Rank the West

[ripcityboy]

Shoot, reckon its a good year to be bad.

 

[Chris Craig]

1.Spurs
2.Warriors
3.Clippers
4.Thunder
5.Rockets
6.Grizzlies
7.Pelicans
8.Jazz
9.Blazers
10.Mavericks
11.Timberwolves
12.Suns
13.Kings
14.Lakers
15.Nuggets

 

[Nikolokolus]

1.Spurs
2.Warriors
3.Clippers
4.Thunder
5.Rockets
6.Grizzlies
7.Pelicans
8.Jazz
9.Blazers
10.Mavericks
11.Timberwolves
12.Suns
13.Kings
14.Lakers
15.Nuggets

Chrissakes, talk about depressing.

And some people accuse me of being a pessimist.

 

[PDXFonz]

Bump. Can't remember if I ranked them in a different thread or not. Does anyone remember there being more than one thread like this?


How would you guys predict the standings for the playoffs?

Warriors
Spurs
Clippers
Thunder
Grizzlies
Blazers
Mavs
Rockets

 

[Draco]

Mine

LAC
OKC
GS
HOU
SAS
MEM
PHX
UTH
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NOP
SAC
PDX
DAL
LAL
MIN
DEN

I think we start out slow with so many new players and many new roles but pick up a lot of wins later in the season. Other teams will have some injuries and our depth, youth will be an advantage. I had thought we'd be right around 30 wins, maybe my rank implies a couple more.

Dallas is hard to rank for me but Wes is coming back from an Achillies and Parsons a micro fracture plus they have poor depth. Dirk can't guard a chair and they'll really miss Tyson again.

I don't like the way the Pelicans roster is put together; think their gonna waste the prime years of a perennial MVP candidate as Minnesota did with Garnett. The West is much tougher nowadays. Is Tyreke their second best player? They have no good youth.

I'm all in on the Clips; with this kinda bench they might've won it all last year and I think they really step on the gas in the regular season.

Forgot about this thread, interesting. My reasoning seems solid but ranks didn't all work out. I was right about Pelicans; Monty did a hell of a job starting Luke Babbitt and getting that team to the playoffs. Their problems are all with the roster but some will blame the coach or Anthony Davis. We are picking up wins late as I expected just got more early and many more now than I thought.

My current projection;

GS
SAS
OKC
LAC
PDX
MEM
DAL
HOU

 

[SIeepwalker]

Mine as of now

GS
SAS
OKC
LAC
MEM
DAL
PDX
UTA

maybe switch portland and dallas

 

[rasheedfan2005]

My blazers #1 prediction was closer than most at 14. Score 1 for team homer.