Predictions for the Eastern Conference RS

[TE]

What are yours?

Top 8 - Standings (not seedings)

1. Bulls
2. Cavs
3. Wizards
4. Raptors
5. Pacers
6. Heat
7. Hornets
8. Nets

Damn, I might just spend some time watching EC basketball through league pass. Some of these games will be good. Chicago and Cleveland will feast on all the bottom feeders and playoff hopefuls.

[Infinite_limit]

Looks about right for preseason.

[Malik Hairston]

1. Cleveland
2. Chicago
3. Indiana
4. Atlanta
5. Washington
6. Toronto
7. Miami
8. Detroit

[Infinite_limit]

1. Cleveland
2. Chicago
3. Indiana
4. Atlanta
5. Washington
6. Toronto
7. Miami
8. Detroit
Cleveland has too much unproven talent & James takes nights off; to finish with most regular season Wins.

Chicago has immense depth & Tommy T cares about regular season games.

[TE]

Damn forgot about Atlanta.

[timtonymanu]

1. Cavs
2. Bulls
3. Wizards
4. Raptors
5. Pacers
6. Hawks
7. Heat
8. Pistons

[Infinite_limit]

Can someone please post the Cavaliers starting 5/rotation?

[Shane27]

1. Bulls 2. Cavs 3. Pacers 4. Heat 5. Wizards 6. Raptors 7. Knicks 8. Nets Felt a little bold with the Knicks prediction

[Shane27]

Can someone please post the Cavaliers starting 5/rotation?

Probably depends on whether Lebron plays the 3 or 4. Lebron plays the 4 then Wiggins starts at the 3 and Waiters at the 2. Lebron starts at sf then Thompson starts at pf. Not sure if waiters or wiggins will start at the 2. One things for sure, if waiters comes off the bench he isn't going to be happy

[Infinite_limit]

Probably depends on whether Lebron plays the 3 or 4. Lebron plays the 4 then Wiggins starts at the 3 and Waiters at the 2. Lebron starts at sf then Thompson starts at pf. Not sure if waiters or wiggins will start at the 2. One things for sure, if waiters comes off the bench he isn't going to be happy
Doesn't sound like a cohesive team. Would not be surprised to see Cavs finish 3-4 in the Final Standings.

Bulls & Pacers at Top. Wizards & Raptors battling Cavs


As a reference point, Bulls won 48 games last season. 8 behind Pacers

[Shane27]

I really don't see wizards and raptors ahead of heat. It's possible depending on health, though. I honestly wouldn't be that surprised if the heat finished ahead of the Cavs. It's doubtful, but definitely possible

[SpurSwag]

I'm not gonna put them in definitive order, but i'll put the best teams toward the tops and the worse ones towards the bottom of the top 8

Cavs
Bulls
Pacers
Heat
Hawks
Raps
Wiz
Knicks

If Detroit plays up to expectations and doesn't start Smith Monroe Drummond together they will definitely be a candidate to make the playoffs too

[Mal]

East will be, as always, weak, but interesting. I can see 13 teams, which could be in playoffs. Cavs, Bulls, Wizards will be there. Bucks, Magic, Celtics wont be.

[Jenks]

Bulls
Pacers
Cavs
Wizards
Nets
Raptors
Hawks
Hornets


Cleveland replaces Miami, Bulls do a bit better w Rose and Gasol, Indiana bounces back, Nets have a better year even without Pierce thanks to Hollins and Lopez, coach Bud and Clifford overachieve with their teams again. Hornets go in under .500

[The Gemini Method]

1. Cavs/2. Bulls/3. Wizards/4. Pacers/5. Raptures/6. Nyets/7. Hornets/8. Hawks

[RsxPiimp]

1. Cleveland
2. Chicago
3. Indiana
4. Atlanta
5. Washington
6. Toronto
7. Miami
8. Detroit

Cavs had a worst roster in 08-09 and they won 66.

Was supposed to quote @Infinite Limit

[ElNono]

1. Pacers
2. Cavs
3. Hawks
4. Heat
5. Bulls
6. Raptors
7. Wizards
8. Hornets

IMO, the East is worse than last season. You basically splintered a fairly stacked team into two good teams.

