EC Final Standing ? Anyone willing to make bold predictions ?

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(saw some preseason, some highlights, read some more)

1 Miami
2 Indiana
3 Brooklyn
4 Chicago
5 New York
6 Washington
7 Cleveland
8 Toronto (37 wins)
9 Atlanta (36 wins)
10 Detroit (36 wins)
11. Milwaukee
12. Charlotte
13. Orlando
14. Boston
15. Philly

[QUOTE=Jballer]Bump...

(saw some preseason, some highlights, read some more)

1 Miami
2 Indiana
3 Brooklyn
4 Chicago
5 New York
6 Washington
7 Cleveland
8 Toronto (37 wins)
9 Atlanta (36 wins)
10 Detroit (36 wins)
11. Milwaukee
12. Charlotte
13. Orlando
14. Boston
15. Philly[/QUOTE]

Last call season starts soon. Place your bets.

Feeling real solid that Washington is 6. Dumping Okafur to the Suns was robbery.

1. Miami
2. Indiana
3. Chicago
4. New York
5. Brooklyn
6. Washington
7. Atlanta
8. Cleveland
9. Detroit
10. Charlotte
11. Toronto
12. Milwaukee
13. Boston
14. Orlando
15. Philadelphia

:coleman:

1. Miami
2. Brooklyn
3. Chicago
4. Indiana
5. New York
6. Toronto
7. Detroit
8. Cleveland
9. Milwaukee
10. Washington
11. Atlanta
12. Boston
13. Charlotte
14. Philadelphia
15. Orlando

:pimp:

So the highest Toronto was picked to finnish in the east was 6th seed (by Legends and Kwajo), if you had to make the list now, wouldn't it be like the lowest someone would put em ? :D

[QUOTE=Sakkreth]So the highest Toronto was picked to finnish in the east was 6th seed (by Legends and Kwajo), if you had to make the list now, wouldn't it be like the lowest someone would put em ? :D[/QUOTE]

:cheers:

Who knew ? Brooklyn as bad as it was ? The Knicks too? Knicks are always problematic. They always seem to be in the mix and because but every three to five years have an unpredictable "team ego/ownership ego" blow up.

I had Toronto 8. :) Given their record right now that is where they would have ended up in a "normal season" if such a thing exists.

Biggest surprise :


1) Atlanta. I thought they lost too much in the off season and would drop back substantially. I had no reason to believe Mislap could be that valuable. Congrats to them
2) The Cavs. Not just Bynum either. Their Argentine Center is back... the team had another year to gell... I thought they would be much better.
3) Bucks.. I had them dropping and a bad ball team. I thought they would chase Bargnani to anchor the middle in the offseason. I just had no idea they would be this bad soo soon.

[QUOTE=Jballer]
1 Miami
2 Indiana
3 Brooklyn
4 Chicago
5 New York
6 Washington
7 Cleveland
8 Toronto (37 wins)
9 Atlanta (36 wins)
10 Detroit (36 wins)
11. Milwaukee
12. Charlotte
13. Orlando
14. Boston
15. Philly[/QUOTE]

With 25 left to go... 2point :cheers:

1 Indiana
2 Miami
3 Toronto
4 Chicago
5 Washington
6 Brooklyn
7 Charlotte
8 Atlanta (Projected 38 wins @ %473)
9 Detroit (Projected 33 wins @ % 405)
10 Cleveland
11 New York
12 Boston
13 Orlando
14 Philly

[QUOTE=Jballer](saw some preseason, some highlights, read some more)

1 Miami
2 Indiana
3 Brooklyn
4 Chicago
5 New York
6 Washington
7 Cleveland
8 Toronto (37 wins)
9 Atlanta (36 wins)
10 Detroit (36 wins)
11. Milwaukee
12. Charlotte
13. Orlando
14. Boston
15. Philly[/QUOTE]

Home stretch < 10 games.

1 Heat 51 22 .699 0.0 31-14 12-2 29-6 22-16 Won 3
2 Pacers 52 23 .693 0.0 35-11 10-4 33-5 19-18 Lost 3
3 Raptors 42 32 .568 9.5 27-18 10-3 22-14 20-18 Lost 1
4 Bulls 42 32 .568 9.5 30-15 9-5 24-14 18-18 Won 2
5 Nets 39 33 .542 11.5 22-21 8-5 25-11 14-22 Won 2
6 Wizards 38 36 .514 13.5 27-17 8-5 19-17 19-19 Lost
7 Bobcats 36 38 .486 15.5 23-21 3-10 22-16 14-22 Won
8 Hawks [B]32[/B] 41 .438 19.0 22-21 7-7 21-14 11-27 Won

9 Knicks 32 43 .427 20.0 21-24 6-6 16-21 16-22 Won
10 Cavaliers 30 45 .400 22.0 18-27 6-8 17-20 13-25 Won
11 Pistons 27 47 .365 24.5 21-24 6-7 16-23 11-24 Won
12 Celtics 23 51 .311 28.5 19-25 5-9 15-23 8-28 Lost 5
13 Magic 21 53 .284 30.5 16-29 4-10 17-19 4-34 Lost 1
14 76ers 16 58 .216 35.5 11-34 3-9 9-29 7-29 Lost 1
15 Bucks 14 60 .189 37.5 11-33 3-10 9-28 5-32 Lost 2

[QUOTE=Jballer]Bump...

(saw some preseason, some highlights, read some more)

1 Miami
2 Indiana
3 Brooklyn
4 Chicago
5 New York
6 Washington
7 Cleveland
8 Toronto (37 wins)
9 Atlanta (36 wins)
10 Detroit (36 wins)
11. Milwaukee
12. Charlotte
13. Orlando
14. Boston
15. Philly[/QUOTE]

I think this is it - done. I suppose Chicago / Toronto - Charlotte/Washington could flip spots... but that would make little difference to my "point total" of 2 points per team correct spot.

W L Pct GB Conf Div Home Road Streak
Pacers 55 26 .679 0.0 37-14 12-4 35-6 20-20 Won 1
Heat 54 27 .667 1.0 34-17 12-4 32-8 22-19 Lost 2
Raptors 48 33 .593 7.0 32-19 11-4 26-15 22-18 Won 2
Bulls 48 33 .593 7.0 35-16 11-5 27-14 21-19 Won 1
Nets 44 37 .543 11.0 26-25 9-7 28-13 16-24 Lost 1
Wizards 43 38 .531 12.0 32-19 10-6 22-19 21-19 Won 3
Bobcats 42 39 .519 13.0 29-22 6-10 24-16 18-23 Won 2
Hawks 37 44 .457 18.0 27-24 8-8 24-17 13-27 Lost 1
Knicks 36 45 .444 19.0 25-26 9-6 18-22 18-23 Won 3
Cavaliers 32 49 .395 23.0 20-31 7-9 18-22 14-27 Lost 2
Pistons 29 52 .358 26.0 23-29 6-10 17-24 12-28 Lost 3
Celtics 25 56 .309 30.0 21-30 5-11 16-24 9-32 Lost 1
Magic 23 58 .284 32.0 17-34 4-12 19-21 4-37 Lost 3
76ers 18 63 .222 37.0 13-38 5-11 10-31 8-32 Won 1
Bucks 15 66 .185 40.0 12-39 4-12 10-30 5-36 Lost 2


I obviously went wrong on Cleveland/New York and TORONTO :cheers:

I was pretty close on Atlanta / Washington.

PS note it statistically takes about 37 wins in the weak Eastern Conf to make the playoffs.. unless the east and west change over night.

As to the bottom of the order Milw/Orlando/Boston/Philly - close enough :)