[Media Conspiracy] ESPN projects Rockets 2nd in West

Based on some odd projection, not buying it.

 

Melon will only drop us in the rankings -some clutchfans member

 

Not saying I disagree with the ranking itself, but the win projections seem awfully pessimistic somehow, not sure what formula they used.

GSW improved their roster and had 67 wins last season, yet are projected to only win 62 this time?

Rockets only gave up one great piece in Bev, Lou and a bunch of guys who never got real playing time. At the same time, we add one of the best players of all time in CP3, great complementary pieces like Tucker, Luc and Black, who address our past issues.

Still, we're projected to have the same winning percentage as last season? Doesn't make sense to me, unless the author reaaaally predicts the West to become a slaughterhouse.

 

It was a funny offseason. Clippers, Grizzlies and Jazz might miss the playoffs. Timberwolves, Pelicans and Nuggets might be in. Portland thinks Nurkic was the missing piece. West is a slaughterhouse... East is a Mattress Firm.

 

I think it's pretty easy to buy that we're the second-best regular season team, so I'm not surprised to see regular-season RPM metrics shake out such that we've got the second highest value. The issue, of course, is that there may be a little more volatility between our regular-season and post-season RPM metrics. Defensively I don't think it's that big of a deal, but our post-season oRPM probably drops a little more than the average team because we've been easy to game plan for. Hopefully that's getting fixed though.

 

That is how you name calling it cautiously pessimistic than it is.......

The West is going to get tougher.......I cannot and will not predict anything next year.

West has been a slaugher house for years. Just pray that CP3 and Gordon are durable.

 

Not sure that i agree with the win totals but i absolutely agree with the seeding

 

ESPN doesnt believe the rockets will finish 2nd in the west ahead of the spurs. They just put them their because they dont want a repeat of last year, when the rockets blow through and do WAY better than expected thus taking potential shine away from harden possibly winning an mvp. BTW you could argue the thunder have a more talented team than us.

 

As I thought, but somehow can't see this happening. Especially the Wolves and Denver projections seem extremely high, for teams with relatively little experience and leadership.

WC playoff race will be the most interesting it has been in years though, I'm excited to see how this plays out.

 

OKC has two superstars like us (or Allstars) but I still think our role players are more balanced even with Bev leaving.

 

Can you blame them? Remember the season we added Lawson? they projected us as top 3 since we made the WCF the year before only to be proven WRONG. This team is just unpredictable.

 

If you aren't first you are last.

 

Clippers 49 wins? Yeah right. Way under

 

Zellweger looked better in the past than today.

 

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