NBA TV's Rick Kamla's WC predictions

[Boise Blazer]

Rick Kamla (@NBATVRick) tweeted at 6:30 PM on Mon, Aug 26, 2013:
Western Conference Predictions: LAC, SAS, OKC, HOU / GSW, MEM, DEN, MIN / LAL, NOP, POR, DAL, UTA, SAC, PHX

 

[julius]

Rick Kamla (@NBATVRick) tweeted at 6:30 PM on Mon, Aug 26, 2013:
Western Conference Predictions: LAC, SAS, OKC, HOU / GSW, MEM, DEN, MIN / LAL, NOP, POR, DAL, UTA, SAC, PHX

A Minnesota homer picked them to make the playoffs? No...

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

That's BS. We are so in the playoffs.

WTF does Rick Nambla know?

 

[Boise Blazer]

A Minnesota homer picked them to make the playoffs? No...

Shocking huh?

 

[magnifier661]

Can't wait until we start out 21-0

 

[Boise Blazer]

Can't wait until we start out 21-0

Wouldn't that be great? Although I would rather finish 21-0.

 

[magnifier661]

Wouldn't that be great? Although I would rather finish 21-0.

I'm calling a season like the 1999 one; where we are #1 for most the season and drop to #3 by march.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Another Lakers are better than us prediction... Can't wait till Kobe comes back and is a shell.

 

[julius]

It's the last 16 games that are important to me.

Btw, the Lakers ahead of Portland? That is laughable.

barring Kobe coming back earlier and not needing half a season to get his shit together, that team is painfully bad.

Their PG is old as dirt
Their C (Gasol) isn't much of a threat on his own anymore (he's similar to LaMarcus in that regard).
Their PF/C (Kaman) isn't exactly scary anymore.
And then after that they have....um.....Steve Blake?

Seriously, look at that bench. It's not as bad as Portland's last year, but it's damn close.

 

[RoyToy]

The Blazer Honks won't be happy seeing this

 

[Mediocre Man]

National writer doesn't think Portland is a playoff team.........He is a hack

National writer does think Portland is a playoff team.......He is brilliant

 

[e_blazer]

National writer doesn't think Portland is a playoff team.........He is a hack

National writer does think Portland is a playoff team.......He is brilliant

And vice versa for the Negative Nancies and on.and on we go.

Man, still two more months til the season starts? Crap!

 

[ABM]

Can't wait until we start out 21-0

FINALLY!!
I'M, OFF THE HOOK!!

 

[Strenuus]

*facepalm*

Who cares? He's not even an analyst.

We may make the playoffs, we may not. It's not the end of the world.

 

[santeesioux]

I would have been more surprised if he didn't have the Wolves ahead of us. The Lakers though is hilarious, gotta placate those casual Kobe fans i guess. Also, i'm still not seeing Denver, just because they were good last year doesn't mean they will be this year with how their offseason went.

 

[magnifier661]

National writer doesn't think Portland is a playoff team.........He is a hack

National writer does think Portland is a playoff team.......He is brilliant

So you agree with this analyst saying the lakers will make the playoffs?

 

[Strenuus]

Uhm...

If my numbers are correct, he has LAL out of the playoffs. Who cares if they are ahead of us? When you're out of the top 8, no one remembers anyway.

 

[julius]

So you agree with this analyst saying the lakers will make the playoffs?

He doesn't say they'll make the playoffs.

As for the crack about "beat writer no playoffs = hack"...

well, maybe he's (Kamla) being cracked on because he's a tool?

 

[magnifier661]

He doesn't say they'll make the playoffs.

As for the crack about "beat writer no playoffs = hack"...

well, maybe he's (Kamla) being cracked on because he's a tool?

Oh I got the math wrong then

 

[PapaG]

Rick Kamla, T-Wolves "insider".

http://forums.prosportsdaily.com/sh...-Center-Of-The-Wolves&p=13746794#post13746794

 

[Blazer4ever]

HOU, SAS, OKC, GSW, LAC, MEM, POR, MIN, DEN, LAL, NOP, SAC, DAL, PHO, UTA.

