09-10 Conference Standings

[Poe]

What's your prediction for each conference standings at the end of the 09-10 season?

 

 

Mine is

 

Eastern Conference:

1. Cavaliers

2. Celtics

3. Heat

4. Magic

5. Raptors

6. Bulls

7. Wizards

8. Pacers

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9. Bobcats

10. Hawks

11. Nets

12. Knicks

13. 76ers

14. Pistons

15. Bucks

 

 

Western Conference:

1. Lakers

2. Nuggets

3. Spurs

4. Blazers

5. Jazz

6. Mavericks

7. Rockets

8. Hornets

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9. Suns

10. Warriors

11. T'Woles

12. Grizzlies

13. Thunder

14. Clippers

15. Kings

Edited September 30, 2009 by Poe

[La Bomba]

Eastern Conference:

1. Celtics

2. Cavaliers

3. Magic

4. Hawks

5. Heat

6. Wizards

7. Raptors

8. 76ers

 

Western Conference:

1. Lakers

2. Spurs

3. Nuggets

4. Mavericks

5. Blazers

6. Jazz

7. Hornets

8. Grizzlies

 

Eastern Conference is much deeper this year. I think Sixers and Bulls will battle it out and Sixers take it.

[moeroadkill]

Eastern Conference:

1. Celtics

2. Cavaliers

3. Magic

4. Hawks

5. Heat

6. Wizards

7. 76ers

8. Raptors

 

Western Conference:

1. Lakers

2. Spurs

3. Nuggets

4. Mavericks

5. Blazers

6. Jazz

7. Hornets

8. thunder

 

Eastern Conference is much deeper this year. I think Sixers and Bulls will battle it out and Sixers take it.

fixed

i agree with most but ill swap raps and 6ers around

but that 8th seed will probably go to suns in the west

[headliner]

Eastern Conference:

1.Cavaliers

2.Magic

3.Celtics

4.Hawks

5.Wizards

6.Raptors

7.Bulls

8.Heat

 

 

Western Conference:

1.Lakers

2.Spurs

3.Nuggets

4.Mavericks

5.Jazz

6.Blazers

7.Hornets

8.Suns

[kingfish]

Celtics

Magic

Cavs

Wizards

Hawks

Heat

Pistons

Bobcats

 

I think the Cavs will take longer to adjust with Shaq, especially Lebron. Therefore they will be 3rd.

 

Lakers

Spurs

Nuggets

Mavericks

Blazers

Hornets

Jazz

Suns

 

No surprises here. Think the Jazz will be very unmotivated next year with Boozers complaints. Blazers will be good but still not elite.

[Vitasoy]

Eastern Conference:

1. Magic

2. Celtics

3. Cavaliers

4. Hawks

5. Bulls

6. Heat

7. Raptors

8. Wizards

 

Western Conference:

1.Lakers

2.Spurs

3.Nuggets

4.Mavericks

5.Jazz

6.Blazers

7.Hornets

8.Suns

 

I'd put Celtics as #1 in the east, but I need to see KG healthy first.

[Sun Tzu]

East

1. Celtics

2. Magic

3. Cavaliers

4. Hawks

5. Wizards

6. Heat

7. Bulls

8. Raptors/Pistons

 

West

1. Lakers

2. Spurs

3. Nuggets

4. Mavericks

5. Blazers

6. Jazz

7. Hornets

8. Suns

[YugoRocketsFan]

Dont like to make predictions but the rockets WILL make the playoffs. We gave the Lakers trouble without Yao/T-Mac and Artest shooting a pretty nice 30%

Edited September 28, 2009 by YugoRocketsFan

[fish7718]

Eastern Conference

1. Cleveland Cavaliers

2. Boston Celtics

3. Orlando Magic

4. Miami Heat

5. Atlanta Hawks

6. Chicago Bulls

7. Washington Wizards

8. Philadelphia 76ers

 

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9. Detroit Pistons

10. New York Knicks

11. Toronto Raptors

12. Charlotte Bobcats

13. New Jersey Nets

14. Milwaukee Bucks

15. Indiana Pacers

 

