Brook Lopez probably kept us from Ben Simmons this year. Dude is legit.
He didn't take them to 35-40 wins though.
Nope. Health derailed the team. Pretty much no depth there at this point. Despite losing 2 of their starters to injuries and another being bought out, they've still managed to go 6-6 out of their last 12.
Luckily at this point they are in such a hole that even if they go .500 for the remainder of the season we're getting a pick in the top 6 most likely.
Right, because Jarrett Jack and RHJ were the difference between a 25 win team and a 35-40 win team.
Lack of depth was a precise reason why many of us slated BKN to be a sub-30 win team before the season even started.
I completely agreed that lack of depth was a possible issue for them. That's why I always acknowledged that they'd win less than 35 games if they didn't stay healthy. A team like that can't afford to lose their starting PG + their best 2 way player (RHJ top in defensive and offensive rating) + lose their starting SG/SF to buyout. If your team is only a handful of players deep and you lose 2-3 of those players, you're gonna have a bad time. And now just as I expected, decimated by injuries and a shattered depth chart, Brooklyn's best case scenario appears to be a mere 28 wins if they manage to keep up this .500 win pace... which luckily for us will most likely be a Top 6 pick. Wonderful time to be a Celtic fan. Here's hoping they struggle down the stretch.
Sounds like you based your prediction on the premise that the entire Brooklyn squad would be healthy for the entire season.
No, I never based any prediction on the premise that they'd be healthy. I said that if they stayed healthy they'd probably be fine. I guesstimated 35-40. This was a team that had just made the playoffs 3 years in a row and their only major loss was Deron Williams and some guys who were getting spot minutes off the bench by the time they made the playoffs. Had they stayed healthy, this still seemed like a dangerous team. Good news is, they didn't stay healthy and they never made any additions to that bench.
I didn't really see the point in getting my hopes up on a Brooklyn situation that seemed contingent on players getting injured. As inevitable as injuries and depth problems seemed, it felt like poor taste to expect injuries. But now here we are... barring some inexplicable run, we're looking at a top 6 pick. Now you're seeing fans who are disappointed that it might end up 6th instead of 1st. Not me, though. I'm beyond thrilled at this situation. A top 6 pick is far more than I could have ever hoped out of that KG/Pierce trade. It's amazing. Had you told me a couple years ago that we could trade the corpse of KG and Pierce for a top 6 pick, I would have assumed you were high. When you consider that we also got many other assets out of that deal including Isaiah Thomas... it's unbelievable.
dude you are an idiot
I've never debated that. In fact, I have always acknowledged this fact.
March 14, 2014: "Last piece of advice... don't listen to me... I'm an idiot. "
June 22, 2014: "I keep telling him I’m just some idiot sports fan"
November 13, 2015: "I've always been just some idiot sports fan. I don't know what the hell i'm talking about. I have stupid opinions every year. "
In-fact, I'm pretty sure my bio on some sportsblog I guest wrote for is: "A self-proclaimed idiot Celtic fanatic who admittedly doesn’t actually know what he’s talking about"
Nobody is disagreeing with you on that one. I have been acknowledging this for years.
Heck of a time to be a Celtic fan, though. Looking at a very likely top 6 pick from that Brooklyn team unless they go on a run.
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