Powell: Playoffs Possible But Unlikely At Least This Year
by Net Income on Sep 8, 2010 11:10 AM EDT
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PrintSean Powell, writing for NBA.com, lists eight teams that could make the playoffs this season and includes the Nets.
He likes the direction the team has taken--and notes that Mikhail Prokhorov probably has more money than any pro team owner--but thinks it's too early.
"You kind of like where the Nets are going, just not this season," writes Powell, a former Newsday columnist. "No team makes the playoffs a year removed from threatening to be the biggest pushovers in league history."
For the record, the biggest turnarounds in NBA history are 42 games (Celtics in the first season of the Big Three); 36 games (Spurs in Tim Duncan's rookie season); 35 games (Spurs in David Robinson's rookie season); and 33 games (Suns in first season of the Steve Nash era). The Nets' best is 26 games in the first season of the Jason Kidd era.
- Eight teams who could crash the playoffs party - Sean Powell - NBA.com
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Yes indeed
We will beat 4 times each Miami, Boston and Orlando. Lakers twice. We will only lose series with cleveland, Toronto (in England),Minnesota.
I didn't know
If that 73 wins included the playoff and semifinals then our season will be just 57 wins, which is not bad about 43 wins more than last season. Breaks the record.
This will only happen if Brooks play like duncan, Favors play like Stoudemire, Harris play like Isiah Thomas, Terrence Williams play like Wade, Outlaw plays like james Worthy, Morrow plays like Petrovic, Murphy play like Nowitzki, Damian James play like Sean Elliot, Farmar plays like Deron williams and Petro plays like Cartwright. Humphrie bench play like Karl Malone and of course Ross and Uzoh plays like Spassky and Bobby Fisher. Yes go NETS go you can do it.
by JuliusIrving on Sep 8, 2010 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Nets will make the playoffs this year…
"I want to win, I want the team to win and I'm in complete control."
-Coach Avery Johnson.
+1
And Nets will certainly finish ahead of the Raptors (he picks for playoffs) as well as ahead of the Cavs. Why aren’t they on the list??
A 29 game turnaround is so significant, when you are starting from so far down.
No one can even say for sure that West will be much better than East this year.
There are probably going to be at least 2 pleasant surprises and 2 big disappointments in each conference, just like there always is.
Knicks deserve to be on that list. Amare is given too much credit. He can’t lead a team by himself, never has, never will.
And watch for Nets to improve the team before the season. King is up to something right now. Be on the alert.
I don't buy into the "turnaround"
If we had the same team, and maybe made a slight change (coach, new PF, healthy players, etc) that’s a big deal. Like when Kidd came in and changed the franchise.
We have only TWO players from last year’s roster.
A big change shouldn’t be surprising at all.
@jerry
And Nets will certainly finish ahead of the Raptors (he picks for playoffs)
Agreed. The Raps are gonna be horrible. Take a look at their depth chart
Jack/Calderon/Banks
Derozan/Barbosa
Kleiza/Weems/Wright
Davis/Johnson/Evans
Bargnani/Andersen
They’ll be lucky to win 20 games.
The wrong Sean was cut...
Sean Powell should be cut for this following quote;
“Basically, you don’t like where they are now”
But he likes the direction we are going and wait two years. That means you should like where we are right now, shouldn’t it?
He means we are not currently a championship contender
But he sees the light at the end of the tunnel. We could be a championship team in a couple years. As a result, you can’t like what we have now as far as looking at this year’s team as a championship contender, but we are on the right path toward becoming one.
Nets = Global
Knicks = Local
The guy hasn't even seen this "new" Nets team play 1 minute!
What team has had such a massive turnover then the Nets this off season? Anybody who can predict where this team is at, right now, is just down right guessing, including me.
If Favors comes into camp and blows everbody away...
will he then change his playoff prediction. If Lopez and Murphy compliment each other, and bring it every night, in the front court, will he change his opinion? If Outlaw breaks out big at SF and Harris, Morrow, T-Will and Farmar come together to form a dynamic back court, will that mean anything?
So many things can and will happen. Know one knows yet what this team can and cannot be. Lets at least watch a couple of games first, before labeling them losers.
I can think of one team
It only kept 2 players from the previous year. And annihilated the competition during Free Agency.
middleman
you mean that he’s the middleman in backdoor tampering deals, sanctioned quietly by David Stern’s corrupt NBA.
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
by MrDollarBills on Sep 8, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
We believe!
Lopez – AS
Murphy – double/double
Outlaw – clutch
T-Will – rising star
Harris – AS
+ real bench!
We can make it happen in the East and can write history. The most important thing for coaching staff to do – to make them play as a team!
I don’t see the point of this article… he lists teams who could make a playoff push in years to come and basically just lists the 8 worst teams in the league now and says they ‘could’ make it down the road… really goin out on a limb… all 32 teams ‘could’ make it down the road. Just a pointless article if u ask me
by cdr4prez on Sep 8, 2010 11:48 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Go Nets
Possible, but why all this emphasis on youth? Harris is only 28. Last time I checked Kobe, KG, Pierce, Odom, Allen, Fischer etc. were into their 30’s. THe young ones – Melo, Bosh, Lebron, etc. missed out. Youth is great only because we think it may turn into greatness, but sometimes, it’s just better to have vets who are what they are. Yankees are not that young….l
Jeter, Posada, Riviera have been winnning since they were called up 13 yrs ago.
not "that" Jersey Shore...Point Pleasant, 10 refreshing miles north of Seaside.
by John at the Jersey Shore on Sep 8, 2010 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Harris is actually 27
doesnt turn 28 til February. Lopez is actually 22…doesn’t turn 23 til April.
