2019/2020 Western Conference Projected Standings

[timO]

1. Clippers-60-22
2. Nuggets- 55-27
3. Rockets- 55-27
4. Jazz - 52-30
5. Lakers - 50-32
6. Blazers - 48-34
7. GSW 47-35
8. Pelicans - 42-40

Spurs 41-41
Sacto 39-43
Mavs 36-46
Minny 34-48
OKC 30-52
Suns 28-54
Grizz 22-60

[tsirigoj]

1. Nuggets - 57 wins
2. Jazz - 55 wins
3. Clippers - 54 wins
4. Warriors - 54 wins
5. Rockets - 52 wins
6. Blazers - 51 wins
7. Spurs - 48 wins
8. Lakers - 47 wins

This is well thought out. I figure the top 3 is fluid right now.

ETA: The Lakers are ranked low for a reason. LeBron needs two All-Stars in order to win a ship. He's like Magic Johnson, not someone who can carry the team to a ship with another All-Star. He's got one of the best, if not the best, in the NBA in AD. That's why they were waiting on Kawhi's decision. Now, somewhere towards the bottom of playoff ladder. They didn't make the POs last season.

Followed you all the way until that swipe against Magic (the player, not the executive)? Wtf?

[tv24lakers]

What is your prediction for the upcoming 2019/2020 Western Conference standings (top 8)? SlimShady83 posted a similar poll on the Lakers board, which I would like to extend out to other fan bases.

Following the Westbrook trade to the Rockets and barring any new significant player movement or injuries, here is my top 8:
1. Denver
2. Rockets
3. Clippers
4. Jazz
5. Portland
6. GSW
7. Lakers
8. Spurs

Allow me to clarify the ranking is not suggestive of where I feel the teams will fall in terms of playoff success.

REAlly? Lakers that low. Why. Are you stupid?
Rockets
Portland
Clippers
Lakers
Jazz
Denver
Spurs
Gsw

Haha! Challenging one's intelligence on this medium is not worth my time. For your benefit may I suggest you avoid cheapening remarks for fear of board penalties.

My rationale behind the seeding aligns to the fact that most players are new to the team in addition to the new coaching staff. Principally for those reasons and other contributing factors such as load management, I suspect the Lakers will have a less than stellar regular season run. & as I stipulated I feel this year in particular the regular season ranking has little to no bearing on playoff success.

[jason bourne]

1. Nuggets - 57 wins
2. Jazz - 55 wins
3. Clippers - 54 wins
4. Warriors - 54 wins
5. Rockets - 52 wins
6. Blazers - 51 wins
7. Spurs - 48 wins
8. Lakers - 47 wins

This is well thought out. I figure the top 3 is fluid right now.

ETA: The Lakers are ranked low for a reason. LeBron needs two All-Stars in order to win a ship. He's like Magic Johnson, not someone who can carry the team to a ship with another All-Star. He's got one of the best, if not the best, in the NBA in AD. That's why they were waiting on Kawhi's decision. Now, somewhere towards the bottom of playoff ladder. They didn't make the POs last season.

Followed you all the way until that swipe against Magic (the player, not the executive)? Wtf?

Magic was a great player like LeBron is a great player. No knock. I think he got a lot of favorable publicity, so people remember him greater than he was. I used to think Magic was the best PG of all-time, but eventually realized Oscar Robertson was greater than him.

It's just that Magic and LeBron can not without two other All-Stars. Johnson had problems with Paul Westhead and Westhead got fired. He went to the playoffs the year before. but lost to the Rockets. He won that year with Kareem and Jamaal Wilkes. The following year, he made All-NBA for the first time, and the Lakers made the Finals, but were swept by the Sixers. Wilkes got replaced by James Worthy. When did he win without two other All-Stars? It's the same with LeBron. Neither player can carry their team to a ship with just one other All-Star.

[baldur]

[Young Stapler]

Oops!

[Frank Dux]

Yikes

[BlueSan]

Before the season my standings were:

Thu, Jul 25, 9:33 PM
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EAST
1.- 76s
2.- Milwaukee
3.- Boston
4.- Indiana
5.- Toronto
6.- Brooklyn
7.- Atlanta
8.- Miami
9.- Orlando
10.- Bulls
11.- Detroit
12.- NY Knicks
13.- Charlotte
14.- Wizard
15.- Cleveland

WEST
1.- Houston
2.- LA Lakers
3.- Clippers
4.- Utah
5.- Denver
6.- San Antonio
7.- Portland
8.- Golden State
9.- OKC
10.- New Orleans
11.- Sacramento
12.- Dallas
13.- Suns
14.- Wolves
15.- Memphis



NOW MY Predictions are:

EAST

1. Milwaukee
2. 76s
3. Boston
4. Indiana
5. Toronto
6. Miami
7. Nets
8. Atlanta
9. Orlando
10. Detroit
11. Bulls
12. Washington
13. Charlotte
14. NY Knicks
15. Cleveland

WEST
1. Clippers
2. Lakers
3. Houston
4. Denver
5. Utahh
6. San Antonio
7. Portland
8. Dallas
9. Sacramento
10. Phoenix
11. New Orleans
12. Wolves
13. OKC
14. Golden State
15. Memphis

1. Sacramento had / has problems with injuries Fox Bagley)
2. Phoenix 25 games Ayton suspension and a bit of Baynes, Rubio problems)
3. New Orleans - Zion injuries and partially Lonzo
4. Golden state huge injury problems

Dallas has gotten to such a good start that I am pushing them a bit above, but I still think teams like Portland, San Antonio and Utah will finish aabove and I am not excludingthe likes of Sacramento passing them. We are talking at this point about a few games of difference

[bellabiyel]

1. Clippers-62-20
2. Jazz- 59-23
3. Rockets- 57-25
4. Nuggets - 54-28
5. Golden State Warriors - 51-31
6. Trail Blazers - 50-32
7.Spurs - 49-33
8. Pelicans - 48-34

Fringe playoff teams that barely miss the playoffs

9.Mavericks - 4-35
10.Kings 45-37

The disrespect that you consistently show the Lakers makes your opinion lack any sort of weight in anything basketball related.

How am I disrespecting the Lakers? There's several of reasons to believe that the Lakers may not even be a fringe playoff team,let alone a actual playoff team. Lebron James is turning 35 years old in December,the Lakers have a terrible bench,the Lakers filled in their roster with below average role players and scrubs,they also have a Head Coach in Frank Vogel, who wouldn't be a good coach on today's NBA,as we have seen when he was coaching the Orlando Magic.Not to mention that i also see a lot of Chemistry issues developing with this team.People ahve been really overrating the Lakers.I have seen many people believing that the Lakers will win 50+ games and making atleast to the 2nd round of the playoffs or even the Conference Finals.I see many being disappointed with the Lakers next season if that's what they expect. A almsot 35 year old Lebron James and Anthony Davis alone isn't enough for the Lakers to make the playoffs,especially in the Western Conference where there are atleast 9 good teams with a star player,good coaching,with good roster depth,etc

what now??

[Optms]

Kudos to the bros who had the balls to put the Lakers as a top 4 seed. You've earned my respect.

[bellabiyel]

Kudos to the bros who had the balls to put the Lakers as a top 4 seed. You've earned my respect.

yeah respect to them who give respect to the team

[Optms]

The disrespect that you consistently show the Lakers makes your opinion lack any sort of weight in anything basketball related.

How am I disrespecting the Lakers? There's several of reasons to believe that the Lakers may not even be a fringe playoff team,let alone a actual playoff team. Lebron James is turning 35 years old in December,the Lakers have a terrible bench,the Lakers filled in their roster with below average role players and scrubs,they also have a Head Coach in Frank Vogel, who wouldn't be a good coach on today's NBA,as we have seen when he was coaching the Orlando Magic.Not to mention that i also see a lot of Chemistry issues developing with this team.People ahve been really overrating the Lakers.I have seen many people believing that the Lakers will win 50+ games and making atleast to the 2nd round of the playoffs or even the Conference Finals.I see many being disappointed with the Lakers next season if that's what they expect. A almsot 35 year old Lebron James and Anthony Davis alone isn't enough for the Lakers to make the playoffs,especially in the Western Conference where there are atleast 9 good teams with a star player,good coaching,with good roster depth,etc

what now??

