He did until 2016, but was more right than many outlets. He actually gave Trump a chance, if a fairly slim one. This was before we knew Russia was actively monkeying with the election. Regardless, Trump did lose by nearly three million votes...
Back on topic, they've been wrong about the Spurs for ages. Even after starting slow when their young guards all got injured, San Antonio wound up not far from 50 wins. LMA and DDR would have to drop waaaay off to only win 37 and I project White to have a really nice year, the addition of Murray, and the potential of Walker, to have a considerable impact. These pundits rarely take into account non-hyped young players. They probably think Zion's gonna win 20 games on his own.
I just think Spurs can better depend Lillard/McCollum, Conley/Mitc so I’m putting Spurs ahead of them.
Spurs barely made the playoffs. If the Spurs want to make the playoffs, it will take Walker and Murray legit, something that has yet to be proven on an NBA court.
Spurs 4th Seed
51-31
Nate silver is right as much as Hilary Rodman Clinton
Lol. WTAF?!? Thunder won't sniff 40 wins. Maybe not even 30. T-wolves are likely in the mid to upper 30s.Suns in the upper 20s. Warriors will be in the low to mid, maybe upper 40s, depending on when Klay gets back. Mavericks will not reach 40 probably. Pelicans the same.
Clippers will be in the low to mid 50s at least. Lakers are slightly above .500, and that assumes full health of both stars the whole season.
Seriously, wtf are these guys smoking?
50 win season book it
I think they had us missing the playoffs last year, too, tbh......
He had Hillary with an 83% chance of defeating Trump. That should answer your question.
Lol. Spurs won't miss the playoffs as long as Pop is the coach and we have a solid team. Our team is really being slept on, even after we exceeded expectations last year despite the host of injuries and half a new roster. I get that some teams in the west got better but these pundits are overrating the out of teams like Dallas, New Orleans, even Utah imo. Lakers too, since they are top heavy and are relying on being injury free to have a good record.
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Yup, probably writing outrageous clickbait to get it spread around forums and Facebook to get this type of reaction. smh.
Even so Portland has other weapons - Bazemore, Nurkic, Whiteside and Utah is solidly stacked - Gobert, Ingles, Bogdanovic, Jeff, etc, You may be right about the Spurs being able to get their way with the Blazers but the Jazz are legitimate contenders in the West. Solid team.
Spurs are never going to rate well by analytics models with this core because their best players aren't analytic darlings and their young players lack pedigree.
Sure, Aldridge and Gay could fall off a cliff and/or like any team, they could be decimated by injury, but the most likely scenario is them riding Aldridge/depth/continuity to get close to or around 50ish wins. , though obviously unlikely, I don't even think the 1 seed is entirely out of the question. In the end though, it doesn't really matter because of the 8 most likely playoff teams, they have the lowest ceiling.
37 wins?
Offseason things are happening as scheduled.
538 should stick to politics. Seriously
Nate Silver puts out accurate predictions about as often as Ducks writes a coherent sentence.
Silver = Hillary
ducks = Silver
therefore ... Hillary = ducks?
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I'm still on the fence on this. People here expect certain players to show improvement and growth and thus we're gonna win more that last season and we are a lock to make the playoffs but... What if LMA is not the same player and we see a decline, Gay the same thing, what if Murray and Walker still need time to develop and DDR goes to depression mode all year and eventually wants out. There are a lot of variables on this team that could go one way or another in a loaded West.
The Spurs make the playoffs if they dont lose a key player for the season. Take it to the bank
Nate Silver has something like a 99% success rate in calling elections.
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