12-03-2020, 08:43 AM
(12-03-2020, 08:02 AM)omahen Wrote:(12-03-2020, 07:33 AM)DanSchwartzman Wrote: ESPN's Kevin Pelton's projected standings in the west:
How is it possible he has Portland out of playoffs and New Orleans on 6th spot. That seems so unlikely to happen. The only thing going NO way is new coach. Otherwise their roster is arguably worse than last season
He points out that only 3.5 games separate second and ninth in his projections. He uses a multi-year fully regressed thin-a-ma-bob RPM matrix variant derivative model. Bledsoe shows up relatively well and a full season from Zion help the NO projections.