also seems that most of us pridicred the 3rd or 4th seed (ended up 3rd after tie breaker).

Last years Prediction thread :
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1400748#p44409172

How wisdom of the crowd effect works :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_crowd


So without further ado, let's get after it - All answers should address the Regular Season :


1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2015-2016 season?

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?

3) Who will be our top 4 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new at Miami)?

5) Who will be our best overall young player (not including Whiteside)?

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?



16) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?


1. (Win total) 44 wins.

2.(playoffs) Yes, 6th seed

3.(Top ppg) Dragic 17.2>>>Hassan 16.8>>>Bosh 15.4>>>JRich 14.2

4.(best newbie) Waiters will at 1st appear to be the run-a-way favorite to be best newbie much like how G.Green appeared to be early last yr. But by the end of the year I see D.Williams emerging to play some small ball center for us and upping his paygrade big time. P.S. Shooter McGruder will grab an opportunity late in the season.

5.(best youngSTAR) Just like I predicted last yr, I'm sticking with JRich. He took his game up another level in summerleague, and Justise looked the same.

6.(biggest improvement) Hassan will be an allstar if Bosh is out. If not the biggest jump will be JRich going from about 6ppg to 14ppg.

7.(biggest disappointment) Justise's offense... especially if everyone doesn't simmer down those lofty "wouldn't trade him for anyone" expectations.

8.(trades) Dragic, McBob, Waiters for Rudy Gay, pieces, and a protected 1st

9.(biggest suprise) Haslem starting at least 15 games and our transformation into a very good 3pt ahooting team.

10.(what we will say about Spo) After all the final appearances, only now does it seems like he is truly getting his respect.

11.(interesting stat) Our horrible bottom 5 road record and our top 5 home record.

12.(Weirdest moment) On court argument(s) between Waiters and Whiteside

13.(realgm board action) The board is gonna meltdown with conspiracy when trade rumors of Wade to Cleveland start up.

14.(Success&Failure) Success...2 wins in the playoffs or a top 5 pick(that we dont trade away on draft day). Failure...not getting Winslow, Whiteside, and JRich a ton of touches or just missing the playoffs and end up drafting 12-16.

15.(impacts for Success&Failure) Give Hassan at least 14 shots per game. Don't put more than one mercenary working on a 1yr contract on the floor at the same time. Don't make Bosh the Alpha on offense. In an attempt to boost his already delusional confidence, do not publicly or privately give Waiters the Henry Walker/Gerald Green "neon" green light.

16.(how the season ends) 1st round victory over Boston, 2nd round loss to the Knicks(smh)

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