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Sundog wrote: ↑Thu Oct 09, 2025 10:09 am ESPN is predicting the Wolves will finish 8th with 43.7 wins…

1.Oklahoma City Thunder — 59.2
2.Golden State Warriors — 56.1
3.Denver Nuggets — 52.2
4.LA Clippers — 49.7
5.Houston Rockets — 46.9
6.Los Angeles Lakers — 45.8
7.Memphis Grizzlies — 44.6
8.Minnesota Timberwolves — 43.7
9.Dallas Mavericks — 43.6
10.Sacramento Kings — 43.5
11.San Antonio Spurs — 40.1
12.Portland Trail Blazers — 35.8
13.Phoenix Suns — 34.7
14.New Orleans Pelicans — 32.6
15.Utah Jazz — 20.2

Sundog wrote: ↑Thu Oct 09, 2025 10:09 am ESPN is predicting the Wolves will finish 8th with 43.7 wins…

1.Oklahoma City Thunder — 59.2
2.Golden State Warriors — 56.1
3.Denver Nuggets — 52.2
4.LA Clippers — 49.7
5.Houston Rockets — 46.9
6.Los Angeles Lakers — 45.8
7.Memphis Grizzlies — 44.6
8.Minnesota Timberwolves — 43.7
9.Dallas Mavericks — 43.6
10.Sacramento Kings — 43.5
11.San Antonio Spurs — 40.1
12.Portland Trail Blazers — 35.8
13.Phoenix Suns — 34.7
14.New Orleans Pelicans — 32.6
15.Utah Jazz — 20.2

Sundog wrote: ↑Thu Oct 09, 2025 10:09 am ESPN is predicting the Wolves will finish 8th with 43.7 wins…

1.Oklahoma City Thunder — 59.2
2.Golden State Warriors — 56.1
3.Denver Nuggets — 52.2
4.LA Clippers — 49.7
5.Houston Rockets — 46.9
6.Los Angeles Lakers — 45.8
7.Memphis Grizzlies — 44.6
8.Minnesota Timberwolves — 43.7
9.Dallas Mavericks — 43.6
10.Sacramento Kings — 43.5
11.San Antonio Spurs — 40.1
12.Portland Trail Blazers — 35.8
13.Phoenix Suns — 34.7
14.New Orleans Pelicans — 32.6
15.Utah Jazz — 20.2

FNG wrote: ↑Mon Oct 13, 2025 4:28 pm

Sundog wrote: ↑Thu Oct 09, 2025 10:09 am ESPN is predicting the Wolves will finish 8th with 43.7 wins…

1.Oklahoma City Thunder — 59.2
2.Golden State Warriors — 56.1
3.Denver Nuggets — 52.2
4.LA Clippers — 49.7
5.Houston Rockets — 46.9
6.Los Angeles Lakers — 45.8
7.Memphis Grizzlies — 44.6
8.Minnesota Timberwolves — 43.7
9.Dallas Mavericks — 43.6
10.Sacramento Kings — 43.5
11.San Antonio Spurs — 40.1
12.Portland Trail Blazers — 35.8
13.Phoenix Suns — 34.7
14.New Orleans Pelicans — 32.6
15.Utah Jazz — 20.2

Sundog, Ben Beecken talked about this on his podcast last week...he was outraged. Kevin Pelton takes a very mathematical statistical approach to his projections. But he admits that the Wolves were his biggest miss last year...he forecast only 42.7 wins last year! Apparently his stat model doesn't work very well with respect to the Wolves.

WildWolf2813 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 15, 2025 12:25 am 51 wins, out in the semi finals because I think they run into OKC.


I'll explain my rationale later, but after thinking I'd say 48, 51 just feels right.

Porckchop wrote: ↑Wed Oct 15, 2025 3:51 am Ant makes the ascension into top 5 player status
Jaden channels his inner Pippen on a consistent basis
Goberts pts and Rebs both dip under 10 for the first time in a decade, but goes unnoticed because his impact remains the same.
Randle has made himself more comfortable in his new environment with a whole offseason to do so. He’s ready to them a 20,8 and 6 season
Naz may not see much change in avgs but I think he’s ready to contribute more big games and in games it was really needed for the win.
Donte makes 4 threes a games, ups his assists and brings defensive intensity that Jaden feeds off of.
Shannon plays well early earning more minutes by midseason, the last 30 games he avgs 12 per and the second units most consistent scorer.
Rob struggles to get minutes as his size makes him a liability on D.
The Wolves lead the league in margin of victory and earn the 1 seed with an NBA best 64-18 record