TheFuture wrote:Call me a pessimist (I am). But until we get a bench I don't have us as a lock. I've seen too many years of no bench to convince me of that. Until I see what our bench wings I will consider us one injury away from just falling short, like 40-43 wins. Same goes for all other teams, I know, but we also have our top player in Jimmy who has a propensity to miss 15 games a year. That doesn't bode well in today's west.
My locks as of today: GSW, SA, Houston, OKC.
Dog Fight: Utah, MN, Portland, LAC, Denver
Won't make it: NO (Shocker!) they have zero wing play, Memphis (Shocker!) they lost Randolph, likely VC, and Tony Alle.
Not worth typing but did anyway: LAL, Kings, Suns.
Further on dog fight: as of today, we have the most star power of any of these teams, yet we have the least depth and two super young "stars" with zero competitive experience. That said, If we add two decent wings we should easily be a 5-7 seed.
Well we aren't going into the season with just the 10 guys currently on the roster. Thibs will get at least two wings and they'll be perfectly fine off the bench. That's why I'm comfortable with us as a lock.
Utah's best scorers would be best suited as third or fourth options on championship teams to complicate that fact two of their starters are not scores at all . Having a good defense isn't going to stop any of the best teams in the West anymore you have to be able to score . They're a 25 to 30 win team next year.
TheFuture wrote:Call me a pessimist (I am). But until we get a bench I don't have us as a lock. I've seen too many years of no bench to convince me of that. Until I see what our bench wings I will consider us one injury away from just falling short, like 40-43 wins. Same goes for all other teams, I know, but we also have our top player in Jimmy who has a propensity to miss 15 games a year. That doesn't bode well in today's west.
My locks as of today: GSW, SA, Houston, OKC.
Dog Fight: Utah, MN, Portland, LAC, Denver
Won't make it: NO (Shocker!) they have zero wing play, Memphis (Shocker!) they lost Randolph, likely VC, and Tony Alle.
Not worth typing but did anyway: LAL, Kings, Suns.
Further on dog fight: as of today, we have the most star power of any of these teams, yet we have the least depth and two super young "stars" with zero competitive experience. That said, If we add two decent wings we should easily be a 5-7 seed.
Did they move Dallas to the East?!? ;-)
They won't make it either. This is the second time I've forgotten about them in a western conference talk. Likely because they've been unusually quiet this whole offseason. Have they made a single move? Not the typical Cuban style.
I read they are basically going young building around Barnes DSJ Curry and resigning Noel.
PorkChop wrote:Utah's best scorers would be best suited as third or fourth options on championship teams to complicate that fact two of their starters are not scores at all . Having a good defense isn't going to stop any of the best teams in the West anymore you have to be able to score . They're a 25 to 30 win team next year.
Hey Pork - Utah has Ricky Rubio. That alone gets them to 45 wins. :)