Now we laugh

[Johnny Firpo]

It's shocking to me how many missed my Mavs. To me, it was so obvious, and honestly, it had nothing to do with my fandom. Star-driven teams have forever been winning in the NBA, and anyone who did not see Luka as a star after his rookie year... Well, that's even more ridiculous than not expecting my Mavs to win at least 45 games. That was our floor. I mean, everything was in place, a young star player, a great coach, a franchise with a winning history, a second star player who everybody knew will need time, but was just as obvious that once he is back, is gonna start producing. I was predicting us winning 50 games before the season, which will probably not happen because of our relatively weak home court this year, but we are essentially a lock for 47-48. And it was so obvious.

[tsirigoj]

How am I disrespecting the Lakers? There's several of reasons to believe that the Lakers may not even be a fringe playoff team,let alone a actual playoff team. Lebron James is turning 35 years old in December,the Lakers have a terrible bench,the Lakers filled in their roster with below average role players and scrubs,they also have a Head Coach in Frank Vogel, who wouldn't be a good coach on today's NBA,as we have seen when he was coaching the Orlando Magic.Not to mention that i also see a lot of Chemistry issues developing with this team.People ahve been really overrating the Lakers.I have seen many people believing that the Lakers will win 50+ games and making atleast to the 2nd round of the playoffs or even the Conference Finals.I see many being disappointed with the Lakers next season if that's what they expect. A almsot 35 year old Lebron James and Anthony Davis alone isn't enough for the Lakers to make the playoffs,especially in the Western Conference where there are atleast 9 good teams with a star player,good coaching,with good roster depth,etc

what now??

Now we laugh

Yeah....not putting a duo of LeBron and AD in the playoffs?

Just really bad optically.

[aliasxn]

1. Clippers-62-20
2. Jazz- 59-23
3. Rockets- 57-25
4. Nuggets - 54-28
5. Golden State Warriors - 51-31
6. Trail Blazers - 50-32
7.Spurs - 49-33
8. Pelicans - 48-34

Fringe playoff teams that barely miss the playoffs

9.Mavericks - 47-35
10.Kings 45-37

Where are the LA Lakers?

I left them out on purpose.I not sure if the Lakers are going to win more than 45 games next season,especially with the lack of roster depth,a bad Coach in Frank Vogel,injuries concerns,bad team chemistry,and a aging Lebron James.People really have been overrating the Lakers and ignoring the weaknesses the Lakers have.As of now,I see the Lakers being solidly outside of the playoffs with this type of roster they have.

Sup.

[Kobeskillz]

Is funny how everyone now is going to say it’s a huge upset if lakers lose in the finals and now they should win and how the path is easy now but a lot of those same people had them 7th in the west. Lol.

[Young Stapler]

Clowns

[Benedict_Boozer]

Is funny how everyone now is going to say it’s a huge upset if lakers lose in the finals and now they should win and how the path is easy now but a lot of those same people had them 7th in the west. Lol.

[bellabiyel]

1. Clippers-62-20
2. Jazz- 59-23
3. Rockets- 57-25
4. Nuggets - 54-28
5. Golden State Warriors - 51-31
6. Trail Blazers - 50-32
7.Spurs - 49-33
8. Pelicans - 48-34

Fringe playoff teams that barely miss the playoffs

9.Mavericks - 47-35
10.Kings 45-37

Where are the LA Lakers?

I left them out on purpose.I not sure if the Lakers are going to win more than 45 games next season,especially with the lack of roster depth,a bad Coach in Frank Vogel,injuries concerns,bad team chemistry,and a aging Lebron James.People really have been overrating the Lakers and ignoring the weaknesses the Lakers have.As of now,I see the Lakers being solidly outside of the playoffs with this type of roster they have.

hey i havent seen you post since the lakers where number 1 seed in march??where are you now

[ragesincemdxvi]

This Faco guy in shambles right now clowning all over the place, can somebody check on him? I'm worried for his well-being.