Hawks fire Lloyd Pierce

[Birdman]

Atlanta got to be the most disappointed team so far in my opinion..I thought they be top 4 in East

[gouki88]

Atlanta got to be the most disappointed team so far in my opinion..I thought they be top 4 in East

For me they're up there. We've been disappointing, as have Miami, Toronto and New Orleans

[Moranis]

Atlanta got to be the most disappointed team so far in my opinion..I thought they be top 4 in East

Top 4, really?  I thought they might make the playoffs, but I actually didn't have them in the top 8 when we did our prediction thread before the season started so they haven't surprised me at all.  In fact, very little has surprised me this year.  The teams are generally about where I'd thought they be with the exception of Houston and Brooklyn, but that is based solely on the Harden trade (which would have significantly shifted my view of those two teams going into the year).  The biggest surprise to me is Phoenix.  I underestimated the Chris Paul effect.  They have far exceeded my expectations.  The only other teams moderately surprising are the Knicks being the 5th seed and the Pacers being the 9th seed, but their records don't exactly put them that far off where I thought they would end up seed wise.