Predictions for the 2018 NBA Season

LOL someone thinks utah is a top4 seed

They're not even a playoff team in the west and they added rubio, which further cements them as a losing team

 

just when you think holic has surely hit rock bottom, he finds a way to drill further down into the earth's mantle

 

Good list OP @rockets13champs

I think the only that can be significantly variable is whether the expirement in NOLA works, that team based on talent could be a 5-6 seed.

Hopefully for us is doesn’t work out, not for Boogie, but for AD in the me future.

 

I WAS WRONG!

Seriously, I was wrong.

OP wasn't way off on the Nuggets. They were better than what I expected and they were in the playoff chase until the final buzzer. So, I was wrong.

I was also wrong about Rubio. He didn't come close to leading the league in assists. (Dummy me. I should've accounted for the stat hog in denial Russ.) I was wrong about the Jazz offense. And that's why I was wrong about Rubio. The Jazz never opened it up and spread the floor. They stuck with their two bigs lineup (when Gobert and Favors were healthy) And they ran more of a Spurs-Pops/Princeton-Adelman style attack with everybody penetrating, kicking, cutting, and finishing. They never got to an open floor PnR game. And therefore Rubio's assist totals fell and his turnovers went up in an unprecedented manner.

So I was wrong about those things.

I'm not sure I agree with Snyder's decisions on the offensive end. But I can't argue with the defense he's put together. I knew they'd be outstanding defensively. And they have improved offensively substantially in the second half of the season.

And they are positioned very well for the future. I think they're maybe one player away. (Paul Millsap would be so good for them right now.) However they're going to be a very tough out in the playoffs. I don't relish the thought of having to play them.

Well you got three of four right.

 

TBH, I didn't account for the Kawhi season long injury and I undersold the Blazers

 

yeah i was wrong about utah not making the playoffs obviously. DM was definitely a good pickup for them.

 

and Crowder

 

always been a fan of crowder. I like the way he plays the game and plays to what he can do.

 

You can't account for things like Kawhi. It's impossible to know.

All predictions are predicated on no major injuries and other team disturbances.

I didn't account for Gobert missing 25 games. I assumed he'd be healthy. I'm pretty sure if he had been that the Jazz would have won at least 55. He's arguably their best player.