Lol keep dreaming Philly. You guys are a playoff run away from being in the conversation.
Lol keep dreaming Philly. You guys are a playoff run away from being in the conversation.
If I had to rank teams based purely on paper. My rankings would be (and this is considering fully healthy):
GSW
SAS
CLE
LAC
RAP
WAS
HOU
I think the top 4 are pretty much locked in and the next 3 all have an argument for 5th, but these are the playoff contenders.
I'm not at all convinced the Celtics are as good as the record shows. Thomas is their best player and he's a huge liability defensively. By every metric and the eye test Thomas is the worst defensive player in the league lol and the Celtics are ranked 25th+ in rebounding %. In fact last time I checked they were 29th.
It's hard to see the rockets defense holding up in the playoffs. I don't think Harden has another gear then what he's been all season. Their defensive rating is misleading because they have such a dynamic offense that other teams give up when the rockets go on their inevitable run. That won't happen in the playoffs against the better teams who will grind it out.
It'll be interesting to find out if I'm wrong though haha. Like in baseball, run production value is essentially limitless even though people value pitching, defense and run prevention seemingly more. Flawed analytics.
Which lineup is better:
Lowry + Derozan + Carroll + Patterson + Ibaka
Vs
Wall + Beal + Porter + Morris + Gortat
Vs
Harden + Beverly + Ariza + Anderson + Capella
Vs
Paul + Reddick + Mbah a Moute + Griffin + Jordan.
Because those are the lineups that get the most minutes in the playoffs for each team.
I'd personally rank Houston 4th on that list.
Also rank the benches I guess.
JV + Joseph + Tucker + Powell
Mahinmi + Jennings + Oubre + Bogdanovic
Nene + Harrell + Gordon + Williams
Rivers + Speights + Crawdaddy + Felton
I'd probably actually rank the clips last on this list, and the rockets first for what it's worth, but they might even go 8 men deep in the playoffs with that team.
In a 7 game series I think Houston could easily compete with any of those teams. And I don't think the Clippers are constructed well with 2 bigs that can't shoot. CP3 is stuck in an awful situation. I definitely take Houston over the Clips. The other two maybe, but Rockets are def right there.
I agree def Rockets on this list. I think they're better than people give them credit for. Also I think Westbrook deserves MVP over Harden. I just think D'Antoni is playing to his team's strengths and love what he's doing. He should win COY in my opinion if you're not giving it to Brett Brown
Haha ya I'd give to either DantonI or pop. Pop is kinda a God every year though.
Where did I say all the other teams are accurate lol.
Boston is in first place in the east right now and I think they could lose in the first round.
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