eastern conference predictions Options

[Sanitarium]

atlantic:
boston
new york
philly
new jersey
toronto

central:
chicago
milwaukee
detroit
indiana
cleveland

southeast:
miami
orlando
atlanta
washington
charlotte

playoff seeds:
1. miami
2. orlando
3. boston
4. chicago
5. atlanta
6. milwaukee
7. new york
8. washington or philly

[Balta1701-B]

Is there some reason why people think Charlotte will fall out of the playoffs next year?

[ZoomSlowik]

Is there some reason why people think Charlotte will fall out of the playoffs next year?

I think they'll still be right there, but I would imagine there are two reasons:

1) They lost their starting PG in Felton.

2) They don't exactly look sexy on paper with a likely lineup of Augustin/Henderson/Jackson/Wallace/Dampier with Tyrus and Diaw as their top-2 off the bench. Can a team that has Jackson and Wallace as their top two players really make it two years in a row, especially if Wallace gets hurt again or doesn't match his career year?


That just shows how weak the east is. At least to me, it looks like two of Charlotte, New York, Philly, Detroit, Indiana and Cleveland (yes, Cleveland, no star power but Williams/Jamison/Varejao is a more credible trio than several of these teams have) will be in the playoffs. 35 wins might be enough to get in, and when the threshold is that low it's hard to predict.