8 seed

[ace3g]

[GusT15]

538 has the Spurs projected to go 17-19 the rest of the way and finishing at 43-39 with a 58% probability of making the playoffs as a low 8 seed.

I did a quick read of the schedule and taking my homer glasses off i came up with 22-14,finishing at 48-34 and seeding between 4th and 6th depending on what other teams do and how the tiebreakers will work in the end.

I still feel analytics are heavily underestimating what this team can do.

[ceperez]

538 has the Spurs projected to go 17-19 the rest of the way and finishing at 43-39 with a 58% probability of making the playoffs as a low 8 seed.

I did a quick read of the schedule and taking my homer glasses off i came up with 22-14,finishing at 48-34 and seeding between 4th and 6th depending on what other teams do and how the tiebreakers will work in the end.

I still feel analytics are heavily underestimating what this team can do.

Fascinating season in the west. No room for error among most of the teams. One bad losing stretch and you'll be out of the playoffs!

These teams will be exhausted come playoff time!

[monty4329]

538 has the Spurs projected to go 17-19 the rest of the way and finishing at 43-39 with a 58% probability of making the playoffs as a low 8 seed.

I did a quick read of the schedule and taking my homer glasses off i came up with 22-14,finishing at 48-34 and seeding between 4th and 6th depending on what other teams do and how the tiebreakers will work in the end.

I still feel analytics are heavily underestimating what this team can do.

But you put on the rose-tinted glasses...Where do you see those 22 wins coming from? We have 19 away games, included a quite punitive rodeo trip.

To make the 8th seed we need 19 wins at least, and that will be already hard. One silver lining can be the long bench; every games count, and many teams might be tired come march (like, Harden can't keep going unless he pumps steroids like I drink coffee...)

[GusT15]

But you put on the rose-tinted glasses...Where do you see those 22 wins coming from? We have 19 away games, included a quite punitive rodeo trip.

@MIN-W
vsLAC-W
@PHI-L
@NOLA-L
vsWHA-W
vsPHO-W
vsBRO-W
vsNOLA-W
@SAC-L
@GS-L
@POR-L
@UTAH-L
@MEM-W
@TOR-L
@NY-W
@BRO-L
vsDET-W
vsOKC-W
vsDEN-W
@ATL-W
vsMIL-W
@DAL-L
vsNY-W
vsPOR-W
vsGS-L
vsMIA-W
@HOU-L
@BOS-L
@CHA-W
vsCLE-W
vsSAC-W
vsATL-W
@DEN-L
@WHA-L
@CLE-W
vsDAL-W

If I had the rose tinted glasses on i'd have us at 25-11.
If i had my homer glasses on we'd be raining champagne all over Canada while #2 is crying in a cold corner.

[skin27]

But you put on the rose-tinted glasses...Where do you see those 22 wins coming from? We have 19 away games, included a quite punitive rodeo trip.

To make the 8th seed we need 19 wins at least, and that will be already hard. One silver lining can be the long bench; every games count, and many teams might be tired come march (like, Harden can't keep going unless he pumps steroids like I drink coffee...)

our schedule later in the season is not difficult as you think it is..

[GusT15]

And going 16-1 at home games is obviously extreme,but then again we are 18-6 at the moment having lost to the Bulls,Hornets,Magic,Grizzlies.
So i could see us going 14-3 at home games,but then again we can go 8-11 at away games instead of 6-13.

Bottom line is it's a long season ahead,if we stay healthy (which is what's important),this team has way more value than it's being given credit for.
And what else is new obviously

[bklynspursfan]

Poor spurs!! Lost to Thunder who got ed bythelakers scrub at Oklahoma

We beat both those teams already.

[monty4329]

our schedule later in the season is not difficult as you think it is..

Sure, last few games will probably be relatively easy (although PHO and CHI were too). But the schedule from now on till end of February is brutal: I won't be surprised with a 6-11 record, frankly. Hope I am wrong, obviously.

[rascal]

It would be better to get into the lottery than be the 8th seed.

[rascal]

Just stay out of gsw’s bracket. 4 spot is the number imo. Gsw will end up 2 or 3

GS will be the 1st seed.

[skin27]

5th seed

[Mr. Body]

The West is ing rough. We're 27-20 and one and a half games from missing the playoffs. Every two nights moves everyone beneath the Warriors around.

Then you look at the East and it's a joke. They have four utterly ty teams (Cleveland, Atlanta, Knicks, Chicago) which means more or less 16 near-gimme wins for all EC teams. They still have sub-.500 teams in the playoff eight. Only one ty team in the West, Phoenix, so only 4 near-gimme games.

What the .

[ceperez]

5th seed

I think the current top 8 in the West are going to make it to the playoffs.

GSW, DEN, POR, OKC, SAS, HOU, UTA, LAL - The other teams just don't have the talent and consistency to make it.

[skin27]

I think the current top 8 in the West are going to make it to the playoffs.

GSW, DEN, POR, OKC, SAS, HOU, UTA, LAL - The other teams just don't have the talent and consistency to make it.

Pelicans should make it..but Davis is just so overrated

[LCM]

Pelicans should make it..but Davis is just so overrated

Davis injured finger, out 1 - 2 weeks

[gambit1990]

still wish the spurs would tank.

[RC_Drunkford]

Davis injured finger, out 1 - 2 weeks

that should make our road game in NO an instant win. Although you never know with this team

[NickiRasgo]

still wish the spurs would tank.

Me too. We won't win anyway. But I wanted them between 6th to 8th seed - making the playoffs plus having around 16th to 22nd pick. Hope the Raptors drop their position as well but it seems they're locked already between 1st or 2nd in the east.

[monty4329]

The West is ing rough. We're 27-20 and one and a half games from missing the playoffs. Every two nights moves everyone beneath the Warriors around.

Then you look at the East and it's a joke. They have four utterly ty teams (Cleveland, Atlanta, Knicks, Chicago) which means more or less 16 near-gimme wins for all EC teams. They still have sub-.500 teams in the playoff eight. Only one ty team in the West, Phoenix, so only 4 near-gimme games.

What the .

Makes for a much better product to watch (for us). Imagine watching the Spurs playing in the same week Cleveland, Detroit, Atlanta...And then the following week Chicago, Brooklin...One weekend could be b2b NY....I mean, that's awful...

[monty4329]

I think the current top 8 in the West are going to make it to the playoffs.

GSW, DEN, POR, OKC, SAS, HOU, UTA, LAL - The other teams just don't have the talent and consistency to make it.

Clippers are in a slump but very solid. They'll fight Utah, Portland and the Spurs for 8th seed.

With Davis out 2 week the Pelicans are done, I guess. Maybe Sacramento can be a surprise, the talent is there.

[TimmyBuckets]

Need Lakers to win today.

[RD2191]

5 seed

[TimmyBuckets]

From 14th to 5th

[RD2191]

From 14th to 5th

at all those got analysts saying we'd miss the playoffs this season. We'd be a top 3 seed if we had a healthy DJ tbh.