[Infinite_limit]

1. Pacers
2. Cavs
3. Hawks
4. Heat
5. Bulls
6. Raptors
7. Wizards
8. Hornets

IMO, the East is worse than last season. You basically splintered a fairly stacked team into two good teams.
Bulls fall in the standings after adding Rose, Gasol, Mirotic, & McDermott?

[spurraider21]

Bulls fall in the standings after adding Rose, Gasol, Mirotic, & McDermott?
europe sucks

[Infinite_limit]

europe sucks
On your mommas titties

[jimbo]

Cleveland has too much unproven talent & James takes nights off; to finish with most regular season Wins.

Chicago has immense depth & Tommy T cares about regular season games.


???

He's always been known as the exact opposite. It wasn't until this year that he started slacking in the regular season. (and pretty much just on D) I wouldn't be surprised to see him take it easy this year given that he went to 4 straight finals and verbally expectations low in Cleveland, but unless the "takes nights off" is a prediction--it's pretty much wrong.

08-09/09-10 Cavs, two 60 win teams with Lebron and peanuts
10-11 Heat- They were legitimately trying to win games, they just didn't have the chemistry/depth
11-12 Heat - Lockout :yawn: but I guess everyone looks bad next to the Spurs from that year in the regular season
12-13 Heat - One of the greatest individual regular seasons of all time + the 27 game winstreak. Had they not fucked up early on, they'd have won 70. (Started 24-12 , ended the season 42-4)

IMO

1. Cavs
2. Bulls
3. Wizards
4. Pacers
5. Hawks
6. Heat
7. Raptors
8. Pistons

[jimbo]

1. Pacers
2. Cavs
3. Hawks
4. Heat
5. Bulls
6. Raptors
7. Wizards
8. Hornets

IMO, the East is worse than last season. You basically splintered a fairly stacked team into two good teams.

But I thought WesternConferenceFan was all about :cry depth :cry

The East is a fair amount deeper than they were last year. They still only have two title contenders, and their top title contender is probably worse--but overall the conference has more talent.

[ElNono]

Bulls fall in the standings after adding Rose, Gasol, Mirotic, & McDermott?

Gasol will need to rest after playing over the summer. Thibs will have to rest him and I think they're too thin upfront (they were already thin last season with Boozer)

McDermott is a rook, Mirotic is also an NBA rook (and euros normally take a season or two to adapt to the NBA anyways).

Rose is the big question mark. The question right now isn't if he can be the old Rose, but can he play a full season without mailing it in?

I basically expect the Bulls to produce about the same wins as last season. I just think the Heat will be better than them (but not as good as they were with Lebron), and I also have Atlanta building on their playoff run (which they did without Al Horford).

[baseline bum]

1. Cavs
2. Wizards
3. Bulls
4. Hawks
5. Raptors
6. Pacers
7. Heat
8. Knicks

[baseline bum]

I'm kind of tempted to put Pistons in the 8 seed because of Drummond's projected improvement though.

[myhc]

1. Bulls
2. Cavs
3. Pacers
4. Wizards
5. Heat
6. Raptors
7. Hawks
8. Hornets

[ElNono]

The East is a fair amount deeper than they were last year. They still only have two title contenders, and their top title contender is probably worse--but overall the conference has more talent.

I don't see it. IIRC, the only relatively notable talent that moved from the West is Pau. You could tell me that because the conference is so awful, rooks will have a bigger impact, and I could buy that (this is a conference where the record of the #3 team wouldn't have made the playoffs in the West).

[Arcadian]

:lol east....what a shit conference. Even worse now without a powerhouse like the 2012-13 Heat.

[hooperflash]

Damn forgot about Atlanta.

How could you forget about #TeamSpursEast? :lol

[TDMVPDPOY]

charlotte i think will be higher then 8th seed if aljeff is healthy

[Splits]

1. Pacers
2. Raptors
3. Wizards
4. Cavs
5. Bulls
6. Hawks
7. Whorenets
8. Knicks

[UNCLE-DREW]

some people seriously think miami won't be in the playoffs ?


goddamn some people should lay the crackpipe down

[~O~]

Miami will make the playoffs. If they don't, they probably were worse than anyone thought without LeBron.