Eastern Confrence is getting a lot better

 

Western Confrence

1. Los Angeles Lakers

2. San Antonio Spurs

3. Portland Trailblazers

4. Denver Nuggets

5. New Orleans Hornets

6. Utah Jazz

7. Memphis Grizzlies

8. Dallas Mavericks

 

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9. Houston Rockets

10. Phoenix Suns

11. Los Angeles Clippers

12. Oklahoma City Thunder

13. Golden State Warriors

14. Minnesota Timberwolves

15. Sacramento Kings

Edited October 1, 2009 by Fish7718

[Diesel]

Eastern Conference

1. Cleveland Cavaliers

2. Boston Celtics

3. Orlando Magic

4. Atlanta Hawks

5. Philadelphia 76ers

6. Washington Wizards

7. Miami Heat

8. Toronto Raptors

 

Could easily see the Bulls getting in over either team 4-8 as well.

 

Western Confrence

1. Los Angeles Lakers

2. San Antonio Spurs

3. Denver Nuggets

4. Dallas Mavericks

5. Portland Trailblazers

6. New Orleans Hornets

7. Phoenix Suns

8. Utah Jazz

 

West is a lot easier to predict as far as which 8 teams.

[Mac Dre]

east:

1. celtics

2. cavs

3. magic

4. wizards

5. raptors

6. hawks

7. 76ers

8. heat

 

west:

1. lakers

2. spurs

3. blazers

4. nuggets

5. mavericks

6. hornets

7. jazz

8. thunder

[deestillballin]

Eastern Conference:

1.Boston Celtics

2.Cleveland Cavs

3.Orlando Magic

4.Washington Wizards

5.Atlanta Hawks

6.Chicago Bulls

7.Philadelphia 76ers

8.Miami Heat

 

 

Western Conference:

1.Los Angeles Lakers

2.San Antonio Spurs

3.Denver Nuggets

4.DallasMavericks

5.Portland TrailBlazers

6.Utah Jazz

7.New Orleans Hornets

8.Memphis Grizzlies/Oklahoma City Thunder (will be a tie it will come down to the last game haha)

[Dash]

Eastern Conference

1. Boston Celtics

2. Orlando Magic

3. Cleveland Cavaliers

4. Atlanta Hawks

5. Toronto Raptors

6. Miami Heat

7. Washington Wizards

8. Detroit Pistons

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9. Philadelphia 76ers

10. Chicago Bulls

11. Charlotte Bobcats

12. Indiana Pacers

13. New York Knicks

14. New Jersey Nets

15. Milwaukee Bucks

Western Conference

 

1. LA Lakers

2. San Antonio Spurs

3. Portland Trailblazers

4. Dallas Mavericks

5. Denver Nuggets

6. Utah Jazz

7. New Orleans Hornets

8. Memphis Grizzlies

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9. Phoenix Suns

10. LA Clippers

11. Golden State Warriors

12. Minnesota Timberwolves

13. Houston Rockets

14. Oklahoma City Thunder

15. Sacramento Kings

[Mac Dre]

Eastern Conference

1. Boston Celtics

2. Orlando Magic

3. Cleveland Cavaliers

4. Atlanta Hawks

5. Toronto Raptors

6. Miami Heat

7. Washington Wizards

8. Detroit Pistons

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9. Philadelphia 76ers

10. Chicago Bulls

11. Charlotte Bobcats

12. Indiana Pacers

13. New York Knicks

14. New Jersey Nets

15. Milwaukee Bucks

Western Conference

 

1. LA Lakers

2. San Antonio Spurs

3. Portland Trailblazers

4. Dallas Mavericks

5. Denver Nuggets

6. Utah Jazz

7. New Orleans Hornets

8. Memphis Grizzlies

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9. Phoenix Suns

10. LA Clippers

11. Golden State Warriors

12. Minnesota Timberwolves

13. Houston Rockets

14. Oklahoma City Thunder

15. Sacramento Kings

 

no way thunder will be that low.

