Western conference regular season prediction contest

[silesian]

The results are in.

Big win for sepanola and dalamon.


28 sepanol
28 dalamon
30 engorged
30 NAOS
30 Brsn
31 MT Steve
32 Ron Mex
32 Eminence
32 Saint Cy of JFC
32 gandalfe
33 Nate505
34 silesian
34 catchall
34 David Hume
34 Jazz Traveler
34 DownUnder
35 elan_prodigy
36 Hekate
36 Piso
36 BabyPeterzz
36 Bulletproof
36 jjscap
36 Crawlnstall
36 franklin
38 dipship31
38 Cappy_Smurf
38 MDAV28
38 JohnnyClutch
38 tfivas
40 Stitches
40 Crocodile Dante
40 LogGrad98
40 fishonjazz
40 Jason
42 Handlogten's Heros
42 nateboz
42 Dali
42 Jack Strop
42 sgjazzfan
42 Thee jazz fan
44 prodigy


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Same rules as last year.....

1. Post your prediction.

2.All predictions are frozen at first regular season game tip-off. Any changes are okay before then.

3. Your score is based on the net difference between your prediction and standings. For example, if you pick the Spurs to be first and they are in fourth, you receive 3 points for the Spurs. Low score wins.

4. Ranking is based on win% only.

5. Tied teams each receive an averaged score. For example, two teams tied for 5th/6th place are each scored as 5.5. Three teams tied for 10/11/12 are each scored as 11.

6. I'll post rankings periodically through the season.


Getting the ball rolling, I'll go homer and contrarian on SAS, DEN & MIN:

1.GSW
2.HOU
3.OKC
4.UTA
5.DEN
6.MIN
7.SAS
8.LAC
9.POR
10.MEM
11.NOP
12.LAL
13.DAL
14.PHO
15.SAC

 

[NAOS]

pls consider taking predictions for at least the next week. tia?

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

1 GSW
2 HOU
3 SAS
4 OKC
5 UTA
6 MIN
7 DEN
8 POR

9 LAC
10 MEM
11 NOLA
12 DAL
13 SAC
14 LAL
15 PHX

 

[Engorged On Unborn Gore]

1 GSW
2 HOU
3 OKC
4 SAS
5 UTA
6 MIN
7 DEN
8 POR

9 MEM
10 LAC
11 NOLA
12 SAC
13 DAL
14 LAL
15 PHX

 

[Chargers Jazz Angels]

1 GSW
2 OKC
3 HOU
4 SAS
5 UTA
6 DEN
7 POR
8 MIN

9 MEM
10 LAC
11 NOLA
12 SAC
13 DAL
14 PHX
15 LAL

PHX may decide to out-tank LAL.

Why would LAL tank they dont get their own pick this year.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Ill post them know but I plan on editing them later.

1 - Golden State Warriors
2 - Houston Rockets
3 - Minnesota Timberwolves
4 - Utah Jazz
5 - Oklahoma City Thunder
6 - San Antonio Spurs
7 - Denver Nuggets
8 - Portland Trailblazers

9 - Los Angeles Clippers
10 - Los Angeles Lakers
11 - Memphis Grizzlies
12 - New Orleans Pelicans
13 - Sacramento Kings
14 - Phoenix Suns
15 - Dallas Mavericks

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Why would LAL tank they dont get their own pick this year.

They're not tanking. They just aren't very good. Rookie PG, young players still developing and a few old cast-offs.

 

[MT Steve]

1. Golden State
2. Houston
3. San Antonio
4. Oklahoma City
5. Denver
6. Utah
7. Portland
8. LA Clippers
9. Minnesota
10. New Orleans
11. Memphis
12. Sacramento
13. LA Lakers
14. Dallas
15. Phoenix

 

[stitches]

1.GSW
-----------
2.OKC
3.HOU
4.SAS
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5.MIN
6.LAC
7.POR
8.DEN
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9.UTA
10.MEM
11.NOP
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12.DAL
13.LAL
14.SAC
15.PHO



This is with my tiers.

 

[Hekate]

1.GSW
2.SAS
3.HOU
4.OKC
5.DEN
6.JAZZ
7.MIN
8.LAC
9.POR
10.MEM
11.NOP
12.SAC
13.DAL
14.LAL
15.PHO

 

[Piso]

1 GSW
2 OKC
3 HOU
4 SAS
5 LAC
6 UTA
7 MIN
8 DEN
9 NOP
10 POR
11 MEM
12 DAL
13 LAL
14 SAC
15 PHO

 

[Eminence]

Will give it a go.

1. Warriors
2. Rockets
3. Spurs
4. Thunder
5. Nuggets
6. Jazz
7. Wolves
8. Clippers
9. Pelicans
10. Blazers
11. Grizz
12. Kings
13. Mavs
14. Lakers
15. Suns

Looking back at others, Hekate and I think pretty scarily similar on this one.

 

[elan_prodigy]

1. Warriors
2. Spurs
3. Thunder
4. Rockets
5. Jazz
6. Nuggets
7. Blazers
8. Grizzlies
9. Wolves
10. Lakers*
11. Clippers
12. Kings
13. Mavs
14. Pelicans**
15. Suns

* Lakers moving into winning and development mode. Ain't no tanking with Magic at the wheel
** Pels don't work, Davis and DMC traded by Allstar break

 

[Jazz Traveler]

1. Golden State
2. Oklahoma City
3. Houston
4. San Antonio
5. Utah
6. Minnesota
7. Memphis
8. Denver
9. Portland
10. Clippers
11. New Orleans
12. Sacramento
13. Dallas
14. Lakers
15. Phoenix

 

[Jazz Traveler]

1. Golden State
2. Oklahoma City
3. Houston
4. San Antonio
5. Utah
6. Minnesota
7. Memphis
8. Denver
9. Portland
10. Clippers
11. New Orleans
12. Sacramento
13. Dallas
14. Lakers
15. Phoenix

 

[stitches]

Am I the only one who's projecting the Jazz out of the Playoffs?

 

[NAOS]

Am I the only one who's projecting the Jazz out of the Playoffs?

When was the last time that the league's best defense missed the playoffs?

 

[Engorged On Unborn Gore]

Yeah, I don't see the Clippers and Portland outclassing the Jazz. Denver still has a lot to prove before I drink that absinthe.

 

[sepanol]

1-Houston
2-GSW
3-Minnesota
4-OKC
5-Spurs
6-Pelicans
7-Portland
8-Jazz
9-Clippers
10-Denver
11-Sacramento
12-Memphis
13-Phoenix
14-Lakers
15-Dallas

 

[stitches]

When was the last time that the league's best defense missed the playoffs?

What I am afraid of defensively is that we will be so bad offensively that this will hurt our defense. Big part of being great defensive team is making opponents to play in the half court and big part of it is your team scoring in order to make the opponent inbound after made baskets. My fear is that our O will be bad enough to disrupt our D.