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Early predictions for Wins next year?

Today I'm projecting 32-45. But lets see what happens in the offseason with the Lakers, Suns, Dallas, Portland, GS and NO. I have no expectations of Jazz doing anything in the offseason, unless they trade the #47 pick just so they can skip hosting a draft party.
 
Early?

****, I'm not wasting any time projecting the success of the team as presently constituted. It doesn't matter.

TRADE AL.
 
If Al is on the team and the offense is centered around him like it was this year, 43 wins.
If Al is on the team and the offense is more dynamic, 47 wins.
If Al is not on the team and the offense is still the same as it was this year, 45 wins.
If Al is not on the team and the offense is more dynamic, 54 wins.
 
Weezur said:
If Al is on the team and the offense is centered around him like it was this year, 43 wins.
If Al is on the team and the offense is more dynamic, 47 wins.
If Al is not on the team and the offense is still the same as it was this year, 45 wins.
If Al is not on the team and the offense is more dynamic, 54 wins.
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Can I piggyback this?










Disclaimer: My answer is subject to change depending on offseason moves
 
I will wait till most of FA is done with and we know who has who.

The Suns should drop way down.
Possibly the Mavs too.
One would think the Spurs would be a bit less dominant next year, but who knows, they might be better.
Portland and Minnesota should both improve.
If New Orleans can keep Gordon healthy they will be competitive.
Golden State if healthy should be more competitive.

I expect a typically stacked Western Conference and if Hayward, Burks, Kanter, and Favors don't improve significantly, we might miss the playoffs. I expect them to improve though.
 
Totally depends on offseason transactions. My gut tells me that Big Al won't be here next year and that could really hurt our scoring. I'm thinking 44-38, with a much bigger improvement coming the following year.
 
I was going to make a guess of basically the same winning pecentage as this year, maybe a little better, and then I thought about those 4 games we lost to the Spurs in the playoffs, so I'll say 75.
 
I'll start with 46 wins. Remember we finished the year over .500 despite starting Bell at the beginning of the season, getting outplayed in the backcourt in at least half of our games, and with Favors barely getting 15 mins/game.

So, start with 46 wins.

Add 4 wins if Harris plays well or gets productively traded.
Add 3 wins if Kanter improves and gets 20+ minutes per game.
Add 2 wins if Jeremy Evans gets stronger, learns how to shoot an 18' jumper and take 2 productive dribbles.

Lost in all of this is the fact that we need to resolve the Millsap situation. Is he willing to come off the bench as part of a 4-man big rotation, or do we need to trade him? Favors should really play PF while Kanter uses his big energetic body to harass centers. If we're going to trade Millsap, we should probably do it for a lottery pick in this draft--Toronto, Portland, Bucks, etc.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
I will wait till most of FA is done with and we know who has who.

The Suns should drop way down.
Possibly the Mavs too.
One would think the Spurs would be a bit less dominant next year, but who knows, they might be better.
Portland and Minnesota should both improve.
If New Orleans can keep Gordon healthy they will be competitive.
Golden State if healthy should be more competitive.

I expect a typically stacked Western Conference and if Hayward, Burks, Kanter, and Favors don't improve significantly, we might miss the playoffs. I expect them to improve though.
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This. I want to wait for a prediction as well.
 
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