Many of us made predictions at the beginning of the season about our record. After a 14-6 start I think its fair to say this team has exceeded most peoples expectations. Even if we lose in Boston Friday and in Toronto on Sunday we finish the road trip 3-2, which by NBA standards is pretty good. Whats also good by NBA standards is a team winning all or most of their home games. Season is 1/4 over. And we are almost through with the worst part of our schedule. If we continue on the same pace what will our record be? 41 home games.... well, we're unbeaten at home, lets say we win 90% like a good team should thats 36 wins. Good teams win half or better of their road games. We've done better than that. If we continue to just win half of our road games thats another 20 or 21 wins. Add the 2 numbers together and you are at 56 or 57 wins. Not too shabby.
I'm going to hold off on any final predictions until I see what kind of moves Pritchard makes at the trading deadline. Without any changes I think this team will probably win 50-52 games, if they consolidate and bring in an impact player at the point or small forward I can see 54-56 wins. Of course this all depends on people staying healthy; if Roy goes down for any extended period all bets are off.
No change here. I originally predicted 56 - 58 wins (I expect 58 wins, but will not be disappointed with 56). I stuck with it when Oden injured his foot and see no reason to change now. A few players have performed better, individually, than I expected (Joel, Batum, Sergio) and others have not met my expectations - so far (Bayless, Frye, Martell - due to injury, and Oden, to a lesser extent - also due to injury). But, as a team, they are right on track. BNM
I either picked 48 or 52. I'm sticking with my prediction. We have a tendency to play to the level of our competition and until we cut that out, we're going to lose some games we should win. We also haven't seen Brandon or LaMarcus down because of injury.
