ESPN - NBA Season Preview

[Moranis]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17862484/2016-17-nba-preview

C's 51-31 and the 2 seed in the East.  They also project Toronto at 51-31.  Had the Cavs at 57 wins and expect Lebron to only play 60 games giving him a lot of rest to save him for the postseason.  They have the Warriors, Spurs, and Clippers with better records than Boston out west. 

[GratefulCs]

Seems about right


TP for the link

[jpotter33]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17862484/2016-17-nba-preview

C's 51-31 and the 2 seed in the East.  They also project Toronto at 51-31.  Had the Cavs at 57 wins and expect Lebron to only play 60 games giving him a lot of rest to save him for the postseason.  They have the Warriors, Spurs, and Clippers with better records than Boston out west.

Haha I agree with the rest component with Lebron, as I expect to see him playing fewer and fewer games during the regular season. But they're not going to win 57 games with Lebron only playing 60 lol They won 57 last year with Lebron playing 76 games. They're not going to be any better of a regular season team this year than last year.

EDIT: And Elhassan has always been down on the C's. Can't stand that guy.

[MBunge]

The Clippers are going to be fascinating this season.  They've never been more than the third or fourth best team in the West with Paul, Griffin and Jordan, have lost twice in the first round and never made it past the second round.  All common sense says they should be looking to make a move at the trade deadline but Doc has shown no interest in breaking up his group of guys.

Mike