 

[KingSpeed]

It's the last 16 games that are important to me.

Btw, the Lakers ahead of Portland? That is laughable.

barring Kobe coming back earlier and not needing half a season to get his shit together, that team is painfully bad.

Their PG is old as dirt
Their C (Gasol) isn't much of a threat on his own anymore (he's similar to LaMarcus in that regard).
Their PF/C (Kaman) isn't exactly scary anymore.
And then after that they have....um.....Steve Blake?

Seriously, look at that bench. It's not as bad as Portland's last year, but it's damn close.

Nick Young and Jordan Farmar are better than anyone on our bench last year. The Lakers will be decent this year. Kobe Bryanr will be ready to go on opening night and Gasol will be better with Dwight gone. I hate the Lakers but we should not ignore them.

 

[Strenuus]

Nick Young and Jordan Farmar are better than anyone on our bench last year. The Lakers will be decent this year. Kobe Bryanr will be ready to go on opening night and Gasol will be better with Dwight gone. I hate the Lakers but we should not ignore them.

You just said Farmar was good at all. Instant discredit.

The Lakers will be terrible, Gasol has done nothing but wither no matter who is playing with him.

The lakers will finish with a worse record than us. That being said, we both will likely miss the playoffs.

 

[Mediocre Man]

So you agree with this analyst saying the lakers will make the playoffs?

No, but I don't disagree with him that Portland may not make the playoffs either. We seem to have more potential on paper, but they have more veterans and should in theory know how to win games better than us

 

[magnifier661]

No, but I don't disagree with him that Portland may not make the playoffs either. We seem to have more potential on paper, but they have more veterans and should in theory know how to win games better than us

One more year of d antoni will be a nightmare. Also, we can look at minny and how they fared the last two seasons and see they won't be ahead of us.

One could argue that we maybe only 7th or 8th seed; but only a fool would think minny, nola and the lakers will be ahead of us.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

No, but I don't disagree with him that Portland may not make the playoffs either. We seem to have more potential on paper, but they have more veterans and should in theory know how to win games better than us

They had more vets than just about anyone last year and people were predicting the Lakers would finish in the top 2 in the conference last year - that didn't work out. Not. Swayed.

 

[dviss1]

National writer doesn't think Portland is a playoff team.........He is a hack

National writer does think Portland is a playoff team.......He is brilliant

Your negativity is SERIOUSLY annoying...

On another more serious note, I hope you are doing well physically.
You'd be amazed at how much the power of positivity can help your health.
Stay in good spirits Blazer buddy.

 

[PapaG]

Your negativity is SERIOUSLY annoying...

On another more serious note, I hope you are doing well physically.
You'd be amazed at how much the power of positivity can help your health.
Stay in good spirits Blazer buddy.

I prefer to believe that MediocreMan is using this board to take out all of his anger and negativity on anonymous people, while enjoying every minute he gets in 'real life' with those who love him. That must be the case, right? Otherwise, why would anyone spend time after a horrible diagnosis being a troll on a message board?

 

[KingSpeed]

You just said Farmar was good at all. Instant discredit.

The Lakers will be terrible, Gasol has done nothing but wither no matter who is playing with him.

The lakers will finish with a worse record than us. That being said, we both will likely miss the playoffs.

Gasol is withering? Did you see him at the end of last season? Posting triple doubles almost every other night, grabbing 20 rebounds, he will be great this season.

 

[KingSpeed]

One more year of d antoni will be a nightmare. Also, we can look at minny and how they fared the last two seasons and see they won't be ahead of us.

One could argue that we maybe only 7th or 8th seed; but only a fool would think minny, nola and the lakers will be ahead of us.

D'Antoni has more of the kind of players he wants this year. The team will be more on the same page.
The last two seasons, Minnesota was severely injured. If they're healthy, they're dangerous. Not saying either team will be better than us but they will be good.