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Standings order:

East-
1. Cavaliers
2. Celtics
3. Wizards
4. Raptors
5. Bucks
6. Hornets
7. Heat
8. Pistons
9. Sixers
10. Bulls
11. Knicks
12. Magic
13. Pacers
14. Hawks
15. Nets

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

Finals champ: Warriors
East champ: Cavaliers
MVP: LeBron James
DPOY: Giannis Antetokounmpo
ROY: Ben Simmons
COY: Gregg Popovich
MIP: Dante Exum
Bulls' record: 34-48
 

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The kid is killing it over in europe, Dunn will do great, Lavine will come back too early. Trying to figure the rotation out, I always thought Valentine was a 3, but he looked tiny out on the floor. Seems like the point guard turnstile is Dunn......

I just wish they had a better coach. Still waiting to see Fred struggle and use his heart condition as the excuse to replace Hoiberg.
 

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The warriors win it all.

Hopefully this limb i'm dangling on doesnt snap...
 

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I think the Bulls, Celtics, Nuggests are worse than your predictions.


you can take that to the bank, I could go further but I'll just take my 100% accuracy and move on.
 

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My favorite teams
  1. Chicago Cubs
  1. Chicago Bulls
  2. Golden State Warriors
  1. Chicago Bears
  1. Chicago Blackhawks
I think the Bulls, Celtics, Nuggests are worse than your predictions.


you can take that to the bank, I could go further but I'll just take my 100% accuracy and move on.
The Rask has spoken
 

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I think the Bulls, Celtics, Nuggests are worse than your predictions.


you can take that to the bank, I could go further but I'll just take my 100% accuracy and move on.

I find it very difficult to believe that the Wizards are going to be better than the Celtics. They were the #1 seed last year without Hayward and Tatum. Irving for IT isn't exactly a downgrade either.

Nuggets signed Paul Millsap, that's a big boost for them. I think 6-8 seed makes sense.

I'm curious to see how far the Clippers are going to fall without Paul. Griffin is going to have to step up quite a bit. Better hope he doesn't get hurt.
 

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Everyone feel free to do your own:

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Finals champ:
Other conference champ:
MVP:
DPOY:
ROY:
COY:
MIP:
Bulls' record:
 

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I think the Bulls, Celtics, Nuggests are worse than your predictions.


you can take that to the bank, I could go further but I'll just take my 100% accuracy and move on.

I'm not crazy about the Celtics, but I can't put them behind anybody else out East. Raptors lost their depth and Wizards are iffy.

As long as Wade is a Bull, they won't be the worst team in the league.

Nuggets are loaded with quality bigs: Jokic, Millsap, Faried. I think they'll be competitive.
 

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Everyone feel free to do your own:

East-
1. Cavs
2. Celtics
3. LOL
4. why
5. the
6. fuck
7. are
8. you
9. even
10. trying
11. losers
12. for
13. real
14. y'all
15. suck

West-
1. Warriors
2. Spurs
3. Rockets
4. Thunder
5. ok
6. this
7. is
8. probably
9. a
10. little
11. more
12. competitive
13. but
14. warriors
15. tho

Finals champ: Warriors
Other conference champ: Cavs
MVP: Kevin Durant's mom
DPOY: Zaza Pachulia's foot
ROY: Alpha Kaba
COY: LeBron James
MIP: Russell Westbrook
Bulls' record: Rekt

Took me some time to think about it, but this is what I came up with.
 

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Irving, Hayward, Horford, Smart, Jalen Brown, Tatum....


We have seen these almost super teams that lack key areas of depth.

There are too many ways to abuse that team with your offense. Larkin/Rozier can handle back-up point with Smart ok...maybe...the front court depth us very bad. They are going small ball, but a few teams out there have built up to counter that and abuse them inside.

I could see the interior game have a small resurgence, and at least make the Warriors think about preparing for that, getting a real center again.


I'm not a big Irving fan, so that is a big part of it. I don't think Irving/Hayward are compatible players, they are redundant and weaken you defensively.

Horford is an injury waiting to happen, so extra stress on front court, lack of depth, extra jobs for him I see him breaking. Tatum is a rookie, so efficiency of him and Smart is not good.

you can put good players that score together but do they have efficiency? It takes time to find the right players that compliment their core, we have seen core overhauls struggle for at least 1/2 to 1.5 seasons to gel, and start to get efficient through chemistry. So they will have to battle that too.

The Raptors, Washington, Miami and a surprise or two will all keep them to a 3-7 seed.


Also...I see them imploding at some point with personalities. You have the hard nosed work ethic crowd that was there led by Horford, Smart, Crowder, Thomas, Bradley. 3 of those guys are gone. Now you have the ego maniac I'm the light of the world kyrie Irving, doing things his own way despite having the best coach,

who now has his coaching baby. Butler is so tight nit of a school...Hayward is like son to him, is white, and is going to bring that dynmic of a coaches son to the team. A team with petulance, and the other half old school earn it mentality.

Given that there problem is clearly getting bullied, as Horford is a tweener, Kyrie is a bitch, Hayward is like Laettner crossed with Blake Griffin. and no front court depth. So the big tough guys are going to get pissed at this collection of Duke guards and Hayward soft. (Irving/Tatum)

I don't see things going easy for them at all, particularly just because they can't control the lane or the rim and are going to be bullied.
 

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Edits:

East-
1. Cavaliers
2. Celtics
3. Wizards
4. Raptors
5. Bucks
6. Hornets
7. Heat
8. Pistons
9. Sixers
10. Magic
11. Pacers
12. Knicks
13. Hawks
14. Nets
15. Bulls

West-
1. Warriors
2. Spurs
3. Rockets (likely better record than Spurs but I don't think better team in the playoffs)
4. Thunder
5. Timberwolves
6. Pelicans
7. Clippers
8. Blazers
9. Nuggets
10. Jazz
11. Grizzlies
12. Mavericks
13. Lakers
14. Kings
15. Suns
 

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