wesleyt95 wrote:red96 wrote:Hey man, Im not trying to crap on the Wolves, they were a good team, I think they still are. But the Wovles werent head and shoulders over the competition, 4th seed and under. They were close to the pack like every other team that was the 3rd seed before, and after they were. Teams had all types of injuries throughout the season. Gobert, Milsap,CP3, Curry, Kawhi, Cousins, Gasol, M. Conely, the Clippers entire roster, ect. all missed major time, costing there teams wins last season. As fans, we are all a bit cheated when guys get hurt, but Butler's missed time is no more special then those other star's injuries. Who knows what the seedings would've been in an injury-free league, to bad it doesn't exist.D1SGRUNTL3D wrote:The wolves were a clear 3rd seed before jimmy went out the last 20 games. Were talking 54-55 wins.Rockets 2008-09, 2017-18 seasons.
Good luck on the Wolves season though, with whatever path they choose to go.
When Butler was healthy there was a clear growing gap between them and the 4th seed last year.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/standings.fcgi?month=2&day=24&year=2018&lg_id=NBA
Butler was hurt during Feb. 23 game vs. Rockets, these were the standings after
Not much of gap between even the 8th seed other than Wolves had played few more games than most teams on that particular date
Wolves really can't complain about their health "luck" last season