Woot, I'm back. For a little while anyway. I was a little bored the other day, so I came up with some fearless predictions for next season. We'll see if I can do better than last year.
Despite LBJ's tremendous talent, Danny Ferry's idiocy will finally lead to a low playoff seed for the Cavs.
Detroit is going to make a major trade at some point. At least two of their starters from last season will be gone. This might not happen until right before the trade deadline.
Raptors will have homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs. I will even go so far as to say that they will win at least one round.
The Magic will take a small step backwards. The signing of of Pietrus is not enough to keep their edge on the rest of the East.
Boston will have the best record in the East, but New Orleans or LA will have the leagues best record.
The Dallas Mavs won't make the playoffs, but they will come close.
Tracy McGrady will finally win a playoff series. Carmello and the Nuggets will not.
New York will suck again and they won't be much more fun to watch. D'Antoni and Walsh will take at least a full year to make any difference.
The Milwaulkee Bucks will be the biggest underachievers this season.
Atlanta will not make the playoffs, either the Nets or Pacers will take the final spot.
Washington will win about 42 games again this year and will lose again in the first round of the playoffs. Their defeat might even be at the hands of LBJ and the Cavs.
Derrick Rose will have a rough year and people will wonder if he was the right choice.
Kapono will win the 3-point shooting contest again.
Westbrook will win the rookie of the year.
Phoenix will continue it's slide into mediocrity. Though it will take another year or two before they stop making the playoffs.
Chris Paul will win the MVP, like he should have last year.
No sub .500 teams will make the playoffs in the East.
Bargnani will be better, but still frustratingly inconsistent.
Hassan Adams will turn out to be better than we all thought. So, will Roko Ukic.
That is all, night
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Everyone else is doing it: 12 fearless predictions about the season
12 things that may or may not happen during the course of the season:
1. Utah Jazz will win the champions - these guys are better than people are giving them credit for, Boozer is a monster and the supporting cast is very good. Ak-47 is the x-factor, if his fragile ego holds up this team will be tough to beat.
2. The Sun will have the best record - Their up-tempo style and skill will win a lot of regular season games, but they will not be able to translate it into playoff success, yet again.
3. Chicago will win the east - They have the most talented roster and one of the best defensive systems in the conference. That will be good enough for a number one seed and eastern conference championship. Unless they trade for Kobe, in which case they're fucked.
4. The MVP will go to KG - The Celtics are going to be a lot better this year and KG will get all the credit. Every sports writer is the country has a giant man crush on this guy.
5. Andrea Bargnani will have a lot less doubters by the end of the year - he's got the natural skills, the aggressive and the willingness to learn to take huge strides in his development.
6. Raptors will win the same number of games as last year - well give or take two. They have gotten better, but so has the rest of the conference.
7. Raptors will make the playoffs as a fourth or fifth seed and lose in the second round - This will make everyone fairly happy.
8. Baston, Moon and Martin will spend most of their time on the inactive list
9. Chris Bosh's body will hold up - everyone is getting way too excited about his potential health problems, he will play more than 70 games this year.
10. Washington won't make the playoffs - Agent Zero's knee won't be 100% for a good chunk of the season and the rest of the team is not good enough to take up the slack. Especially since they still won't play defense.
11. Boston will make the playoffs - But they won't be higher than fifth seed.
12. New Jersey will win the Atlantic division - I don't like it either, but they have Jason Kidd and a good supporting cast. They would have won it last year too, if they hadn't been hit so hard by the injury bug.
1. Utah Jazz will win the champions - these guys are better than people are giving them credit for, Boozer is a monster and the supporting cast is very good. Ak-47 is the x-factor, if his fragile ego holds up this team will be tough to beat.
2. The Sun will have the best record - Their up-tempo style and skill will win a lot of regular season games, but they will not be able to translate it into playoff success, yet again.
3. Chicago will win the east - They have the most talented roster and one of the best defensive systems in the conference. That will be good enough for a number one seed and eastern conference championship. Unless they trade for Kobe, in which case they're fucked.
4. The MVP will go to KG - The Celtics are going to be a lot better this year and KG will get all the credit. Every sports writer is the country has a giant man crush on this guy.
5. Andrea Bargnani will have a lot less doubters by the end of the year - he's got the natural skills, the aggressive and the willingness to learn to take huge strides in his development.
6. Raptors will win the same number of games as last year - well give or take two. They have gotten better, but so has the rest of the conference.
7. Raptors will make the playoffs as a fourth or fifth seed and lose in the second round - This will make everyone fairly happy.
8. Baston, Moon and Martin will spend most of their time on the inactive list
9. Chris Bosh's body will hold up - everyone is getting way too excited about his potential health problems, he will play more than 70 games this year.
10. Washington won't make the playoffs - Agent Zero's knee won't be 100% for a good chunk of the season and the rest of the team is not good enough to take up the slack. Especially since they still won't play defense.
11. Boston will make the playoffs - But they won't be higher than fifth seed.
12. New Jersey will win the Atlantic division - I don't like it either, but they have Jason Kidd and a good supporting cast. They would have won it last year too, if they hadn't been hit so hard by the injury bug.
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