16-18, Scola could hold down the fort and if they simply thing with that Kid McCullough he could be a bouncy 5 who can get out and run.
They'll actually have guards this year too.
They might not win that WITH Lopez.
please explain to me how that team got 5 games worse this offseason. Delusional.
Lol. Still confident after nobody in this entire thread agrees with you? Ill put money down that the Nets don't win 18 games, and I don't care who gets hurt. Put your money where your mouth is, pal.
The difference of course being that they're enormously biased, and I'm not. They won 21 last year with the worst coach not named Byron Scott, nothing at PG and their only wing defender injured.
If we are all "enormously biased" because we're Celtics fans, then why aren't you biased? If you're not a Celtics fan, then get out of this forum and head on over to a Nets one.
On this point, is Vegas somehow enormously biased too?
Has Vegas even set over-unders for W/L? The offseason isn't even over, so I don't think they're biased. I think they're insane if they're predicting records for rosters that aren't finalized yet.
yes they have the nets are at 17.5
Which prices in injury possibility...
So talent wise 20-25 if healthy, which I agree with.
That is not how it works actually. They are projected to win 18. By comparison here are the other teams of note
76ers 23.5
Bulls 46.5
Pacers 47
Knicks 43
Lakers 29
Some teams are still not listed, including the Celtics. However, the Nets are a pretty heavy favorite as of now to finish with the worst record in the league by a comfortable margin. Randy, if you really feel as comfortable with this as you seem to say, go place a pretty sizable bet on this in Vegas. You can fly out there any time before the season stats and the number should be around there barring some crazy trade or offseason injury. If you did do that, and it was big, I would actually root for your bet.
That's exactly how it works. 18 is O/U, bettors think if things break will they'll go over, if they don't they'll go under.
I am not betting on the Nets, I think they stink. But the worst team typically wins about 15-16 games... I'm saying w/o Brook they'd win 16-18. Which apparently is"crazy" despite the fact that they have no incentive to tank w/o picks, for which is bump them up 1-2 games.
But I think they'll be less of a disaster, and maybe that doesn't translate to many more wins, but that team was a toxic mess last year. Run by an idiot, coached by an idiot, and hit somewhat hard by injuries. We'll see.