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Spurs #2 in the NBA, tbh.
#1 if everyone is healthy.
According to ESPN's annual summer forecast, the Spurs will finish with a 57-25 record, good for the 2 seed in the West and #3 overall in the NBA (behind the Cavaliers and Warriors).
Personally, I think 57 wins is a tad low, but ESPN Forecast is only an average of various panelists' projections, so it makes sense that it doesn't veer off into extremes.
I disagree with the projection that we'll finish behind the Cavs, though. Even in the loaded Western conference, I think the Spurs will still finish the season as a top 2 team in the NBA. Maybe even top 1.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13...west-standings
Spurs #2 in the NBA, tbh.
#1 if everyone is healthy.
Pop is going to win games even when he is trying to teach a team lesson.
yeah, we're going to need HCA over Cleveland if we want to win the championship. In terms of analytics, it's as simple as binary -- Spurs have won 100% of the time in the Finals with HCA, and 0% without.
Happy to see the Lakers second to last in the west. Although I think they are doggin on the twolves. I think they will be better than expected. I mean I don't expect them to make the playoffs or anything, but I think they will be somewhere between 35-40 wins maybe.
Spursfan better hope they get to 60+ if they want HCA past round 2. Maybe even past round 1.
ing Game 6.Ugh.
No way the Warriors win 60+ games again. They snuck up on the league last season and stayed remarkably healthy in terms of health...the chances of both of those things happening again are pretty much nil.
Yes they will. They are the perfect reg season monster team. They have legit depth, the got brothers are young and don't care about resting for the long term while the vet laden teams take nights off, and they get to play the lakerz and kings 8x a season.
Sounds about right to me tbh.
I love how ESPN hedged on the health of Durant and Westbrook and then did all their twitter disclaimers.
Hard to argue that point tbh.
Binary analytics
Can you blame them? Chuckbrook plays like a rabid bat out of , and it remains to be seen whether the Durant will be able to regain his previous MVP form or will end up as the next DRose.
I believe the T-Wolves will finish better than the Nuggets, Lakers and Blazers. I think they'll likely finish better than the Suns and Kings. ESPN definitely underselling them.
I blame them for being p***ies about it. If they don't think OKC will return to their former glory, then just say so. The point of predictions is to predict and own it.
No way Lakers don't finish last
Depends on if Kobe has one more miracle comeback in him or not...
Mavs finishing with the 8 spot ahead of the Jazz? I doubt that.
It's called the binomial distributionBinary analytics
the program would go:
binompdf(1,0/1,1) = 0.000000 (guaranteed loss in the Finals with no HCA)
&
binompdf(1,5/5,1) = 1.000000 (guaranteed win in the Finals with HCA)
Binary analytics, FTMFW.
lol, can you name anyone on the Timberwolves who isn't too young and raw to compete in the NBA? They're at least a year away from even competing for a 35+ win season. I'll give them about 15-20 wins with a few odd home victories over contenders
I have a rough understanding of binary codes. I was just laughing at the use of the metaphor; but not the actual metaphor. You could be right.
The definition of "binary" in mathematics or logic has nothing to do with binary computer code. They only called it that because there were two options, zeroes and ones, and having two options for something is basically the true definition of "binary" so there you have it.
Rubio, Wiggins, Towns, Lavine, Pekovic is a good core. They were all athleticism and no discipline last year. But they're now a year in and should be compe ive in more games. KG provides some veteran leadership as well. I think 35 is probably high for them. Somewhere between 22-32 is about right; so, maybe that won't be enough to pass the Kings and Suns. Could be close though.
It's a very young, raw core. Rubio is a softer and slower Rondo, Wiggins is still too raw, Towns is a rookie, Lavine is an inefficient chucker, and Pekovic is a fairly decent center for this era of basketball. KG is an assistant coach at this point, and we don't know how Flip's body will react to the chemo just yet. Kings will be horrible, Suns will be near .500 but power forward is a huge question mark.
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