[Poe]

I edited my original post, this time adding all teams. I think it's safe to adjust my prediction before the start of the preseason.

 

One change was moving down the Warriors and moving the Hornets up. I think the Warriors have the right tools to get to the playoffs, but just not the right system, and I think CP3 will be able to carry his team to at least the 8th seed, although I think Nash is still the best offensive PG in the game who also has a good chance at bringing his team to the playoffs. The only reason I don't think the Suns will make it is because I think Nash his team performed much better under D'Antoni's offense.

 

I still think the Heat will wind up becoming a top 3 team in the East by the end of the season. I moved the Magic up over the Bulls because, despite the bad changes (IMO) they made during the offseason, I still think that Van Gundy's system will find its way to work out, but I still doubt it will be quite as good as before in their championship run. I also moved the Celtics down and the Cavs up. The absence of KG in the beginning and the chances of him being a step slower may hurt the Celtics a bit during the first half of the season. LeBron is good enough to make almost any team in the NBA become one of the top teams, and with the weapons he has now, I think they are going to have a fantastic season, even if Delonte doesn't play.

[Check my Stats]

Suns are winning 50 games this year book it.

[Poe]

^ That's not as ballsy of a comment as it looks. The chances of it happening aren't that bad at all. They won 46 last year.

Edited September 30, 2009 by Poe

[Check my Stats]

I know but they will be much higher than 8th seed, they are running and gunning again, Nash will regain his MVP-like form and with Stat and J-Rich both potential 20+ guys they are set,, they also still have Barbosa. This team will regain their form and win close to 55 games IMO, barring any injuries.

 

Nash-Jrich-Grant-Stat-Robin is a good lineup, with a 6th man candidate in Barbosa as their spark plug. I assume Robin is starting because their big man situation is still pathetic, but if they can address that this team can be close to as good as their teams when Nash was winning MVP IMO.

 

I'm not trynna be ballsy lol, everyone has them as a borderline playoff team and they should be comfortably in the playoff picture.

 

This team's situation is not as bad as many thought, J-Rich is being overlooked as a factor IMO, before their big 3 was Stat-Nash-Marion, now it is Stat-Nash-Jrich.... but with Robin and Grant instead Raja and whoever the other starter was (I forget lol)... realistically this team could be Tyson Chandler away from being a contender again.

Edited September 30, 2009 by travesy3

[Poe]

I know but they will be much higher than 8th seed, they are running and gunning again, Nash will regain his MVP-like form and with Stat and J-Rich both potential 20+ guys they are set,, they also still have Barbosa. This team will regain their form and win close to 55 games IMO, barring any injuries.

 

Nash-Jrich-Grant-Stat-Robin is a good lineup, with a 6th man candidate in Barbosa as their spark plug. I assume Robin is starting because their big man situation is still pathetic, but if they can address that this team can be close to as good as their teams when Nash was winning MVP IMO.

 

I'm not trynna be ballsy lol, everyone has them as a borderline playoff team and they should be comfortably in the playoff picture.

 

This team's situation is not as bad as many thought, J-Rich is being overlooked as a factor IMO, before their big 3 was Stat-Nash-Marion, now it is Stat-Nash-Jrich.... but with Robin and Grant instead Raja and whoever the other starter was (I forget lol)... realistically this team could be Tyson Chandler away from being a contender again.

 

I think the Suns do have a chance at surprising people this year, yet with Steve Nash and Grant Hill aging, there are also chances they'll fall out of the playoffs again, especially if there is another injury.

 

Looking back to their old winning ways, Marion > J-Rich, and Raja > Hill. Both were better defenders and Marion was better for the Suns offense cause J-Rich is better for creating his own shot. They also had versatile players like Boris Diaw and Barbosa coming off the bench. They still have Barbosa, but now they are missing depth in the big man spot, which could be even more important than having depth at the guard position. Just look at the Warriors last year with Ellis, Crawford, Maggette, Azubuike, and Belinelli, yet not too much success there.

