70 Win Season?

[racm]

65-17 seems reasonable, tbh. The offense has been rounding back into shape and the defense has been the best it has been in years.

[Biggems]

It wont happen, but our chances would have been so much better had we not given away the Knicks, Heat, and 2nd Clippers games. I can realistically see us winning between 60-68 games this season. But it depends on our health, and also on how many games we give away by resting the big 3.

[maverick1948]

Have a good daydream.

[TampaDude]

65-17 seems reasonable, tbh. The offense has been rounding back into shape and the defense has been the best it has been in years.

^ this

65 wins seems to be about right IF they can stay relatively healthy. Of course, the bench is starting to come on, too...Spurs, as usual, have one of the deepest benches in the NBA.

[jestersmash]

I know this thread is tongue-in-cheek, but the 72 win Bulls were 19-2 at this point in the season (we are 17-4) -

http://espn.go.com/nba/features/best

I still get a kick out of the fact that ESPN hasn't replaced the Lakers with a team more worthy (Memphis, OKC, New York, Miami), although of course in reality no team this season has a chance to win 70 games so the '12-'13 teams that ESPN chooses to represent on that page are ultimately irrelevant.

Last season the two '11-'12 teams that ESPN chose to represent on that features/best page were the Heat and the Spurs.

If anything, there's at least a tacit assertion that ESPN believes the Spurs are frontrunners for a regular season championship.