2018-2019 Schedule Discussion Thread...

[stitches]

^ so... the best 12 travelling schedules in the league are all for teams in the East. 9 of the 10 worst travelling schedules are for teams in the West.




Also, I did the SOS by Pelton's projections only for the Jazz and if I haven't made a mistake somewhere I got it at 0.496 which is a pretty good strength of schedule.

edit: here's SOS based on Pelton's projections:

 

[Stoked]

Eh, traveling is as much about geography and conference make up as anything.

 

[Siro]

Eh, traveling is as much about geography and conference make up as anything.

Right. A lot of Eastern Teams within a few hundred miles from one another.

 

[idiot]

here's SOS based on Pelton's projections:

If this is so, this is the year to hope to run up an especially impressive record. We have an easier schedule apparently than all our closest competitors with the exception of OKC, who we're quite close to in terms of SOS. We may even have a slight edge over Boston in the easiness of our schedule, despite them being in the east.

 

[mellow]

So eastern conference travels less and wins less. Western conference travels more and wins more.

I wonder if there is a statistical correlation?

 

[Jack Strop]

So eastern conference travels less and wins less. Western conference travels more and wins more.

I wonder if there is a statistical correlation?

Harden, Westbrook, CP3, AD, Curry, Durant, Thompson, and now Lebron. The East has Hayward and a gimpy Kwahi. There's your statistical correlation.

 

[fishonjazz]

Harden, Westbrook, CP3, AD, Curry, Durant, Thompson, and now Lebron. The East has Hayward and a gimpy Kwahi. There's your statistical correlation.

Smd,..... bro you forgot Spida.

Honestly, Hayward shouldn’t even be in that convo.
List the legit mvp candidates (Hayward is a lolz in that category) and it’s so heavily skewed to the western conference.
It’s crazy.

 

[colton]

Unless I miscounted, the Jazz only play the Warriors three times. That's huge, almost like an extra win built in.

 

[fishonjazz]

Unless I miscounted, the Jazz only play the Warriors three times. That's huge, almost like an extra win built in.

Jazz always whoop that regular season warrior *** doe

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Unless I miscounted, the Jazz only play the Warriors three times. That's huge, almost like an extra win built in.

Mire like built in loss. We blew them out three times.

 

[LogGrad98]

December still pretty brutal:

Spurs x2
Rockets x2
Portland x2
Blazers x2
OKC x2 (once on a b2b)
GSW
Sixers

11-1

Easy peasy

 

[Ron Mexico]

Smd,..... bro you forgot Spida.

Honestly, Hayward shouldn’t even be in that convo.
List the legit mvp candidates (Hayward is a lolz in that category) and it’s so heavily skewed to the western conference.
It’s crazy.

It is skewed to the West but there are 3/4 legit MVP canidates in the East. This is my list of who I would consider MVP candidates (who could actually win not just be in the conversation) in the NBA next season, which has 6 of the 10 in the West.

LeBron James
Anthony Davis
Giannis Antetokoumpo
James Harden
Kevin Durant
Kawhi Leonard
Stephen Curry
Joel Embiid
Kyrie Irving
Russell Westbrook