Assuming health: What's the ceiling for this team?

2 seed

Championship is the ceiling if the big guy is 100% come May.

 

i think we will flirt with 60 wins.

it all depends on health thats for sure.

2nd seed.

 

2nd round.

 

If everyone's healthy throughout most of the season . . . I'd say somewhere between 3-5 in the conference at year end. As far as playoffs, I'd guess WCF is our ceiling.

However, there's also the very small chance IMO, that Budinger, Taylor, Hill, and/or Patterson have a break out season and push us over the top and get us to the finals.

 

55 games won, 4th possibly 5th in the West, 2nd round exit. Not enough bigs to bang with the rest of the powerhouses in the West. Yao will no doubt get fronted again like he did in 09. That means Luis will face someone probably bigger and stronger. I hope he can pull through but who knows. I'll be behind our guys 100% as always. Nobody out hustles us thats for sure, so who knows how things will go down. An injury to a key player on another team might just put us over the hump. NOT that im wishing for that, but it is possible.

 

I think it depends on whether or not an individual TRUE leader emerges. It's great to have a team that plays TEAM ball, but this isn't college -- if someone doesn't step up and grab the reins, we might not get past the second round.

 

How will Yao being fronted result in Luis facing someone bigger? If Yao is fronted, that means Luis' man has to cheat toward Yao, which opens up the mid-range shot for Luis. Luis can hit the elbow jumpshot on a very consistent basis. Fronting Yao was effective against us in the past when he was essentially the only real threat out there--there weren't the right pieces around him. When Luis and Yao were playing together the year before, Scola's presence helped neutralize the fronting. Now that we have a true shooter in Martin who gets to the line at a serious clip and other slashers like Brooks and Bud, I'd actually welcome the fronting.

 

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I say 55 wins and a trip to the conference semis but after that who knows. I still don't like our matchup with the Lakers but anyone else is a toss-up in my book. Gun to my head, 2nd rd exit but a trip to the WCF wouldn't suprise me.

 

Top 2 seed, and I concur about the championship as a possibility.

DD

 

I agree with Clutch's assessment. I think 2nd round in the Western Conference playoffs with the team we currently have. If we added a defensive Big and a true star, we'd be contenders for the championship.

 

Our potential is 2nd or 3rd seed, with a possibility of meeting the Lakers in the conference Finals... with a chance of dethroning the champs!

If we sign Brad Miller, he would be our 5th player over 6'10.. So this team would definitely have some size to compete against the 'Fakers'!

Yao Ming - 7'6
Brad Miller - 7'0
Jared Jeffries - 6'11
David Andersen - 6'11
Jordan Hill - 6'10
......

 

Depends on whether or not the Rockets face Utah in the playoffs.

 

Even if Yao doesn't return to top form, he will still slow the game down just by being on the court, Our lacking defense wasn't the only thing that lead to higher scoring games, it was also the general increase in possessions per game.

 

4th seed, 2nd round

 

Not far if they don't get back their top 5 defense.

 

i'll say but you all are thinking it. 82 wins. 1 championship. t-mac trying to sign for the vet-min next offseason.

 

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