2009-10 Predictions

This will serve as official record and determine bragging rights, "I told you so's" and all that good stuff. Hindsight is 20/20 so that's why we want you to make the call right now on the following:

Copy and paste the following into your posts and add the answer next to each line. Make sure you only give one answer. You also get one free prediction.

1. Number of Wins:
2. Final position in Atlantic:
3. Seed in East:
4. Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average:
5. Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)?
6. Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury?
7. Turkoglu Scoring Average:
8. Other than Jack, our best sixth man will be:
9. Record on January 1st (33 games):
10. One free prediction:

Edit: Avoid Jack being the answer to #8.

Let's see how many times I can be wrong in a minute...

1. Number of Wins: 45

2. Final position in Atlantic: 2nd

3. Seed in East: 7th

4. Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 15-5

5. Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? No

6. Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Evans

7. Turkoglu Scoring Average: 17

8. Our best sixth man will be: Wright

9. Record on January 1st (33 games): 13-20

10. One free prediction: No more trades for Colangelo

Number of Wins: 44
Final position in Atlantic: 2
Seed in East: 6
Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 19/7
Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? No
Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Turkoglu
Turkoglu Scoring Average:16
Our best sixth man will be: Jarret Jack
Record on January 1st (33 games):16-17
One free prediction: Raptors will have one of the top 8 offenses (points per 100 possessions).

1. Number of Wins: 42
2. Final position in Atlantic: Third (Behind Boston and Philly)
3. Seed in East: Seventh
4. Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 17/7
5. Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? No
6. Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Hedo
7. Turkoglu Scoring Average: 16 ppg
8. Our best sixth man will be: Jarrett Jack
9. Record on January 1st (33 games): 12-21
10. One free prediction: The Raps will finish the season on a hot streak, but won't make it past Orlando in the first round of the playoffs.

1. Number of Wins: 45

2. Final position in Atlantic: 2nd

3. Seed in East: 6th

4. Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 17-5

5. Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? No

6. Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Hedo Turk

7. Turkoglu Scoring Average: 15

8. Our best sixth man will be: Jarret Jack

9. Record on January 1st (33 games): 15-18

10. One free prediction: DeMar go to SLAM DUNK CHALLENGE!

1. Number of Wins: 44
2. Final position in Atlantic: 2nd
3. Seed in East: 6th
4. Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 17.3/5.4
5. Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? Not if we are in Playoff Race before the trade deadline
6. Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Hedo Turk
7. Turkoglu Scoring Average: 16.1
8. Our best sixth man will be: Jack
9. Record on January 1st (33 games): 16-17
10. One free prediction: Vince Carter will hit another "Game Winner" = \

Hope someone remembers to go back to this 6 months from now.

1. Number of Wins: 48
2. Final position in Atlantic: 2
3. Seed in East: 5
4. Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 18.5/ 6.1
5. Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? Not during the season, no
6. Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? The Turk
7. Turkoglu Scoring Average: 15.5
8. Our best sixth man will be: Jarrett Jack
9. Record on January 1st (33 games): 14-19
10. One free prediction: Orlando has best record in the East, followed by Cleveland then Boston.

These are my optimistic predictions.

Number of Wins: 43
Final position in Atlantic: 2nd
Seed in East: 6th
Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 19 / 6
Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? No
Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Bosh
Turkoglu Scoring Average: 14
Our best sixth man will be: Reggie Evans
Record on January 1st (33 games): 14-19
One free prediction: We will be 2-2 against Orlando this season

Edit: Good call on removing Jack from "best sixth man" contention (seeing as everyone to this point had named him).

1. Number of Wins: 37-41 wins
2. Final position in Atlantic: don't care
3. Seed in East: Lottery
4. Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: Play 35-36 minutes and put up similar numbers to last season after the New Year. 20ppg and 6rpg.
5. Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? Nope
6. Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Meh, don't like predicting injuries.
7. Turkoglu Scoring Average: 15.5-17.0ppg
8. Other than Jack, our best sixth man will be: No idea. It should be Amir Johnson but Triano makes me nervous.
9. Record on January 1st (33 games): No interest.
10. One free prediction: The team would win 7-10 more games if Amir Johnson got Bargnani's minutes, and Bargnani got few-to-no minutes.

1. Number of Wins: 39
2. Final position in Atlantic: 3
3. Seed in East: 8
4. Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 18/5
5. Will Bosh get traded: No.
6. Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury: Turkoglu
7. Turkoglu Scoring Average: 15
8. Other than Jack, our best sixth man will be: Evans
9. Record on January 1st (33 games): 14-19
10. One free prediction: Bargnani, my favorite NBA player, will not start rebounding, but will score and assist more.

