Hollinger Team Forecasts Are Up
Insider only. He has the Bulls winning 48. Individual forecasts not up yet.
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Hollinger is just a numbers guy
I’ve never read anything of his that reveals any sort of bias he has. What are you basing this on?
by diedaily23 on Sep 27, 2010 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
People don't like when his numbers don't like their teams
Dallas fans in particular hate the guy, but their team never does anything in the playoffs to prove him wrong. I’ll never understand it either.
that's healthy
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 27, 2010 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes. It's personal.
All of his predictions and insight arise purely out of his opinions of the people who make up the teams.
Damn.
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by ColonelFatheart on Sep 27, 2010 1:05 PM CDT reply actions
I dunno, almost 50 wins seems about right to me.
He also has the Bucks finishing better than us, which I don’t see at all. Has this been a common prediction?
the argument mostly is wehther you think we will come together as a team fast enough
the bucks basically have their entire roster back with some added firepower for the bench
This may go down as the most retarded decade in NBA history.
he stole my win total
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 27, 2010 1:26 PM CDT reply actions
Hollinger makes good points:
The wing players as a group are a grade below what’s found on most contending teams, and any injuries to the historically fragile Noah-Boozer combo will blow open a crater in the frontcourt rotation.
Maybe I shouldn’t hate Taj so much.
I wouldn't say they're a grade below
but I do think this team is still one really good shooting guard from being a great team. 48 wins sounds about right.
Superteams suck.
by Juiceboxjerry on Sep 27, 2010 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed. Brewer is the only weak point as far as the wings and he’s not terrible just not very good offensively. 48 wins does sound about right….52 if everything goes perfect and there’s no major injuries.
he said a grade below contending teams
contending teams – Boston (Allen, Pierce); Lakers (Artest, Bryant); Miami (Wade, Bron); Orlando (Vince Carter, Reddick, Lewis, Pietrus); Denver (Melo, J.R Smith, Affalo); OKC (Harden, Sefo, Durant); Portland (Roy, Batum, Matthews, Fernandez)
How aren’t Deng, Brewer, Korver, James Johnson a grade below these groups?
by Basketball Smurf on Sep 27, 2010 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
You can't just look at lists of players in isolation.
Our wings fit poorly with the rest of our talent. Brewer can’t shoot and Korver can’t really guard SGs. Deng himself isn’t a perfect fit because he refuses to shoot 3s, and Johnson really can’t be considered a contributor in any sense. Hollinger’s prediction doesn’t go above 50, because our guards (we can include Rose in here, since his lack of shooting is part of the problem) are less than the sum of their parts and our frontcourt is very thin.
(Plus, Deng, Brewer, Korver, and Johnson are a grade below those guys. Quite clearly.)
i think you reach the same conclusion i did
that the Bulls are a step below other contending teams at the wing position.
by Basketball Smurf on Sep 27, 2010 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions
you know whos a wing player thats not a grade below whats found on most contending teams......
it starts with m and rhymes with yellow
This may go down as the most retarded decade in NBA history.
I'm not sure Noah is historically fragile. Maybe Deng, though.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
He doesn't seem that off, really
It’s kind of funny when people get pissed at Hollinger almost out of habit now. I think I’ve read nearly everything he said on BaB at one point or another.
I've thought fifty would be a slight stretch all along.
48 seems good. But they added Boozer, Korver, Brewer, Watson!!! And Noah and Rose are going to be better! And Hinrich, Miller and Thomas didn’t bring ANYTHING to the 41 wins, right?
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
yeah I think any assumption that the Bulls will surpass the Bucks
seems to forget they have a 5 game head-start over last season.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 28, 2010 9:17 AM CDT up reply actions
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