Western Conference Predictions..........

[THE HCP]

I know it's crazy early , but with all the turnover and injuries out west things are going to be as crazy as usual! Can OKC go the whole season without injuries again? Can Yao come back as good as ever? Does Utah and PHX crash with their star PF's leaving town? Do we stay healthy? Rank your playoff teams!

1-LA
2-PDX
3-Dallas
4-OKC
5-Houston
6-Denver
7-SA
8-Utah

 

[crandc]

HCP, I will submit the annual Western Conference Prediction Game, with prize, when training camp opens. Of course, people can predict in more than one thread...

 

[MickZagger]

1. PDX
2. LA
3. Houston
4. Dallas
5. Denver
6. OKC
7. SA
8. Memphis

 

[Nhawz]

PDX
LA
OKC
HOU
DALLAS
SA
LAC
MEM

Barring if Melo dips...

 

[THE HCP]

HCP, I will submit the annual Western Conference Prediction Game, with prize, when training camp opens. Of course, people can predict in more than one thread...

Sorry, I forgot you did that every season.

 

[Rhal]

1. LA
2. PDX
3. Dallas
4. Houston
5. Utah
6. SA
7. OKC
8. Denver/NO depending on if melo gets traded or not.
7.

 

[THE HCP]

I forgot about Memphis! They have a ton of talent. They should be better then PHX right?

 

[Eastoff]

1. LA
2. PDX
3. Dallas
4. OKC
5. Utah
6. SA
7. Houston
8. Denver

 

[Nikolokolus]

Since this isn't Crandc's official prediction thread, I'm just going to do this to warm myself up.

1. LA (Lakers)
2. OKC
3. PDX
4. Houston
5. Dallas
6. Memphis
7. Utah
8. LA (Clips)

 

[1 Eye Jack]

1. LA
2. Dallas
3. Blazers
4. SA
5. Denver
6. Utah
7. Houston
8. OKC I expect teams to figure out how to stop the young kids and also they had virtually no injuries it catches up to them this year.

 

[espn_hall_of_famer]

I'll wait until training camp for specific projections. But with Houston now out with Yao pretty much out again, and no way OKC repeats the perfect season with no injuries, so I think it is clearly a three-way race between LA, Portland and Dallas with Denver the only team with a shot at being within 3-4 games of those three teams.

 

[Nikolokolus]

1. LA
2. Dallas
3. Blazers
4. SA
5. Denver
6. Utah
7. Houston
8. OKC I expect teams to figure out how to stop the young kids and also they had virtually no injuries it catches up to them this year.

The Thunder weren't impossible to stop (they had a very mediocre offensive efficiency) it was the way they defended that made them so good.

 

[THE HCP]

Since this isn't Crandc's official prediction thread, I'm just going to do this to warm myself up.

1. LA (Lakers)
2. OKC
3. PDX
4. Houston
5. Dallas
6. Memphis
7. Utah
8. LA (Clips)

There is NO way OKC finishes 2nd!

 

[THE HCP]

But with Houston now out with Yao pretty much out again,

Did I miss something? I thought he was good to go for the season.

 

[MickZagger]

Did I miss something? I thought he was good to go for the season.

They're limiting him to 24 mpg and resting him on 2nd night of back-to-backs.

 

[THE HCP]

They're limiting him to 24 mpg and resting him on 2nd night of back-to-backs.

Might we consider doing the same with G.O.?

 

[MickZagger]

Might we consider doing the same with G.O.?

Isn't that what Nate was doing with him in the first place? I guess Oden did play in second games of back-to-back, so I guess Nate's not that bad.

Yao's got a lot more mileage on his tires.

 

[theprunetang]

This is just my prelude to crandc's yearly game, as things will most likely change between now and then.


1. LA
2. Dallas
3. Portland
4. OKC
5. Houston
6. SA
7. Utah
8. Denver

 

[LittleAlex]

I forgot about Memphis! They have a ton of talent. They should be better then PHX right?

They will be to start the season. Then they will remember they are the Grizzlies and promptly suck ass.

Either that or thier absolutely horrid owner will fuck the team up by making an insane trade.