1. Dallas 63-19 2. Sacramento 62-20 3. Lakers 59-23 4. San Antonio 54-28 5. Rockets 51-31 6. Clippers 49-33 7. Minnesota 48-34 8. Seattle 44-38 9. Utah 42-40
Think Utah will make the playoffs again..... They may have sold their souls for eternal basketball skills and everlasting youth
I think the Rockets will go 51-31, barring injuries. They have TONS of talent- Ming, Francis, Mobley, Taylor, Griffin, Nachbar, Rice... the list goes on. I also think they'll make the playoffs as a fourth seed but they'll lose in the second round. This will be a great year for the Rockets in terms of them making leaps in growth and potential, but let's pray that the injury bug doesn't bite this year as it did last year.
Man, the Rockets had something like 45 wins two years ago. They did that without Eddie, Glen, Bostjan, or Yao. And Hakeem was a minimal contributor. Last year we couldn't win a game that Steve missed, and they played without Glen or Mo and Eddie was a 19 year old rookie. I believe they will improve on that record from two years ago by probably 10 wins. So, I predict that we will go 55 and 27. We will make the playoffs and lose in the first round to one of the big 4.