Mr Powell got ahead of himself on the ages.
37 wins would be a successful season for us
Lets just sit back and enjoy this team, and not worry about making the post season.
If we do, cool. National TV exposure and a solid beating from the Heat
If we don’t, another lottery pick to add to the group.
WIN/WIN.
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
You might not worry
But Prokhorov has a plan of making the playoffs. I don’t believe he wants to start changing his tune.
he aims high
and I respect him for that. That’s why he’s flying G5’s and providing “entertainment” to business associates in the French Alps.
I’m just trying to be humble about this. Deep down, i feel that we’re going to surprise a lot of people, but I’ll let the guys play the games and I’ll comment.
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
by MrDollarBills on Sep 8, 2010 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Note: The Nash and Kidd turnarounds both came at the end of the “Marbury” era for those teams.
by ispartan on Sep 8, 2010 1:48 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Well its fair
To think the worst team won’t make the playoffs what helps us is our team wasn’t as bad as its record. So we can make it. It takes time though to build chemistry and figure out what works. Thankfully we have a very good coach and we’ll just have to hope thing gel quickly or the talent on the roster is enough to keep us in the race until thing do gel.
The Nuggets posted a 26 game turnaround in the first year of the Carmelo Anthony era.
by ispartan on Sep 8, 2010 2:31 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
HERE WE GO
Elone vs. Andres, Round 6
FIGHT!!!!
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
by MrDollarBills on Sep 8, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
But look who he is replacing, Bobby Simmons, Trenton Hassel, Jarvis Hayes (do we count CDR as a SF?). + 26 might not be a stretch, it might be considered dogging it
by ispartan on Sep 8, 2010 8:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Oops, would be hypothetically replacing
by ispartan on Sep 8, 2010 8:11 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
not to a title
That’s all I’m saying. Just my opinion, and that 26 game turnaround doesn’t prove it wrong at all. His continued playoff failures prove it right tho. So far, that’s it.
I never refeused to give him the credit he deserves for helping Denver bounce back after some terrible seasons. But he had hel, as I’ve mentioned numerous times, Camby and Miller had something to do with that 26 game turnaround, whether you want to admit it or not.
actually
not to a title, but not even fighting for one, nor that really deep into the postseason.
And again, I’m not taking anything away from what Carmelo has done in order to make Denver a playoff team again after those dismal years. He’s just not the kind of player you build a championship team around, IMO, idk why any of his fans here should take offense at that.
32
32 wins, which is how many I am hoping for, does not get us into the playoffs. It would take ten more than that. AND the total could easily be only 22 wins, if things don’t go our way. I am a realist. A twenty win improvement would be a major step forward. From 12 to 32 would be a success. Let’s aim to make the playoffs when we get to Brooklyn. GO NETS!
Paul from Delray Beach
"From 12 to 32 would be a success"
Another 12 win season and I will officially retire as a Nets fan. Another 12 win season and I might not live to see Brooklyn. Did you ever wonder why you never see to many “old” Nets fans? Yep, that’s right, they die early deaths!
Hey Mike
I have been a fan since the early ABA days, and I look forward to seeing a vast improvement this year and a steady rise to a top tier team. Keep the faith. Nets tme will come again.
R.I.P. Drazen Petrovic and Wendell Ladner, I remember in 1975 when the plane crahed and they identified him by his championship ring enscribed on his finger.
At 52 I guess am and one of the old fans.
by Johnnynets on Sep 8, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Notice how all the teams with significant turnarounds had big players arriving- from Duncan to Kidd. Our team is in a different direction. Were about development. We brought some good pieces with potential, but our main priority should be developing these 4 players;
Lopez
Twill
James
Favors
If they can develop into what we want them to be, we will be a team that improves gradually but makes a splash every year, anyways, like the Thunder/ Trail Blazers
What does Brooklyn have to do with it? That is a media creation. Any team that thinks that in 2 years, they will suddenly decide to "go for it", is kidding themselves.
Someone like Melo wouldn’t hesitate much to come to Nets this season. Brooklyn isn’t necessary right now. LaLa isn’t going to say “my husband can’t play for Nets in New Jersey, but he can play for Nets in Brooklyn”? All she will care about is keeping her NY area job with MTV.
And any team would be stupid to pay too much for a Superstar. The media will be taught a lesson this year with Amare and Knicks.
We will make it and this is only known by our Nets fans
How can you expect those experts think the Nets will make the playoffs after a 12-win season? Although we are so different than last year’s, they won’t see that factor.
If they are smart enough, they won’t be columnists.
I will make no predictions
til I see them in preseason.
Going into 2004-05, I was okay with the team. Then, I saw them play and immediately dropped my expectations.
Last season, I didn’t think they would be terrible, figured 34 wins again. Then, I saw them play and immediately dropped my expectations to 22 wins.
The Media should hold off making a prediction too, especially since they know less than dedicated Nets fans.
However, since they are required to “put their foot in their mouth”, at least they should have a large Range, that overlaps with playoffs. Knicks should have a large range too, that starts around 29 wins. The Cavs should be more predictable than Nets and Knicks with a projection around 35 wins.
That article was pretty bad..
Eight teams that theoretically could make the playoffs, but I’m your typical mainstream journalist lacking the cojones to go out on a limb and demonstrate a little prescience, and instead willing to leave bulletin board material with the potential to make me look like an absolute dufus maximus when one of these teams(Nets) ends up making the playoffs..
I was going to say the same, 8 teams. LOL!
What it the writers really saying is these 8 teams won’t make the playoffs, without a miracle.
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