1. Number of Wins: 38
2. Final position in Atlantic:3
3. Seed in East:9
4. Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average:22/6
5. Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? No
6. Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Wright
7. Turkoglu Scoring Average: 14 ppg
8. Other than Jack, our best sixth man will be: Amir Johnson
9. Record on January 1st (33 games): 12-18
10. One free prediction: next year most Raps fans will still think this is a 50-win team.

This year's going to be ugly.

Number of Wins: 49
Final position in Atlantic: 2nd
Seed in East: 4
Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 18.9ppg 7rpg
Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? No
Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Wright
Turkoglu Scoring Average: 17.4ppg
Other than Jack, our best sixth man will be: Amir Johnson
Record on January 1st (33 games): 14-19
One free prediction: NBA Champions

1: 45-48

2: 2nd

3:4th-5th

4: 17-5.5

6: Hopefully no one

7: 16.5

8: Evans

9: 15-18 (tough start)

10: Dynamite Offense?

My predictions are a bit high, but this is what I hope will happen.
Believing is achieving? :P

I've thought about it some more and want to revise my predictions. There's no middle ground with this team. They'll either get it together after about a month and be good or be a train wreck from start to finish. I'll stick with my original predictions about individual players but I'll give a worst-case/best-case number for the rest. I strongly suspect the worst-case is what will happen this season but actually see the logic of how BC has assembled this team.

1. Number of Wins:30/48
2. Final position in Atlantic: 4/2
3. Seed in East:11/5
4. Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average:
5. Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)?
6. Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury?
7. Turkoglu Scoring Average:
8. Other than Jack, our best sixth man will be:
9. Record on January 1st (33 games):
10. One free prediction:

You also get one free prediction.
Number of Wins: 42
Final position in Atlantic: 2
Seed in East: 6
Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 15 / 6
Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? No
Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Turkoglu
Turkoglu Scoring Average: 14
Other than Jack, our best sixth man will be: Evans
Record on January 1st (33 games): 14-19
One free prediction: Age of Celtics core will catch up this year - will fall below CLE and ORL. KG plays less than 60 games.

1. Number of Wins: 39
2. Final position in Atlantic: 3
3. Seed in East: 8
4. Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 17 pts 6 rbs
5. Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? No
6. Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Bosh
7. Turkoglu Scoring Average: 15 pts
8. Other than Jack, our best sixth man will be: Amir Johnson
9. Record on January 1st (33 games): 13-20
10. One free prediction: Bosh will be signed and traded during the off-season (Question 5 didn't specify when, but I presumed it meant during the season, that is - before the trade deadline)

Number of Wins: 40
Final position in Atlantic: 3rd
Seed in East: 7th
Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 17/4
Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? No
Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Turkoglu
Turkoglu Scoring Average: 17ppg
Other than Jack, our best sixth man will be: Amir Johnson
Record on January 1st (33 games): 16/17
One free prediction: Lakers repeat.

1. Number of Wins: 47
2. Final position in Atlantic: 2
3. Seed in East: 4
4. Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 17 ppg/6 rbg
5. Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? Hell No
6. Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Calderon
7. Turkoglu Scoring Average: 15 ppg
8. Other than Jack, our best sixth man will be: Belinelli
9. Record on January 1st (33 games): 20-13
10. One free prediction: Turkoglu will make the all-star team.

1. Number of Wins: 43
2. Final position in Atlantic: 3
3. Seed in East: 7
4. Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 16 ppg/6 rbg
5. Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? No
6. Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? Bosh
7. Turkoglu Scoring Average: 15 ppg
8. Other than Jack, our best sixth man will be: Evans
9. Record on January 1st (33 games): 14W-19L
10. One free prediction: DeRozan surpasses expectations by the end of the year and is running for ROY

Number of Wins: 41
Final position in Atlantic: 3
Seed in East: 7
Bargnani Scoring/Rebounding Average: 18.2 / 7.4
Will Bosh get traded (Yes/No)? No.
Which rotation player will miss the most games due to injury? I don't want to think about injuries, but to provide an answer I'll go with Rasho only because he is the oldest on the roster, and even though he's still young compared to the general population, he'll take longer than most NBA'ers to recover from any potential injury.
Turkoglu Scoring Average: 16.8
Other than Jack, our best sixth man will be: Antoine Wright
Record on January 1st (33 games): 16-17
One free prediction: Raptors beat the Magic in a first round playoffs upset by a Hedo 3-pointer buzzer beater in Game 7! Sweet! (Tribal Honk! Tribal Honk!)