Our playoff push, our competitors and seeding

[Miggs]

I’ve posted a few times in other threads that were relatively unrelated to this topic so I thought I’d start a thread for it.

This is to see where we stand in the conference, how our Western conference foes are doing, and each of our remaining strength of schedule.

 

[Miggs]

We are currently tied with the Lakers for the 8/9 spots.

Two games behind the Clips, Rox and Spurs who sit at 5/6/7.

Three games behind the Blazers for the 4 seed.

Four games behind OKC for the 3 seed.

I doubt the Nuggs or Dubs are catchable.

 

[Alfalfa]

http://www.tankathon.com/remaining_schedule_strength

Second easiest schedule in the league. SA, POR, LAC, and SAC have softer than average schedule, while the rest of our competitors have above average schedule. OKC with toughest remaining schedule in the league.

 

[Gobzilla]

I'll check back on this thread in 4 weeks or so...thanks!

 

[Alfalfa]

We are currently tied with the Lakers for the 8/9 spots.

Two games behind the Clips, Rox and Spurs who sit at 5/6/7.

Three games behind the Blazers for the 4 seed.

Four games behind OKC for the 3 seed.

I doubt the Nuggs or Dubs are catchable.

What we need is to AVOID the dubs in the first round. Not worry about them as a regular season competitor, since they're far superior regardless of their indifference to the regular season.

 

[LoPo]

Due to our schedule, we need to get to the 3rd or 4th seed.

 

[fishonjazz]

We are currently tied with the Lakers for the 8/9 spots.

Two games behind the Clips, Rox and Spurs who sit at 5/6/7.

Three games behind the Blazers for the 4 seed.

Four games behind OKC for the 3 seed.

I doubt the Nuggs or Dubs are catchable.

Do we own the tiebreaker with the lakers?
I feel like we do so we would be 8th and they would be 9th.

 

[Miggs]

Piggybacking off of both of you, I’ve hoped all year we don’t have to face the Dubs til the WCF.

I can’t sit here and say no one else scares me. The Thunder have fine tuned some things and improved and have two studs and the Nuggets have so many weapons that it could pose problematic to us considering our all too often offensive woes.

But avoiding the Dubs until the WCF is really my hope.

 

[Miggs]

Do we own the tiebreaker with the lakers?
I feel like we do so we would be 8th and they would be 9th.

Not sure. I’d think so too but on nba.com, they’re listed ahead of us.

 

[kabenac]

With expiring trade exceptions and DL at the helm I feel our roster will be improved by playoff time.

Who we get... I have no clue.

I'll be happy with the 4th or 5th seed. We've shown we can steal game 1. 6th seed would be rough though if it's against OKC.

 

[Jack Strop]

Piggybacking off of both of you, I’ve hoped all year we don’t have to face the Dubs til the WCF.

I can’t sit here and say no one else scares me. The Thunder have fine tuned some things and improved and have two studs and the Nuggets have so many weapons that it could pose problematic to us considering our all too often offensive woes.

But avoiding the Dubs until the WCF is really my hope.

i don't think we have to worry about who Utah would be facing in the WC Finals. They probably won't get out of the 2nd round and may not even get past the 1st round.

 

[Jack Strop]

With expiring trade exceptions and DL at the helm I feel our roster will be improved by playoff time.

Who we get... I have no clue.

I'll be happy with the 4th or 5th seed. We've shown we can steal game 1. 6th seed would be rough though if it's against OKC.

The trade exceptions can't be combined so they're basically useless. No one is going to give up a good player for those small amounts.

DL at the helm? He basically shot his wad acquiring Korver. I guess he has Thabo and Udoh as expirings, but I doubt he trades Favors. Burks was the lone big contract Utah had and he's gone. Lindsey wasnt willing to give Chicago a 1st for Mirotic. I doubt he gives up a 1st this year. The value of having another stud rookie like Allen instead of a player like Niko is immeasurable.