Tonight is NBA tipoff! Following Bill Simmons format, I am predicting which teams will be over or under their projected win total.
- Denver Nuggets: 54 or over. Jokic with better players around him… of course.
- Minnesota Timberwolves: 50 or over
- OKC Thunder: 63 or over
- San Antonio Spurs: 44 or over (and if they don’t hit this, it’s because Wemby was out for many games.)
- Atlanta Hawks: 42 or over. They’ve been hovering around mediocrity for years. This team will easily win 50% of their games now.
- Cleveland Cavaliers: 67 or over. Why wouldn’t they, with key injuries to three rival teams?
- Bucks: 43 or over. Giannis is still Giannis.
I didn’t take any unders. I don’t follow the bad teams enough to know who is truly terrible.
Of note: Bill Simmons and two others made predictions. There were 19 times were they all agreed. Of those, I took four. My other three picks were not unanimous from that group. Muttrox still makes up his one mind.
And of course, I predict the NBA MVP will once again be Nikola Jokic. He should have won it last year. With better players around him, his dominance will be absolute.