ESPN Summer Forecast Western Conference Standings

[dma]

https://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=SummerForecast10-WestStandings

93 "experts" from ESPN and True Hoops have ranked the WC for next season

1. LA Lakers
2. OKC Thunder
3. Dallas Mavs
4. Den Nuggets
5. Portland Trailblazers
6. SA Spurs
7. Utah Jazz
8. Houston Rockets

for some fun conversation back and forth between Jazz fans and one of the experts read
https://twitter.com/talkhoops

No way we only win 47 games next season.

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

after the Lakers it could go in pretty much any order there with only a couple games separating each team, I think PHX will be better than HOU though(especially if Yao can't play like Yao or at all).

 

[dma]

I agree 2-8 could really go in any direction but I really don't see all those teams finishing ahead of the Jazz.
Denver will probably have chemistry issues due to Carmelos contract situation
Dallas and Sa both getting older w/o any major upgrades
OKC I don't see them jumping to 2nd after finishing 8th and having a near perfect season last year. I don't see them finishing 8th but I think the experts are totally overrating them. They are the media darlings just like NOH and Portland were a few years back.

 

[UB]

Kobe will finally go down this year. And of course by "go down" I mean...he will be fascinated by Lebron's amazing D and will really bumb and grind hard all night just to get him to give up that smooth round globe of his.

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