currently in 7th, same record as 8th seed thunder, jazz only a half game behind... new orleans, memphis, and clippers (when griffin returns) will be nipping at our heels as well.
It honestly depends on what happens at the deadline. If we get somebody who can help us right away, I think you can put us in at the 6th or 7th spot. But if we fail to get anyone helpful, or just nobody at all, we might falter into 9th place. But I'd say yes. And another first-round exit.
I'd say no. We've been playing extremely well considering Ariza is on the court all the time and the lack of stars. Nevertheless the fuel has to run out sometime. Hope I am wrong though.
i hope not. id rather us take a complete nosedive, get a top 10 pick, trade up for #1 and get john wall :grin:
21-16 with the hardest schedule in the league and the easiest to follow...I say we will be 6-7th in the West as is but with a little luck and a nice DM acquisition we could be battling for home court in the 1st rd.
Even if the Rockets got a top 10 pick, there is absolutely nothing on the roster that would be able to help the Rockets land the #1 pick. This team simply has no all-star right now. But it's a team.
I think the rockets have been trying to get that #1 pick by playing Trevor so much. Too bad the rest of the crew showed up every night.
Since the season started I said they will go to the playoffs in 7th or 8th place, so Im going to stick with that idea.
U hope not ???? are u series ????? and why would we get john wall.. we already have 2 solid PG...why tha hell would morey mess up the team...
So we're currently 7th, having had just about the hardest schedule up until last week. The rest of Jan: @Cha, vMinn, vMia, vMil, @SA, vChi, vAtl, vDen, vPor, vPho a reasonably balanced opinion of that run would be that we go 7-3 Then there's Feb: v GSW, @ Mem, v Phi, @ Mia, vUtah, @ Mil, v Ind, @ NO, v Orl, v SA, @ Utah Again, taking a balanced view, you might expect the team to go 7-4 (or better). March is possibly even easier, with 16 games, and only 5 of those opponents having winning records!! (3 of those are at home, and only 1 is second in a back to back - that's an away game to the Spurs). Even if we lose all those 5 games (unlikely) then we're 11-5 in March. April isn't too bad either: @ Bos, @ Ind, @Mem, v Utah, v Cha, @ Pho, @ Sac, v NO Even a pessimist could concede we'd win 4 from those 8 That would see us going 29-16 the rest of the way, giving us a 50-32 final record. If that's not good for the playoffs, then what is? I'd say that'll somewhere like 4-6 seed, depending on what other teams do. Looks to me like Portland and Phoenix are faltering I definitely do NOT see us bypassing the Lakers, Dallas, or San Antonio. I'm ASSUMING Denver gets their act together, but the rest is a bit up in the air. If we get something nice at the trade deadline (or even just a big guy who can rebound and BLOCK SHOTS for 15-20 minutes per game) then I can't see why we aren't a good chance of home court advantage.
At this point I'm going to be shocked and disappointed if we don't make the playoffs. Still, that's the optimist in me.
But we R have Jonn Wall d00d. If we nosedive and get the #1 pick and get John Wall, my prediction is 3 more seasons of lottery after that. Not because John Wall sucks (he looks pretty good) just because PG/PF are our BEST positions, and if we're increasing production there, we would still be left with the holes we have elsewhere...
