02-03-2023, 06:16 AM
So the W's go from #5 to #9 in two days after dropping a very winnable game in Minnesota and a game they had no chance in Denver.
It appears I was wrong about the Lakers, so wrong that I am now inclined to believe the Lakers - after the savvy Rui Hachimura trade the W's needed - will finish ahead of the Warriors in the standings. The Warriors are just plain mediocre and not getting better. They consistently lose close games (their OT record over the last several years is something like 2-17), blow leads, and have shown me nothing to warrant belief that they will some how be anything much more than 15-15 the rest of the way. I'm not even sure they will make the play-in tournament, as they are only .5 ahead of Portland and 1.5 ahead of LAL, both playing better than the W's recently.
It appears I was wrong about the Lakers, so wrong that I am now inclined to believe the Lakers - after the savvy Rui Hachimura trade the W's needed - will finish ahead of the Warriors in the standings. The Warriors are just plain mediocre and not getting better. They consistently lose close games (their OT record over the last several years is something like 2-17), blow leads, and have shown me nothing to warrant belief that they will some how be anything much more than 15-15 the rest of the way. I'm not even sure they will make the play-in tournament, as they are only .5 ahead of Portland and 1.5 ahead of LAL, both playing better than the W's recently.