http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/stats/rpi?season=2010&sortColumn=sos 1. Houston 2. OKC 3. Lakers 4. NO 5. Miami discuss
This doesn't seem to account for home and road games nor back to backs. If it did I'm not convinced the Lakers deserve to be on that list; only 2 back to backs thus far and 16 home games while the Rockets have had 5 back to backs and 9 home games.
How do the Lakers keep getting favorable schedule early on, it's like for the first two or three months of the season they always seem to have significantly less road games than everyone else? Them being listed that high for strength of schedule is a joke...
The Lakers being there are crap. And I find it funny that they'd even try claiming that since, anyone that pays attention knows that there is no real system in creating a schedule other then some guy setting up with logistics about where one team can be every couple of nights to play. And the Lakers being the "Premier" team gets home games early on because of the wealth and influence of their celebrity fans. 3rd hardest schedule my hairy backside.
That's a stern move no doubt. I have been talking about this for a couple years and every year Lakers are the 1st schedule I check out to see if it has changed, but it hasn't in last 5 years or so. It helps them get talked about and it helps them build up a big lead in the west. It is an absolute joke.
I agree those rankings seem a bit...false? I recall Hollinger from ESPN saying something about how each year when the Grammy's come to LA, it's a month long affair for some reason...usually during that month the Lakers have the majority of their games away. Kind of like with the spurs and the rodeo.
Are you kidding the Lakers ? They play 21 of their first 25 games at home to start the season ! Where did you get your info OP ? :grin:
This may have to do with the fact that scheduling is a variation of the travelling salesman problem, which cannot be solved efficiently by computation alone. It is much easier to make minor modifications to the previous year's schedule than it is to make a new one from scratch.
Why not? His method for determining strength of schedule is completely transparent ("average winning % of opponents played").
I remember Rudy T used to value wins and losses based on road and home games. Home win = 1pt Home loss = -2pts Road win = 2pts Road loss = -1pt By Rudy T's methodology we could have some fun determining who the best teams really are... according to how Rudy T graded wins and losses. Lakers record: Home 14 - 2 for a score of 10 Road 3 - 1 for a score of 5 Total Score = 15 Portland record: Home 8 - 4 for a score of 0 Road 6 - 5 for a score of 7 Total Score = 7 Houston record: Home 5 - 4 for a score of -3 Road 7 - 5 for a score of 9 Total Score = 6 Thats just some examples. Houston has done exceptional on the road but has not protected their home court very good this year so far.
Either I am retarted, your math is incorrect or The table you posted isn't right. please confirm as you didn't count -2 for losses at home.
math is incorrect, you are not r****ded. that is what I get for doing it off the top of my head first thing in the morning.
Well, we did lose to Dallas twice, Spurs at home, and Portland twice. I think we are going to fight for one of the last three playoff seats. The contenders for them are us, OKC, kings, NO, Spurs, Jazz, portland (two of the last three, b/c one will be the 5th seed) I also think we are better than OKC, the Kings.Proably we will end up being the 8th, very good chance being the 7th, fighting chance being the 6th.
I like getting the tough games early, especially with our team. It's forcing them to grow quickly and develop an identity. Once the schedule evens out a little, we'll be better equipped to handle the teams we are supposed to handle. Of course, it's a lot easier to say it when the Rox have handled their business. If we had 6 or 7 wins, I'd be crying foul.
