2012 NBA Offseason

• ohiobucks1

  

  Yeah, I think the nets will be great...at least in the same comparison as the bulls were this year.
  
  Although when I say great I mean around 40+ wins.
  
  
  
  and edit for whatever that translates to a full season of.
  
  
  So I guess I'd say around 55-60
• like_that

  

  ohiobucks1;1229208 wrote:Yeah, I think the nets will be great.
  
  Although when I say great I mean around 43-48 wins.

  Yeah, that's not great. Especially with an actual full season.
• Laley23

  

  ohiobucks1;1229208 wrote:Yeah, I think the nets will be great.
  
  Although when I say great I mean around 40+ wins.

  haha, no offense, but at 40 they will be UNDER .500. I know you said 40+, but still.
• ohiobucks1

  

  lol I'm retarded.
  
  55+ wins in a full NBA season
• like_that

  

  ohiobucks1;1229211 wrote:lol I'm retarded.
  
  55+ wins in a full NBA season

  Def don't see that happening. I see them in the 45-52 range.
• swoosh

  

  I see them as a 4-6 seed.
• Laley23

  

  ohiobucks1;1229211 wrote:lol I'm retarded.
  
  55+ wins in a full NBA season

  haha, ok. If they get to 55+ Ill come back here and agree they had a great season. I dont see it though.
  
  I think they will compete for the 4 seed. I have Heat 1, Pacers 2 and Celtics 3. Bulls up there higher if Rose comes back earlier and healthy.
• swoosh

  

  Laley23;1229215 wrote:haha, ok. If they get to 55+ Ill come back here and agree they had a great season. I dont see it though.
  
  I think they will compete for the 4 seed. I have Heat 1, Pacers 2 and Celtics 3. Bulls up there higher if Rose comes back earlier and healthy.

  
  If Rose misses most of the season, I don't even see them in the playoffs.
• Laley23

  

  swoosh;1229217 wrote:If Rose misses most of the season, I don't even see them in the playoffs.

  I can see them really struggling. But even without Rose, they have a Reg. Season type team. They play defense and are grinders/battle tested. They are not good without Rose, but they still manage to win enough.
  
  that said, nothing would surprise me if he is out most of the year.
• wildcats20

  

  Isn't Rose expected back around the first of the year?
• Pick6

  

  The Nets signing Joe Johnson isnt scaring anybody. Probably a lower seeded playoff team
• Laley23

  

  wildcats20;1229222 wrote:Isn't Rose expected back around the first of the year?

  Last I heard was he wasnt recovering all that quickly. I heard end of February. Granted, that was like 2 months ago.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  I've heard Feb as well.
• wildcats20

  

  Ok. I swore at one time I heard that. Probably was an original prognosis.
• Laley23

  

  wildcats20;1229229 wrote:Ok. I swore at one time I heard that. Probably was an original prognosis.

  I think initially they thought that, cause people have been recovering around 6 months recently (if you are a pro athlete with all the help in the world). But something about Rose wasnt going quick and they think its gonna be closer to the typical 9 months.
• ohiobucks1

  

  Hey.. .I'm by no means an expert lol I just have this feeling the Nets will win 55.
  
  We'll see!
• Commander of Awesome

  

  If Lopez stays healthy, in the shitty Eastern Conference I could see it. I'm a bigger fan of Deron Williams than most though.
• osu45804

  

  Boston sends JaJuan Johnson to Houston for Courtney Lee
  
  
  Edit: Celtics will send E'Twaun Moore, JaJuan Johnson, Sean Williams & a 2nd rd pick in for Courtney Lee
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  Pick6;1229224 wrote:The Nets signing Joe Johnson isnt scaring anybody. Probably a lower seeded playoff team

  The Joe Johnson move was the primary reason that DWill stayed, so I am 100% in favor of it, despite the crazy contract.
  
  The Nets did exactly (well, without Howard, maybe not 100% exactly) what they set out to do: have a playoff team in their first season in Brooklyn and ... piss off the Knicks. Really like their roster, and if they get into the 2nd round after being a turd for several years, I'll take it. Really love their offseason moves, including one that hasn't gotten a ton of play: I think Mirza Teletovic can be a sneaky pickup, he was dominant in Europe.
  
  PS, the Barclays Center is going to be sweet. I had wondered how they would wedge an arena into the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues (two major streets in Brooklyn), but the design is sharp:
  
  
• lhslep134

  

  Commander of Awesome;1229310 wrote:. I'm a bigger fan of Deron Williams than most though.

  I'm with you. I think he's underrated in the sense that people don't really realize how awesome he really is. They know he's great, but not really great.
• wildcats20

  

  lhslep134;1229348 wrote:I'm with you. I think he's underrated in the sense that people don't really realize how awesome he really is. They know he's great, but not really great.

  
  Same here.
• hoops23

  

  Deron is the best PG in the game, IMO. Until Kyrie takes the spot.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  hoops23;1229365 wrote:Deron is the best PG in the game, IMO. Until Kyrie takes the spot.

  I'm with you hoops, I was being a pussy and didn't want to say it (bc of the Rose and CP3 love) but I'd take him first overall in a PG draft. That being said, CP3 and Rose are awesome. Deron IMO on his game is the best of the bunch.
• bigdaddy2003

  

  I'm a Rondo guy personally as far as pure point guards go.
• Mulva

  

  I've said D-Will was the best PG in the game for a few years now.
  
  I think him and CP3 are close though, and honestly putting one above the other might depend on the players around them (the overall fit with their team).