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AbeVigodaLive wrote:Lauren Holiday has tumor removed successfully. That's great news for that family.

Does this mean Jrue Holiday returns to the court sooner than expected? I think IF he stays healthy... the Pelicans are right there in the mix and might even be ahead of the Wolves.

Remember, this was a playoff team two seasons ago that took a huge step back via so many injuries last season.

I hate the WEST! Who is our Brooklyn and Philly!? May be the Lakers and Kings will suck again, but neither team will be neither as bad as Brooklyn or Philly. Ugh.

Q12543 wrote:

AbeVigodaLive wrote:Lauren Holiday has tumor removed successfully. That's great news for that family.

Does this mean Jrue Holiday returns to the court sooner than expected? I think IF he stays healthy... the Pelicans are right there in the mix and might even be ahead of the Wolves.

Remember, this was a playoff team two seasons ago that took a huge step back via so many injuries last season.

I hate the WEST! Who is our Brooklyn and Philly!? May be the Lakers and Kings will suck again, but neither team will be neither as bad as Brooklyn or Philly. Ugh.

The Pelicans have no wings. Zach and Wiggins will destroy them and Towns is just as good as AD. I'm not scared of the Pelicans at all.

I'm feeling great about 60 wins. The defensive schemes from Thibs combined with the talented players on our roster is going to easily make for a top 10 defense. And again, the talented players on our roster plus the offensive schemes we have seen in preseason is going to make for a top 10 offense.

That's gonna make for a LOT of wins!

After watching the Pups starting lineup dominate the past couple games I'd like to adjust my projection up to 49.702928887.

Thank you.

My win number is at 47. Our starting lineup can go up against anyone, and I think Thibs is going to use the second unit in pieces. 2 or 3 on the floor at the same time at the most. No hockey changes. Our starting lineup is young and hopefully resilient and able to recover from the minor injuries.

I also really do not think this was a 29 win team last year. Remember in 14-15 we were in tank mode to get KAT, then improved by 13 games in 15-16 and still were in tank mode to insure we got our lottery pick (1st round selection) vs. losing that pick to Phoenix. So a move by 18 games this season is not entirely impossible.

47 wins book it

I think we'll be around the 500 mark, but I'm going with 45 wins.

I checked out Bet.us and found how to place a seasonal bet. Its -115 to bet the Wolves win more than 42 games and its -115 to bet the Wolves win less than 42 games. It seems the bookie would expect to make around 25% since you pay 115 to win 100 which is 15% and then you lose if its actually 42. Giving 42 wins a 10% probability of occurring, then its more like a 25% cut. Lucrative business for the bookies. I notice some teams have an over/under based on half games which reduces the bookie's cut down to 15% as the bookmaker isn't able to win on a push bet and If I recall correctly the line used to be 41 1/2. Anyone finding a better deal than this?

I hope thibs uses the hockey shifts at least for the first 10/15 games and not panic and burn our starters.out with 40+ minute games

TeamRicky wrote:I checked out Bet.us and found how to place a seasonal bet. Its -115 to bet the Wolves win more than 42 games and its -115 to bet the Wolves win less than 42 games. It seems the bookie would expect to make around 25% since you pay 115 to win 100 which is 15% and then you lose if its actually 42. Giving 42 wins a 10% probability of occurring, then its more like a 25% cut. Lucrative business for the bookies. I notice some teams have an over/under based on half games which reduces the bookie's cut down to 15% as the bookmaker isn't able to win on a push bet and If I recall correctly the line used to be 41 1/2. Anyone finding a better deal than this?

Umm.. can you repeat the part of the stuff where you said all about the...things? Sorry TR - that went over my head. :-)

Fivethirtyeight predicts that Wolves will win 46 games and be seventh seed in West. Link to predictions below:

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2017-nba-predictionsFivethirtyeight predictions