http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds Didn't see it posted, but our chances to win the whole thing is 10%. Sounds like a REALLY big number. Looks like the stats go our way.
Since yao mings injury we have gone from predictions of not making the playoffs, and now 21% chance of going to the finals. wow.
I think they have underestimated much of the WC - it's much closer than their polls indicate. we may be ahead of the Mavs, Suns and Spurs in this poll but not by 4 or 5 x as much - in the road to the Championship.
Umm... you're all forgetting that projections don't take into account loss of personnel. The numbers can't take into account the loss of Yao. If Hollinger could incorporate that in his rankings, our 10% would drop immediately to like 1%. Assuming Yao is healthy, I think 10% is quite realistic, if not somewhat a low figure.
