Minnesota Sports Forum

1. Golden State 66.5
2 (tie). Cleveland 56.5
2 (tie). San Antonio 56.5
4. Los Angeles Clippers 53.5
5. Boston 51.5
6. Toronto 49.5
7. Utah 47.5
8. Portland 46.5
9 (tie). Detroit 45.5
9 (tie). Oklahoma City 45.5
11 (tie). Atlanta 43.5
11 (tie). Indiana 43.5
11 (tie). Memphis 43.5
14. Washington 42.5
15 (tie). Houston 41.5
15 (tie). Minnesota 41.5
17 (tie). Charlotte 39.5
17 (tie). Dallas 39.5
17 (tie). Milwaukee 39.5
20 (tie). Chicago 38.5
20 (tie). New York 38.5
22 (tie). Miami 36.5
22 (tie). New Orleans 36.5
22 (tie). Orlando 36.5
25. Denver 34.5
26. Sacramento 32.5
27. Philadelphia 27.5
28. Phoenix 26.5
29. Los Angeles Lakers 24.5
30. Brooklyn 20.5

Last year Vegas had us pegged at 25.5 if I recall correctly.

Over or it's a disappointing year.

CoolBreeze44 wrote: WAY over or it's a disappointing year.

(edited for accuracy)

longstrangetrip wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote: WAY over or it's a disappointing year.

(edited for accuracy)

Feel like you will be disappointed then

So they have us in a tie with Houston for the 8th seed. That's fair. I figure that's right around where we will end up with a young team, a new staff, and quite a few new player additions.

TheFuture wrote:So they have us in a tie with Houston for the 8th seed. That's fair. I figure that's right around where we will end up with a young team, a new staff, and quite a few new player additions.

Agree, it seems like a fair number. I have us pegged somewhat just below this number because I think the Western Conference is brutally difficult. We are a borderline 50-win team in the East, but I think we'll have to fight and scrap to just get 40 in the West.

Sam Mitchell would have been expected to get this team to .500 ball this year. C'mon guys, you all wanted Thibs because he was going to make this dramatic difference. I expect to see it manifest itself in a 50 win season.

Not everybody claimed Thibs was going to make a huge difference. I'm hopeful for a big step forward, but still not totally sold. I know I'm not alone. I'll be happy if we crack 40, make the playoffs, and give a top tier team a scare in the first round.

Cool, I'm not sure anybody's worked harder than you to set expectations high in order to justify future complaining. Please stop exaggerating other people's claims/hopes just so you can say "I told you so."

Only 6 teams in the entire league cracked 50 wins last year. I haven't seen anyone, including serious Thibs backers, say they'll be disappointed in anything less than 50, especially in the West.

Getting to 40 wins would be an incredible leap in my opinion. I would take the under if I was a betting man.