 

If Robin and Taylor wind up replicating their brothers talents at all, then yeah, the Suns would definitely become an elite team again, as long as their core players (Nash, J-Rich, Stoudemire) remain healthy.

[Dash]

no way thunder will be that low.

 

I want to put them up higher but I don't know, #9-#15 spots in the West could go either way.

[Sky]

West

1. Lakers - Best in the league.

2. Spurs - RJ helps but unless Blair becomes Millsap overnight it'll be tough to get past LA.

3. Nuggets - Good talent but overrated coach.

4. Blazers - Provided Oden stays healthy and takes a step up.

5. Mavs - Aging core.

6. Jazz - Boozer and Okur in contract drives is blessing and curse at same time.

7. Bugs - Okafor gives them more balance but they have to find a bench.

8. Suns - If Amare holds up.

9. Clips - If they stay healthy and Baron's out of the coma they have a playoff shot.

10. Thunder - One year away from the playoffs, core is too young.

11. Rox - Need talent to win. Four playoff games isn't a season.

12. Grizz - Multiple black holes and one basketball = no playoffs

13. Dubs - Randolph will emerge, but too few road wins and too little D.

14. T-Pups - New coach, rookie point and no wings, another lottery trip.

15. Kings - Yikes.

 

East

1. Magic - Vince can work off ball Hedo can't, deeper, but Howard has to develop post footwork.

2. Cavs - Sad about Delonte, they need his speed and defense.

3. Celtics - KG and his stapled knee is a shaky foundation and everything depends on it.

4. Heat - Huge dropoff after big three, D-Mobile will get it done.

5. Wiz - All on Hibachi.

6. Hawks - Paging Josh Smith, kindly show up.

7. Raps - Bosh in contract year, Hedo, but the D?

8. Bulls - All about Rose.

9. Sixers - Can Brand get back to 100%?

10. Pistons - All that cap room for what?

11. Pacers - Granger is the real thing, but he needs more help.

12. Cats - Brown can right way them all he wants, not enough talent.

13. Nets - Harder without Vince.

14. Knicks - Don't open until summer 2010.

15. Bucks - Severe talent drain. Clubhouse leader for Wall.

[Real Deal]

Hmm...I smell a chance at an article for me.

[Doc]

Some people giving the raps no lovee? I see 11th? comee on.

 

 

East.

1) Boston

2) Cavs

3) Magic

4) Hawks

5/6)Raptors

5/6) Wizards

7/8) Heat

7/8) Bulls

 

Looking in - Pistons and Sixers.

 

West

 

1) Lakers

2) Spurs

3) Nuggets

4) Mavs

5) Blazers

6) Hornets

7)Jazz

8) Suns

 

Looking in - Clippers and Thurder

[Cleveland's Finest]

East

1 Cavaliers

2 Celtics

3 Magic

4 Bulls (they will be much better)

5 Hawks

6 Heat (no improvements made in off season)

7 Wizards

8 Raptors

 

No 76ers because they downgraded in point guard though Williams still isn't bad.

 

West

1: Lakers

2: Mavericks

3: Spurs

4: Jazz

5: Nuggets

6: Blazers

7/8: Hornets/Suns/Rockets - Hornets had such a drop off from last year, the Suns have talent, and who knows how good Brooks and T-mac can be...will be close.

 

People are overrating the Wizards and Thunder imo. All hype.

Edited October 5, 2009 by Cleveland's Finest

[Lemon]

Eastern Conference:

1. Magic

2. Cavs

3. Celtics

4. Raptors

5. Heat

6. Hawks

7. Bulls

8. Wizards

 

Western Conference:

1. Lakers

2. Spurs

3. Nuggets

4. Blazers

5. Mavs

6. Jazz

7. Hornets

8. Suns

 

I feel that Kleiza was a good piece off the bench that Nuggets lost. And health is a big issue in the East for me for Shaq and KG. Magic just seems like it would have the least problems there of the Eastern elite. I'm looking forward to seeing how Mavs will do this year though. I also like the Raptors this year.

 

EDIT: Completely forgot Atlanta

Edited October 5, 2009 by GogglesNaproN