[Splits]

I'm predicting Wade will have a Kobe/Rose year, he's breaking down. That leaves them Bosh, Deng and a bunch of has-beens/never-beens and Napier :lol

[JoeTait75]

:lol east....what a shit conference. Even worse now without a powerhouse like the 2012-13 Heat.

The East doesn't have any great teams but IMO it's deeper than it has been in a while. IMO there are at least three, maybe four teams with legitimate hopes of winning the conference title. So the East race will at least be more interesting than it has been the last few years.

[Cry Havoc]

1. 55-27 Cavs. LeBron alone is enough to get this done. He's got a decent team around him. But they'd be a 6 seed out West at best.
2. 54-28 Bulls. They finished in the top 3 last year in the East. Now they have Rose and Gasol. If that's not worth 5+ wins in a horrible conference, nothing is. I actually see them contending all year for the #1 seed. If they didn't have to worry about Rose's health, I could see them winning 57-58 games -- again, because of a cataclysmicly weak East.
3. 51-31 Wizards. Continuing to improve with some experience. Don't think they have the extra gear to make the big leap into serious contender status though, but I wouldn't want to play them in the playoffs this year out East.
4. 48-34 Hawks. Bud's magic will start to make men out of these boys. Just gotta stay healthy.
5. 48-34 Pacers. The falloff begins. Indiana needs to trade and revamp RIGHT NOW. George will be a monster this year, especially in the first half before the cold reality of being on a team full of headcases sets in.
6. 46-36 Raptors. I feel like they played way over their heads last year. Still a solid team doe.
7. 44-38 Brooklyn. It's hard to put them this low after their run in the 2nd half of last year, but they ain't getting any younger.
8. 42-40 Charlotte. YES! There will be no sub .500 clubs making the playoffs in the East this year. Because there aren't enough good teams to get consistent wins throughout the season. :lol

Miami won't make it, as DWade spends most of the season on the bench with injuries.

[AaronY]

Cavs-Heat playoff series is a definite possibility and would be fun to watch for the story lines if not the play (Heat would get blown out obv)

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Cavs
Heat
Bulls
Pacers
Wizards
Hornets
Hawks
Raptors

[Floyd Pacquiao]

The heat are gonna surprise people

[jimbo]

I don't see it. IIRC, the only relatively notable talent that moved from the West is Pau. You could tell me that because the conference is so awful, rooks will have a bigger impact, and I could buy that (this is a conference where the record of the #3 team wouldn't have made the playoffs in the West).

I think they get better from just playing basketball another year. Most of the middling teams in the East playoffs were young. Wizards/Hawks/Raptors, and even the Pacers I guess.

Wizards get Paul Pierce.

Hawks get Horford back.

Bulls get some good rookies, Rose and Pau.

Pacers get worse.

Raptors: ????, haven't really followed them.

Pistons get a real coach.

Bobcats I guess get Lance, lose McBob.

Heat/Cavs split off into two playoff teams rather than one.

So I don't know how much better it'll be from #2 seed onward, but it still looks better than last year. Not a foregone conclusion about the ECF winner.

[jimbo]

there's still no one better than regular season - ECF Miami, but I think the Cavs could be better than Finals Miami if Blatt is a studly coach. They match up better with the Spurs than the Head did with the Thunder IMO. (And the Cavs worse than the Thunder)

[kobe4life]

1.Pacers
2.Hornets
3.Wizards
4.Bulls
5.Heat
6.Raptors
7.Cavs
8.Hawks

[Cry Havoc]

The heat are gonna surprise people

If Wade's healthy, they could be a top 3 seed. If not, then what? Bosh has been increasingly ineffective. With LeBron gone, they have very little ability to stretch defenses. Any smart team will just pack the paint and watch them flail to run an offense.

[RsxPiimp]

1.Pacers
2.Hornets
3.Wizards
4.Bulls
5.Heat
6.Raptors
7.Cavs
8.Hawks

Best post of your trolling career so far:lol