This has been a strange NBA season.

[1987_Lakers]

Teams with all the talent Boston, Philly, HOU & GS haven't had the win totals as expected. Then you have teams like Toronto, Milwaukee, & Denver with one star player and a bunch of role players for the most part all getting 1-2 seeds in their conference. In a league where talent is everything for the most part that is pretty surprising.

When the playoffs roll around do you expect Boston & Philly to up their game while the Bucks and Toronto have early exits? In the West I can't imagine Denver getting past Houston tbh.

[SpaceJam2]

Good assessment. I wonder if it's partly because the best teams know they need to preserve a bit of energy going into the post season whereas the try hard pretenders want to show you everything they can do, before the post season.

[FKAri]

Hou = injuries
GS = coasting
Raptors = If Pascal Siakam is a role player then so is Ben Simmons
Bucks and Nuggets = more stacked than you think
Celtics = Not as stacked as you think
Philly = done about alright also had roster shakeup and some injuries

[Young X]

Kyle Lowry is not a role player.

[1987_Lakers]

Kyle Lowry is not a role player.

That may be true, but he's not the player he was 2-3 years ago. He's actually having one of his worst seasons as a starter.

[1987_Lakers]

Bucks and Nuggets = more stacked than you think


Bucks are far from stacked if we are comparing them to all the championship contenders from 2012-2018. Nuggets have alot of depth, but what is gonna happen in the playoffs when the starters play more minutes and the reserves see the bench more. The Warriors just punched them in the mouth with the #1 seed on the line, that is the team I least trust in the postseason.

[ballinhun8]

I think most teams are waiting for the playoffs.


Homecourt doesn't really matter now like it used to. These teams know they can win on the road if they get hot from 3 so at this point the regular season is just the formality until they can really try.


At least it feels that way with like GS, HOU, BOS, TOR to an extent

[qrich]

A team with no current or previous All-Star battling for home court after a mid-season trade dealing away one of their top two guys for a rookie, while starting two rookies and a 21-year old is shocking as well. Especially when the pre-season win totals had them as low as 24 and as high as 35. :applause:

[FKAri]

Bucks are far from stacked if we are comparing them to all the championship contenders from 2012-2018. Nuggets have alot of depth, but what is gonna happen in the playoffs when the starters play more minutes and the reserves see the bench more. The Warriors just punched them in the mouth with the #1 seed on the line, that is the team I least trust in the postseason.
I was pretty liberal with my use of stacked. What I mean is their talent level is on par with Boston. Boston's talent is overrated. Their talent deviates wildly on how good Tatum and Brown actually are or can become. That's an unknown. I don't think the Nuggets are contenders. The Bucks are legit tho. They're the best team in the East and should be going to the finals but Raptors/Celtics/Sixers have a decent shot vs them.

I think most teams are waiting for the playoffs.


Homecourt doesn't really matter now like it used to. These teams know they can win on the road if they get hot from 3 so at this point the regular season is just the formality until they can really try.


At least it feels that way with like GS, HOU, BOS, TOR to an extent
I think modern teams are a lot more mentally tough than softies from the past so they have no trouble winning in a hostile environment. In the past them boys literally needed guys cheering them on in the sidelines to play well (lol)

[D-Wait]

The real season starts April 13th.

I can't get excited for the reg season anymore. Obviously in touch with the standings and storylines, but that's about it.

And it's not because the Cavs are back being a crappy team. Wasn't into the reg season WITH LBJ last couple years, either. Too much drama und we often had the most embarassing losses...

[FireDavidKahn]

Teams with all the talent Boston, Philly, HOU & GS haven't had the win totals as expected. Then you have teams like Toronto, Milwaukee, & Denver with one star player and a bunch of role players for the most part all getting 1-2 seeds in their conference. In a league where talent is everything for the most part that is pretty surprising.

When the playoffs roll around do you expect Boston & Philly to up their game while the Bucks and Toronto have early exits? In the West I can't imagine Denver getting past Houston tbh.
The thing, is that it is MUCH harder for teams like GSW and Houston to run away with extremely good records when the rest of the conference is really good as well.

When you have a lot of good teams in a conference it's harder for any one team to pull away.

[superduper]

Hou = injuries
GS = coasting
Raptors = If Pascal Siakam is a role player then so is Ben Simmons
Bucks and Nuggets = more stacked than you think
Celtics = Not as stacked as you think
Philly = done about alright also had roster shakeup and some injuries

Ben Simmons is 100% a role player.
Bucks are stacked af you're right

[BigShotBob]

I don't think that the Bucks are stacked, I just think that they're well coached.

The most stacked team in the East is Philly. Their starting line-up has virtually 4 All-Stars. Bucks by comparison look pedestrian on paper.

Boston is extremely deep but that's also their flaw.

Raptors are cruising along and protecting Kawhi for the playoffs which is a smart choice.

In the West there are no threats. Golden State will go back to the Finals barring an injury.

Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.

[Jacques Webster]

Good assessment. I wonder if it's partly because the best teams know they need to preserve a bit of energy going into the post season whereas the try hard pretenders want to show you everything they can do, before the post season.

I'm sold this is what Boston's doing. No way you have that much talent both in the starting lineups and bench units and continue to underperform during the regular season. They'll be a tough out come playoff time.

[Smoke117]

Teams with all the talent Boston, Philly, HOU & GS haven't had the win totals as expected. Then you have teams like Toronto, Milwaukee, & Denver with one star player and a bunch of role players for the most part all getting 1-2 seeds in their conference. In a league where talent is everything for the most part that is pretty surprising.

When the playoffs roll around do you expect Boston & Philly to up their game while the Bucks and Toronto have early exits? In the West I can't imagine Denver getting past Houston tbh.

I don't think that makes any real sense for Boston. Everyone knows Kyrie isn't some huge superstar game changer, Horford has been dealing with a bad knee all season, and Hayward has been a shell of what he was in 2017. (though he has been starting to get it together. Unfortunately this team basically ghost and ignore him 70% of the time). Going past the three high paid players onto Tatum and he's just been a disappointment. He hasn't really taken any kind of step forward this season. He's settled for a lot of terrible mid range shots all season long thinking he's Kobe Bryant. Jaylen Brown? He was terrible for the first half of the season. You move onto Morris and Rozier and they are just complete cancers looking forward to their next contract. Both just jack up shots while doing nothing else.