Milwaukee’s defense took a major step back last season even when Brook Lopez came back from injury. They didn’t really do much to address it in the off-season, so I guess they figure they can turn it on again when it matters.
The Summer of Dysfunction: NBA 2022 Offseason thread
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They lost Melton & SloMo off the bench and Jaren will miss the first month of the season at least. Their new additions are Danny Green who won't play this season and a pack of rookies. My assumption is they're banking on internal improvement from the likes of Ja, Bane, Ziaire, etc. which might be fine in the long-term, but I could see them getting off to a slow start.
They basically have the same roster that finished 2nd and 1st in wins the last two seasons, barring major injury I don't see a world where they're not once again one of the elite regular season teams.
Part of me has Milwaukee 3rd because at this point I don't think they care about dominating the regular season, though at the same time I wonder how much losing Game 7 on the road in Boston will affect that. The other part is I think Philly will be a "tryhard" team in the regular season and I'm expecting big years from Harden & Maxey, plus I like the depth they have.
I think they will be fine from that loss as even during that championship season, they were prone to losing to teams that can get hot from 3. The bigger is that they didn't do anything to solve the problem as Ingles isn't known for his defense, so they'll likely need someone like Beauchamp to step up and play a big role this season at least on defense.
Harden and Maxey are playing for max contract this season and Rivers is coaching for his job so they definitely are going to try this season. I still Boston takes the East this season though as long as they can keep Brogdon in bubble wrap until playoff time.
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Baring any major injuries I wouldn’t be surprised if the Clippers get the 1st seed. They’ll probably load manage the fukk out of Kawhi to keep him fresh for the playoffs though.
If they could stay healthy then sure on paper they make as much sense anyone, but I have little to no faith in Kawhi & PG to do so
And tbh the Clippers are another team that I think won’t care too much about seeding
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Suns too high and you are sleeping on minnesota
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Wouldn't be surprise they are number 1 again...
Too many teams that knows the number 1 is meaningless in the west right now...they won't risk health for it
Like I said in the follow up post, the Suns have had the 1st or 2nd best record in each of the last two seasons. They may not win 60+ again but barring major injury I don’t see how they’re not still one of the top teams in their regular season
I think Minnesota will be better but have they done enough to leapfrog the teams that were already better than them last year sans Utah, not to mention a presumably healthier Clipper squad? I don’t think so. It wouldn’t shock me at all if they do better than 7th but I’m content to stand on that prediction
I can see both PHI and BOS having try-hard reg seasons, which is why I’d have both as the top 2 seeds in the East win-wise.
BOS just has to be careful not to fall too deep into that trap that befell the ‘21 Suns, ‘07 Mavs, & ‘06 Pistons following traumatic Finals losses. i.e. peaking throughout the reg season on some revenge tour ish only to flame out in the ‘offs.
BOS just has to be careful not to fall too deep into that trap that befell the ‘21 Suns, ‘07 Mavs, & ‘06 Pistons following traumatic Finals losses. i.e. peaking throughout the reg season on some revenge tour ish only to flame out in the ‘offs.
I think Minn will be pretty good but, again, if the West is healthier this year then it’s gonna be hard for them to greatly improve that 46-win record.
There’s not gonna be enough free wins to go around so some of those West teams may end up having non-injury related down years. Or, like with MEM they may struggle if the injuries start to pile up. Will be interesting to say the least.
There’s not gonna be enough free wins to go around so some of those West teams may end up having non-injury related down years. Or, like with MEM they may struggle if the injuries start to pile up. Will be interesting to say the least.
even as a GSW fan , i dont think they gonna play the OG's enough or even chase after the 1 seed. I think you could probably say they play next to none of them on B2B. Id put Warriors around 3 or so.
Gil Scott-Heroin
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The OGs didn't even play that much last season.
In fact, Steph, Klay and Dray didn't even play one game together last season and yet the team still won 53 games. Klay and Dray both only played half a season, and Steph played 60-odd games, so if they're all healthy you can expect them to play around 70. B2B rest will only be put into motion when they need to, I don't think they'll rest them for the hell of it, especially with how deep the talent is now, where they won't need to push themselves over 35 minutes on the regular.
I'd be extremely surprised if the Warriors don't get the #1 seed. This is the best depth they've ever had, which is only going to be of benefit in a regular season climate.
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Steph, Poole, DiVincenzo
Klay, DiVincenzo, Poole, Moody
Wiggins, Kuminga, Moody
Draymond, Kuminga, JaMychal
Looney, Draymond, JaMychal.
I'm projecting them to hit between 60-65 wins. This regular season is gonna be a 2016 throwback for them.
Klay, DiVincenzo, Poole, Moody
Wiggins, Kuminga, Moody
Draymond, Kuminga, JaMychal
Looney, Draymond, JaMychal.
I'm projecting them to hit between 60-65 wins. This regular season is gonna be a 2016 throwback for them.
DiVincenzo could be a steal for them if he could go back to the player he was before that injury.
