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OK, the Vegas Over/Under thread was a nice primer to the ***official*** wins prediction thread. I like doing these before pre-season because we know the roster, we know the coaching staff, and we've had plenty of opportunity to hear from other prognosticators. Pre-season is kind of a joke anyway. Time to put your money where your mouth is!

I'll start: 43 wins.

Alright. Here we go again. Per usual... I'll play the Price is Right game with Q...

42 wins.



[Note: I still might change it though. Probably going... lower. I dropped the total down a few last season after Saunders' death.]

Typical Q/Abe "over" homerism...sheesh.

I'm still crunching the numbers...struggling with whether they win on December 8th in Toronto and February 3 in Detroit. I guarantee my work will be done before the end of the month though.

In order to keep 50 in play, I gotta say 60!

I don't think any of you appreciate enough what Thibs will instill on defense, let alone the improved bench depth, especially at backup PG.

It's been a long time since I have been able to say 60...

46

My expectation is 50, but the Wolves always seem to disappoint. So I'm going to say they fall just short at 49.

60WinTim wrote:In order to keep 50 in play, I gotta say 60!

I don't think any of you appreciate enough what Thibs will instill on defense, let alone the improved bench depth, especially at backup PG.

It's been a long time since I have been able to say 60...

I thought you had it tattooed on the small of your back.

I wish I remember what I said last year or at least a way to go back and look.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

60WinTim wrote:In order to keep 50 in play, I gotta say 60!

I don't think any of you appreciate enough what Thibs will instill on defense, let alone the improved bench depth, especially at backup PG.

It's been a long time since I have been able to say 60...

I thought you had it tattooed on the small of your back.

Yeah I think we now know what Rubio's tatoo on the base of his neck means. He will be a part of the first team to win 79 regular season games. It should have been more obvious to Tim before but maybe he didn't want to spoil it for us.

bleedspeed177 wrote:I wish I remember what I said last year or at least a way to go back and look.

Bleed, Here is the thread from last season: http://minnesotasports.enjin.com/forum/page/1/m/15059925/viewthread/24449160-official-20152016-wins-prediction-thread

It's a fun read, but to summarize, this is where everyone ended up:

Wildwolf - 23 (Caveat: Took in 6 out of 7 pre-season games prior to prediction)
Abe - 25 (revised down to 18 after 6 pre-season games)
Q - 26
Lip - 26 (revised down to 23 after 6 pre-season games)
Volans - 27
Kekgeek1 - 27
Kiwi - 28
Cool - 31
Alex - 31
Khans - 32 (revised down to 26 after 6 pre-season games)
Monster - 33 (revised down to 29 )
Mstermisty - 35
Mikkeman - 35
Cam - 35
Bleed - 1 (revised up to 3 wins)
Bayou Wolf - 36
LST - 36
Lloyd - 38
Big O - 38
SJM - 41
Rubioooooooooo - 43
Doper - 44
Maelstrom11 - 46
Tim - 48

Edit: Kudos to Kiwi for being the closest to the actual win total of 29. A few other folks were within just a couple of games as well.

.....and then there is Tim. Sigh.