will we make the playoffs ???

This.

 

Are you srs? If the Rockets had ANY CHANCE to get John Wall and I mean I'm up for trading ANYONE (outside of Yao, but I'd consider Yao obv if you completely ignore the marketing standpt) on this team to get him. This guy is gonna make a Lebron like impact on any team he joins. Get Wall, let him start, let Lowry walk this offseason, Rockets become championship contenders.

 

For sure.

 

Our schedule is about to be the easiest, after the toughest to begin the season. I say we have a good shot at getting 4-7 seed this year...So yes, we will

 

Yes we are going to make the playoffs.

Also, imo people who want to tank, if you were a player you would have the personality makeup of McLady. Just a no heart, natural born loser.... And whats worse you want our entire team to be losers too...

 

Lets look at the top 4 teams last year:

Lakers - Never really tanked, but did the get bynum with no 10 pick
Nuggets - Melo no 3 pick
cavs - bron no.1
magic - dhoward no.1 pick

It is very hard to win without a pick like that. Unfortunately our high pick yao is hurt all the time.

 

Before the season, I would have said 7th seed at best.

Now, I think we have a chance to crack the top 5.

Hopefully, we don't get matched up against the Lake show. We might be able to win 1 or 2, but their size will absolutely kill us.

 

We got this, hero.

 

Drafting John Wall makes Brooks/Lowry expendable

 

A week after the trade deadline and depending on what has been done during it will really determine how far we get up in the playoff picture. I would go 6th being the highest, but we will show up in the playoff even if it's the 8th seed we will be there to tormente a team for 48 minutes, we play our hearts out.

And John wall is not coming to Houston.

 

For sure son.

 

Great breakdown. I'd even throw in a few more wins (logical, since you admittedly took the pessimistic view), putting us around 54-28 and in the discussion for home court.

 

Man up.

We are officially no longer in the Hellish portion of our schedule, we have a good shot to make it, if we keep playing hard and don't make any mistakes with the roster.

Is it possible to fail, obviously. But we are in a better position then most thought we'd be before the season started. More road and Western conference games then nearly all the teams in the NBA and we are still over .500. Let's see what the team can do at home and play some of the "real" scrappy teams from the Eastern Conference.

 

I definitely expect us to make the playoffs this season for the reasons previously listed in this thread. We're 21-16 with an absolutely brutal opening schedule. That's not just in terms of opposing winning percentage, but in the insane back-to-backs this team got hit with. There were games in those first 37 we probably could have won if the guys hadn't been running on fumes.

The schedule gets a lot easier now, and I expect us to move up the rankings a bit. It's all going to be so close this year, but I full expect the Rockets to be in the top 8 when the music stops. I think we will challenge for home court this season as well. Nuggets, Spurs, and Suns aren't running away with it yet, and I could see catching a few of those teams.

One other thing that really helps us makes the playoffs this year is our tie break scenario. We own the OKC Thieves 3-0 this year. That helps not just with a 2 team tie break, but with a multi team tie break. We're tied with the Hornets with a pair left on each team's court, but we also have the divisional tie break edge. We're up 1-0 on the Jazz with 3 left, but 2 of those are on Houston's home court. Having a 1 game edge in a crowded playoff race is only going to help us.

I fully expect us to get at least the #7 seed.

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&nbsp;2&nbsp;Mavericks&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;25-12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6-4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2-2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;T&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6-5&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;L&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15-9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;L&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-5)
&nbsp;3&nbsp;Nuggets&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;24-14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5-5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0-1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2H&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;L&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13-8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;L&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;48</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-4)
&nbsp;4&nbsp;Suns&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;24-14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6-4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0-2&nbsp;&nbsp;1H,1A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;L&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13-9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;L&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;48</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-4)
&nbsp;5&nbsp;Spurs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;22-13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7-3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0-1&nbsp;&nbsp;1H,2A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;L&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3-2&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;L&nbsp;&nbsp;10-10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;49</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-4)
&nbsp;6&nbsp;Blazers&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;23-16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6-4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1-2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1H&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;L&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;17-7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;L&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;46</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-5)
&nbsp;7&nbsp;Rockets&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;21-16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5-5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4-4&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16-12
&nbsp;8&nbsp;OKC&nbsp;Thieves&nbsp;&nbsp;21-16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8-2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3-0&nbsp;&nbsp;1H,1A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8-12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes*<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-4)
&nbsp;9&nbsp;Jazz&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;21-17&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5-5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1-0&nbsp;&nbsp;2H,1A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10-12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-6)
10&nbsp;Hornets&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;19-17&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7-3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1-1&nbsp;&nbsp;1H,1A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;T&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2-3&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13-8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;L&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-3)
11&nbsp;Grizzlies&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;18-18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7-3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1-0&nbsp;&nbsp;1H,2A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1-2&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;11-13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;44</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-4)
12&nbsp;Clippers&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;17-18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6-4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2-0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1H&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10-14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes*<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;43</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-3)
13&nbsp;Kings&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15-21&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3-7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1-1&nbsp;&nbsp;1H,1A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;T&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9-16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;41</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-7)
14&nbsp;Warriors&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11-25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4-6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2-0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1H&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7-15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes*<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;36</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-5)
15&nbsp;Wolves&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8-31&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3-7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1-0&nbsp;&nbsp;1H,1A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4-22&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;31</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-8)

* Indicates the Tie Break is final

Here is the latest batch of Magic Numbers after all games were played on <B>January 10</B>.

 

lmao. I shook my magic 8 ball. It said "maybe".

 

Yeah, I think we will. If we're 7th with the hardest schedule in the NBA, we should be going nowhere but up. A trade before the deadline should help, as well.

 

According to the Latest Espn Play off odds, http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds

We have a 68.1% change but more than likely we will have a trade and that would definitely put us in the play off, especially if Morey holds true to his guns about getting a star player or young talent for Tmac's contract.

Not to mention - we have a favorable schedule.
And for DD, we may get Wafer back??? maybe...

 

When I saw the lineup on paper I laughed and laughed about playoffs; BUT, when I saw them play, I changed my opinion. Now, I think they will, and might scare some folks, like make the second round.

BUT, if they play many more games like they did tonight: no playoffs for you!

 

You got a good point there. It all depends on the deadline and our schedule from here on..which appears to be favoring us.

- Unless the rockets gets the injury bug..
Hence..which is why I think the TMAC for Butler, Miller and Foye could benefit us this season..

 

here is a link for the 2010 NBA Playoffs Odds...

http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds