I expect 7th or 8th seed. The Pacers game certainly doesn't lower my expectations, losing to the 5th best team in the league, one that gels well and has played together for a while...not a big dissapointment.
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I expect 7th or 8th seed. The Pacers game certainly doesn't lower my expectations, losing to the 5th best team in the league, one that gels well and has played together for a while...not a big dissapointment.
I think the ideal situation would be to barely miss the 8th spot and finish 9th overall in the conference. The Raptors then end the season with the knowledge that we can make the playoffs if we push harder, along with some internal development. The Thunder (formerly Rockets) pick is dealt with as well, giving us the opportunity to deal a draft pick again if necessary.
I don't think anyone should have any expectations as far as win totals go. That's just a bit too short-sighted.
The only thing that really matters this year is development. Whether the team squeaks into the playoffs or not, it's far more important that JV learns and adjusts, that Bargs shows he can defend, that DeRozan does more than occasionally put the ball in the basket, that Fields can fix his shot, etc. Since most of the team's players are locked up long-term at this point, I just want to see them live up to their contracts. Whether that happens immediately or half-way through the season doesn't matter, as long as the consistency and chemistry is there at the end of the season so that it can carry over into next year, when things will really start to matter.
on the contrary we shoot 36% et they shot 47% and we lost by 2 they are suppose to be a contender so as far as i am concerned i just prove we are as goo as we say we are and look like a playoff team(fields was dissapointing tho)Quote:
Superchunk wrote:
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Lark Benson wrote:
Im expecteing a low seed in the playoffs...who gives a shit what Barkley says. He may have been agreta player, but who has he coached or managed?
hopefully we can resign lowry, not a max player, don't like rapto fans who think he's the greatest thing everQuote:
Craiger wrote:
I don't Like the fans that are convinced he is leaving at first opportunity.
You're saying we have no offense after 1 game? D wins you more games than O trust me on that.Quote:
knickz wrote:
My expectations? I wasn't expecting Colangelo to drop 40 Mil on Demar DeRozan.
I love what we've done with improving the roster but also agree with other posters that the roster is still in need of further tweeking (especially at small forward and shooting guard). I think this year we will take a step forward and get better, but the problem is, so will all of the other teams in the atlantic division, and dare I say, they'll probably take bigger strides forward than us. Since we have to play these teams 4 times each over the course of the season, I can see a lot of hard fought games and I think we'll win some but we'll also lose quite a few (but like last year, they won't be blowouts - competitive, but still loses). Take a look at the season opener - a close game, but we lost. I can see a whole lot of that happening this year. But hey, as long as we're getting better and being competitive, I'm happy. Silver lining to the cloud of losing a lot of close games? - higher draft pick to get a small forward!
You said Brooklyn has no D after NO games?!Quote:
NoPropsneeded wrote:
didn't think we were this bad but i'm glad we are losing
Glad? Why is that? I think it absolutely sucks.Quote:
knickz wrote:
I would venture to guess because it will hopefully ensure Colangelo's exit.Quote:
Mack North wrote: