SPORTS ILLUSTRATED NBA Season Preview 2013-14

[magnifier661]

Maybe SI and I were on to something.

Well they also put clippers #1

 

[KingSpeed]

Amazing, right?

 

[KingSpeed]

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

Thunder win over Heat

No mention of Thomas Robinson in our preview. Very positive on Lopez. Not sure why they had us so low.

Referring to this.

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

Can't wait for all these dildos to jump on our bandwagon by December.

LOL

 

[Natebishop3]

There are still a few "dildos" who haven't jumped on the bandwagon.

 

[magnifier661]

LOL

Told you. I knew this team was something special


Go Blazers!

 

[THE HCP]

Told you. I knew this team was something special


Go Blazers!

Ya Right!

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

Told you. I knew this team was something special


Go Blazers!

Not me! I was OFFICIALLY on the Blazer play-off train and rode Homer's Edge till they got butt-hurt and deleted posts for speaking truth to stupid. I don't think I even posted here when you made that comment. I would have laughed out loud then too though. It's pretty funny. Just sayin.

 

[magnifier661]

Ya Right!

You see when I posted that!? Oct 25th, 6 days before the season even started.


Go Blazers!

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

You see when I posted that!? Oct 25th, 6 days before the season even started.


Go Blazers!

Ya. LOL I was busy taking Dave Deck(something) to task for saying Portland won't see a very significant jump in wins because of their franchise history, and that you can only read into bad tenancies from pre-season.

 

[KingSpeed]

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

Thunder win over Heat

No mention of Thomas Robinson in our preview. Very positive on Lopez. Not sure why they had us so low.

Interesting

 

[Strenuus]

The suns 15th looks pretty silly too now.

 

[Boob-No-More]

The suns 15th looks pretty silly too now.

Almost as silly as the Lakers as the 6th seed.

BNM

 

[ponderguy]

The suns 15th looks pretty silly too now.

they still look pretty terrible on paper, Hornacek has done an amazing job. two man race for COTY between him and Stotts

 

[Strenuus]

they still look pretty terrible on paper, Hornacek has done an amazing job. two man race for COTY between him and Stotts

The only sport played on paper is paper football.

 

[ponderguy]

The only sport played on paper is paper football.

preseason power rankings are all about how teams look on paper

 

[Strenuus]

preseason power rankings are all about how teams look on paper

Thus, why stock should never be put in them to begin with. I don't, at least.

 

[ponderguy]

preseason
1. Clippers
2. Thunder
3. Spurs
4. Rockets
5. Warriors
6. Lakers
7. Mavericks
8. T-Wolves
9. Grizzlies
10. Nuggets
11. Trail Blazers
12. Pelicans
13. Kings
14. Jazz
15. Suns
vs. midway point
1. OKC (1 spot better)
2. San Antonio (1 spot better)
3. Portland (8 spots better)
4. Clippers (3 spots worse)
5. Houston (1 spot worse)
6. Phoenix (9 spots better)
7. Dallas (spot on)
8. Golden State (3 spots worse)
9. Memphis (spot on)
10. Denver (spot on)
11. Minnesota (3 spots worse)
12. New Orleans (spot on)
13. Lakers (7 spots worse)
14. Utah (spot on)
15. Sacramento (2 spots worse)

So he had 5 teams exactly where he predicted, 4 teams within two spots of where he predicted, 3 teams within 3 spots and only 3 teams outside that range. Thats not too bad. Phoenix is a legit surprise team and Portland is much better than most expected. Most saw them as a fringe playoff team in a very tough western conference. LMA said he'd be happy with a 7 seed. Lots of things are just based on reputation around the league, like the Lakers at 6. I'd guess that his thinking probably went that Dwight slowed them down last year, Nash gets healthy and they hover around until Kobe comes back and then they go on a tear. While it's laughable now I could see how someone could talk themselves into the Lakers being a playoff team before the season started. The Suns, Kings and Jazz were all afterthoughts and expected to tank and the T wolves were supposed to be good with all their players coming back healthy and the additions of Budinger and Martin.

 

[jlprk]

The sports media is based in Los Angeles. For years every preseason, they laughably overrated the Clippers. This time they managed to overrate all 4 California teams, a splendid misachievement.