07-15-2024, 06:42 PM
(07-15-2024, 06:32 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: It has always been 5-8 teams under 0.500 in the West, since 2003. Last year was the first time it was only four, this season the projection is three.So this is unprecedented. Agreed with the rest.
And there will be more than 5 teams under 0.500 again. Projections cannot account for major injuries or the steep decline of a star player but things like that are going to happen. And they also don't account for the inevitable tanking race in the last two month.