Don't be surprised if we make the playoffs this year.

[Wurider05]

I mean we forget how awful the East is and just because Lebron isn't here that doesn't mean the East still doesn't suck. I look for Cleveland to still make the playoff possibly 4-5 seed. Don't be suprised if we sneak in. I am calling it now. We are not the garbage that the media makes us out to be. 

[AHF]

Advance notice:  I absolutely will be surprised if we are in the playoffs.

[kg01]

4 minutes ago, AHF said:

Advance notice:  I absolutely will be surprised if we are in the playoffs.

Dang, you're alive?  @Spud2nique you win the bet.

Seriously though, I'd be surprised if we make the playoffs but I wouldn't be surprised if we're a pseudo-competitive team by the end of the year.

[Sothron]

We won't make the playoffs. I expect the plan to be to grow and try to be competitive...and if we have too many wins close to the end of the year here comes the DNPs to key players.

[capstone21]

Its a rebuild year and that's fine as its the plan ... we will be battling for last spot this season ... there is almost no chance of this team making the playoffs

[PSSSHHHRRR87]

2 hours ago, Wurider05 said:

I mean we forget how awful the East is and just because Lebron isn't here that doesn't mean the East still doesn't suck. I look for Cleveland to still make the playoff possibly 4-5 seed. Don't be suprised if we sneak in. I am calling it now. We are not the garbage that the media makes us out to be. 

 

Hush... Don't talk like that.

[Spud2nique]

2 hours ago, kg01 said:

Seriously though, I'd be surprised if we make the playoffs

But at the end we gel and throughout the season we are one of the more exciting young squads out there.

[JayBirdHawk]

Count me as one that will be VERY surprised if we make the playoffs.

[sturt]

Me, after having just learned that we're the 8th seed in the 2019 playoffs...

 

 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

3 hours ago, sturt said:

Me, after having just learned that we're the 8th seed in the 2019 playoffs...

 

 

You know that would mean that Trae or possibly Collins is probably going to be a superstar, right?   Either that, or we'd have a bunch of real good young players who aren't even in their prime yet, which means that they'd continue to improve.

[hazer]

We’re not going to be the worst team in the league, nor make the playoffs. And still get 3 lottery picks next year.

[Spud2nique]

48 minutes ago, hazer said:

We’re not going to be the worst team in the league, nor make the playoffs. And still get 3 lottery picks next year.

Yes sir! I ? we r gonna loooove the style of play. Next week ? ? doll.

[Spud2nique]

4 hours ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

You know that would mean that Trae or possibly Collins is probably going to be a superstar, right?   Either that, or we'd have a bunch of real good young players who aren't even in their prime yet, which means that they'd continue to improve.

I think Trae will be a superstar and Collins will get a few all star nods before it’s all said and done. The guy I want most to make it is Prince ?. Love his whole story and his play out there. He doesn’t get cheated, plays all out and plays team ball..oh and defends well. ❤️ 

[bleachkit]

I don't know what to expect. If last year's Pacer team can win nearly 50 games anything is possible.

[PSSSHHHRRR87]

You know that would mean that Trae or possibly Collins is probably going to be a superstar, right?   Either that, or we'd have a bunch of real good young players who aren't even in their prime yet, which means that they'd continue to improve.

 

And that’s fine for our young players to keep improving and for Trae/Collins to become great players... as long as they don’t overachieve because Trae and Collins are not enough to be winning titles. We need at least one other youngin to develop with them.

 

Members can say what they want about Sap and the 60-win Hawks, but the truth is that nobody actually believed in that team and that they could win a title. ECF was always the ceiling.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

6 hours ago, bleachkit said:

I don't know what to expect. If last year's Pacer team can win nearly 50 games anything is possible.

I agree.  But the Pacers best player went from a poor man's OJ Mayo to Joe Johnson w/defense.

So I guess that means that Prince would have to become Kawhi-lite.

 

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Kawhi-lite.

He’s not too far off...from Kawhi lite that is... ? 

[sturt]

14 hours ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

You know that would mean that Trae or possibly Collins is probably going to be a superstar, right?   Either that, or we'd have a bunch of real good young players who aren't even in their prime yet, which means that they'd continue to improve.

My opinion is that those can all happen w/o us moving out of the lottery.

If you're looking for upside, there is something to be said for playoff experience for the future.

[Gray Mule]

Atlanta bench is considered "not bad" by me.  Consider:

PG - Trae - SG - Huerter - SF - Vince - PF - Omari - C - Alex Len

When you think about making the playoffs, consider the competition in our division and in the east.  The big guns moved west.

[Spud2nique]

6 minutes ago, Gray Mule said:

Atlanta bench is considered "not bad" by me.  Consider:

PG - Trae - SG - Huerter - SF - Vince - PF - Omari - C - Alex Len

When you think about making the playoffs, consider the competition in our division and in the east.  The big guns moved west.

I think Trae beats out Lin as a starter but otherwise agree on it all including the big guns moving.