Official 2017-18 Western Conference Standings Predictions

[Big O [enjin:13874644]]

I was a little off on the order, but nailed the 8 teams making the playoffs!

[longstrangetrip [enjin:6600564]]

I was a little off on the order, but nailed the 8 teams making the playoffs!

Kudos to O for the perfecta (and to Khans for winning the victories contest)!

It seems like the team most of us underrated the most was the Pellies. Q said in this thread to not sleep on them, and he was right, but I countered with the argument that Cousins had the potential to torpedo any team. It turns out that his season-ending injury was the spark that brought them to the playoffs. They lost 5 of their first 6 adjusting to having him out the the lineup, but then finsihed the season 23-8. A Cousins injury is the definitive addition by subtraction.

[Monster]

I was a little off on the order, but nailed the 8 teams making the playoffs!

Kudos to O for the perfecta (and to Khans for winning the victories contest)!

It seems like the team most of us underrated the most was the Pellies. Q said in this thread to not sleep on them, and he was right, but I countered with the argument that Cousins had the potential to torpedo any team. It turns out that his season-ending injury was the spark that brought them to the playoffs. They lost 5 of their first 6 adjusting to having him out the the lineup, but then finsihed the season 23-8. A Cousins injury is the definitive addition by subtraction.

I think it was more about other players stepping up than Cousins being a problem or whatever. Look at what some of those guys did it's pretty impressive. That was the knock on that team that other guys weren't good enough. AD was a monster but other guys shot the ball well and did good things for them. That's what they needed. I do think Cousins going down helped Gentry be able to coach in a way that benefited him more utilizing his strengths.