Goldstein beat Vegas and 538 with his win projections the past few yrs. 2020 projections inside.

NOP and OKC won't make the playoffs

Clippers regular season wins won't match their playoff potential either, which is reflected here. This year's Western conference is tougher than usual, which is saying a lot

 

Shocking, really. But nothing is too crazy here. The Rockets being a 53 win team makes sense, and with more parity the West is going to flatten out and the win distribution makes sense. It's just which team you think will get the lucky bounces.

 

Damn, he predicts there will be so much parity that no team hits 60 wins, and only 3 teams crack 50 wins next year... we had 8 last season. Not sure if I buy it, but interesting if it turns out that way.

 

James Harden never gets hurt and can carry a team to 50 wins if he has too.

If Kawhi, Lebron, PG, AD get hurt - and one of them will st least - those teams likely struggle.

 

Yeah he has Portland/Brooklyn out of the playoffs with Pelicans, OKC and Bulls in is a head scratcher.

 

Pelicans would be lucky to win 30 games with that roster lul.

 

POR 10th seed? this boi out of his damn mind

 

Without George no chance OKC makes the playoffs

 

OKC in the playoffs? Portland not in the playoffs?

Lmao.

 

Dgreen and kerr >>>>> cp3 and mda
Pg13 and doc >>>>> cp3 and mda

 

calm down.

 

Goldstein? Must be reputable...

 

Big if true. @KingCheetah

 

Can you post his previous projections? I have a hard time believing the accuracy of his model if it has THE BULLS making the playoffs.

Last year, the bulls players nearly mutinied regarding practices, laps, push ups and other stuff commonly seen in HS teams.

Also he has the Spurs missing the playoffs??? When's the last time that happened?

 

Yep. Replace them with Portland (definitely) and Dallas or Minnesota.

 

Its a good projection ,i dont believe he took in mind how it takes time for a team to gel especially when you have new players, both La teams have 2 or more new starters that process will take time ,we all know that the team with the most wins in the regular season dont mean they the most talented or best functional team in the playoffs .I hate to say it but im not sold on this team bcuz of chris paul ,in 2017 -2018 after seeing them play golden state in the regular season i didn't think they could beat them nor did i think they could beat them last year.warriors were just too top heavy.

 

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Rockets win 55+ next year easy

 

Spurs over Minny pretty easily. The first 6 teams are a given barring injury. Clippers/Lakers/Rockets/Nuggets/Jazz/Blazers, 7th and 8th seed seem like a toss up between 4 teams - Spurs/Mavs/OKC/Warriors

Murray / Mills
White / Bellineli
DeRozan / Carroll
Gay / Morris
Aldridge / Poltl

V

Curry / Brunson / Barea
Hardaway / Lee
Doncic / Finney-Smith
Porzingis / Kleber
Powell / Boban

V

Westbrook / Shcroder
SGA / Ferguson
Gallonari / Roberson
Grant / Patterson
Adams / Noel

V

Curry
Russell / Poole
Robinson / Evans
Green / McKinnie
Looney / WCS

Dem matchups guna b gud. Feel like the Mavs are the weakest of the bunch, but that could easily change if either/both Doncic/Porzingis take it up another level. Warriors also really need some better depth pieces or things could get scary if even one key guy gets is out 20 games due to any injury.