The landscape of the NBA's Eastern Conference post-LeBron decision
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1. Bulls
2. Cavs
3. Wiz
4. Raps
5. Hawks
6. Hornets
7. Heat (could be 5 if Wade is healthy)
8. Pistons
I don't think the Pacers make it, they finished the season playing .500 ball and without Lance they have nobody to create on offense next to Paul. Plus, it sounds like they're trying to move Hibbert.
Knicks & Nets are trash......
2. Cavs
3. Wiz
4. Raps
5. Hawks
6. Hornets
7. Heat (could be 5 if Wade is healthy)
8. Pistons
I don't think the Pacers make it, they finished the season playing .500 ball and without Lance they have nobody to create on offense next to Paul. Plus, it sounds like they're trying to move Hibbert.
Knicks & Nets are trash......
This draft/free agency has finally made me want check for every team in the East.
In the west Utah & Minny are the only teams I may not care to check for and they are in the west. But even with that said my UofM breh Trey in Utah. And that whole Kevin Love ish is interesting tho.
Adam silver came at the right time.
Lebron decision boosted the east so much. On paper idk who the fukk is taking the East
In the west Utah & Minny are the only teams I may not care to check for and they are in the west. But even with that said my UofM breh Trey in Utah. And that whole Kevin Love ish is interesting tho.
Adam silver came at the right time.
Lebron decision boosted the east so much. On paper idk who the fukk is taking the East
why do so many think the nets are trash, yet rank the raptors high as if the nets didnt just knock them out the playoffs?
granted pierce left. but now you got lopez back, jarrett jack, and a better coach.
unless yall think the raptors are a legit future powerhouse, i dont see it.
granted pierce left. but now you got lopez back, jarrett jack, and a better coach.
unless yall think the raptors are a legit future powerhouse, i dont see it.
Interesting. I still have the Pacers in there.
Bucks and Knicks seem like the two teams that'll be fighting for that 9th seed.
The Nets lost Shaun Livington and Paul Pierce, meanwhile Deron Williams is coming off surgery on BOTH ankles, and they were better without Brook Lopez than with him.
The Raps have young players with room for improvement, the Nets only young player worth a damn is Plumlee and he happens to play the same position as the guy they gave a max contract to. You don't need to be a powerhouse to have a better season outlook than the Nets.
kyle lowry about to go into training camp looking like he ate raymond felton.
jarrett jack >>> shaun livingston
wait til d.will gets on the court before you count em out. i mean, we all have the bulls at #1 assuming that derrick rose can stay healthy, even tho he really hasnt played in 2 years. so why do the opposite for the nets?
Jack isn't half the defender that Livingston is and you certainly couldn't start him next to Deron either.
The Nets are trash, and I'd be shocked if they were better than the Raptors.
Reality Check
Keepin' it 100
Welp now that the Hornets got Lance my stance changes, the Hornets and Pacers pretty much switch spots
1. Bulls(if Rose is healthy)
2. Cavs
3. Hornets
4. Wizards
5. Toronto
6. Heat
7. Pacers
8. Either ATL, BKN or NY
Probably most realistic prediction in this thread except I'd take out Brooklyn and NY.
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x1000 at anyone thinking that the Nets and/or Knicks will finish a) better than Toronto and b) higher than a 7th seed at best
havoc
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Bulls vs Heat in the ECF in 2015
I will place my entire coli cash on this bet.
I will place my entire coli cash on this bet.
1. Bulls
2. Pacers
3. Cavs
4. Heat
5. Wizards
6. Nets
7. Hornets
8. Hawks
I'm gonna assume pacers manage to pull it together a lil better the end of last season.
Cavs either A) won't hit their stride till mid-season or B) start off fast, then struggle like pacers did.
Heat are still deeper than any of the other teams in east except maybe the wizards and nets
But i'm assuming Wade plays better as an Alpha then a Beta.
Hornets will finally reach the playoffs but they will continue to get stomped on the road
7th seed at best
Hawks if healthy will be better than the knicks.
Realistically tho you could turn this upside down and i wouldn't be surprised either.
really just the magic, the bucks and the celtics that are a lock for being a garbage ass team.
2. Pacers
3. Cavs
4. Heat
5. Wizards
6. Nets
7. Hornets
8. Hawks
I'm gonna assume pacers manage to pull it together a lil better the end of last season.
Cavs either A) won't hit their stride till mid-season or B) start off fast, then struggle like pacers did.
Heat are still deeper than any of the other teams in east except maybe the wizards and nets
But i'm assuming Wade plays better as an Alpha then a Beta.
Hornets will finally reach the playoffs but they will continue to get stomped on the road
7th seed at best
Hawks if healthy will be better than the knicks.
Realistically tho you could turn this upside down and i wouldn't be surprised either.
really just the magic, the bucks and the celtics that are a lock for being a garbage ass team.
KingOFKings
All Star
lol..
Some of you dudes are on crack if you think the Raptors are finishing OUTSIDE of the top 4 You do know that they had the best record in the east after the Rudy Gay trade, correct? Yes, better than Indiana, Miami, or whoever else. They were also one bucket away from advancing to the second round against an experienced Nets team that had the ref's respect.
A) Best record in the east after the Rudy Gay trade
B) One bucket away from advancing to the second round against a Nets team with proven playoff vets. This series could have gone either way, as it was literally down to the last possession.
C) Young team that resigned all of its players, chemistry is going to be STRONG
The Wizards are getting respect because they beat a Bulls team that was severely limited offensively and had no go to scorers. Other than a first round victory against a less superior team, I don't know how the Wiz get the nod over the Raptors. That second round advancement was deceptive.
Charlotte still has to catch up IMO, Knicks? Don't make me laugh..what have they done to improve an already mediocre roster, it's Carmelo and spare parts. Nets? Still ageing, and they lost the only edge they had. D-Will is going to be even worse, KG is done, PP is gone, Livingston is gone. Lopez comes back yes, but that is not strong enough to negate the rest.
We will see this season though. Never underestimate a young talented team that has chemistry, especially one that just came off of a great season (best team in the East after mid December)
Some of you dudes are on crack if you think the Raptors are finishing OUTSIDE of the top 4 You do know that they had the best record in the east after the Rudy Gay trade, correct? Yes, better than Indiana, Miami, or whoever else. They were also one bucket away from advancing to the second round against an experienced Nets team that had the ref's respect.
A) Best record in the east after the Rudy Gay trade
B) One bucket away from advancing to the second round against a Nets team with proven playoff vets. This series could have gone either way, as it was literally down to the last possession.
C) Young team that resigned all of its players, chemistry is going to be STRONG
The Wizards are getting respect because they beat a Bulls team that was severely limited offensively and had no go to scorers. Other than a first round victory against a less superior team, I don't know how the Wiz get the nod over the Raptors. That second round advancement was deceptive.
Charlotte still has to catch up IMO, Knicks? Don't make me laugh..what have they done to improve an already mediocre roster, it's Carmelo and spare parts. Nets? Still ageing, and they lost the only edge they had. D-Will is going to be even worse, KG is done, PP is gone, Livingston is gone. Lopez comes back yes, but that is not strong enough to negate the rest.
We will see this season though. Never underestimate a young talented team that has chemistry, especially one that just came off of a great season (best team in the East after mid December)
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