Season expections/Predictions?

[Amare32]

Here we go then

post your predictions for the season ahead

record-
how far in the playoffs-

 

[The Commish]

82-0

NBA Finals Champions

 

[playstation]

63-19

nba title

if not now, when?

 

[scoutmasterdave]

58-24, NBA Champions. There will be some growing pains as Amare shuffles in and out of the lineup, and I think it will cost the Suns a few games. But come playoff time, they'll be ready and focused.

 

[JS22]

54-28

WCF loss in 6 to the Spurs.

Amare "getting used" to the team, and vice versca, will cause at least 5 losses. And the Suns are one AVERAGE big man away from being able to take down the Spurs.

 

[Nash]

56-26
nba finals

 

[CaptainInsano]

57-25

If KT is still going strong then we will rough and tumble with the spurs in the conf finals and come out on top, and then proceed to breeze past miami in the finals. We have miami's number.

 

[Sundance]

63-19

nba title

^^^
Yeah, that.

 

[jandaman]

60-22

Playoffs?

Dun want to jinx!

 

[Ollie]

59-23

Barring any major injuries : NBA champs

 

[krispydude]

58-24

WCF at the least. DAL and SA still scares me

 

[Nasser22]

59-23, 1 game behind San Antonio and 3 behind Dallas because of getting used to having Amare back. So with the 3rd seed I still expect a championship like Ollie said, if we don't have major injuries. San Antonio really doesen't scare me too much anymore. Duncan will do whatever he want but Kurt and Amare can do a solid job down low. Parker should still do well. Ginobli won't have the success he did against us 2 years ago now that we have Raja Bell and some better defense inside. And the rest of their team is getting pretty old. I'm scared of Dallas though, but I think they Suns can win that.

 

[Treesquid PhD]

57 wins

 

[George O'Brien]

60-22

Keys:

1. How far and quickly Amare comes back

2. How healthy the Suns other key guys are including Nash, Marion, and Bell.

3. How quickly the Suns adjust to the new ball.

 

[Bufalay]

39-43 8th seed

come back from 0-3 in all four rounds of the playoffs.

nash and amare only play 15 games all year. marion plays 32. the lineup that carries the suns to the championship is:

Bell-51 ppg in west finals vs. kobe who only averages 12 in the series
Diaw
Barbosa
kurt
christain laettner

 

[Scot1]

Banks is key

57 wins

If Banks learns to dish out assists, or just does it, raise that by 5 wins. If not, then lower it by a few, because Nash will get overplayed and suffer a (short-term, I hope) injury.

 

[Skkorpion]

55 wins. Amare is done. Right now, he's a distraction.

 

[FArting]

73-9

nba championship
mvp steve nash for 3rd straight year

 

[Espo]

59-23
Nba Finals

 

[nowagimp]

Only 54 wins due to the adjustment of new pieces, but by the end of the year, the suns will be ready to win their first NBA title using the center tandem of KT/Amare. Speed kills, and with the new breakaway rule, the suns will be a nightmare for all other NBA teams, once they learn to play together. Defense will be better than ever with more a defensive minded Amare blocking shots, a healthy KT, Banks at the backup '2' guard(defensively) in addition to the Diaw, Bell, Marion, JJ, JJ2 stable. D'Antoni will have a lot of pieces to give alot of different looks defensively and offensively. Getting to the suns underbelly by getting a couple rotation players in foul trouble and letting fatigue set in will not work this year, they are too deep. Once the system sets in their minds, this group will shine.

 

[NoelPHX]

52-30 We will have some growing pains but by the end of the season we will be clicking our way to the NBA Finals............ and a win.....

P.S. I will be glad if I am wrong on the record as long as the second part is correct.

 

[Cheesebeef]

52-30 We will have some growing pains but by the end of the season we will be clicking our way to the NBA Finals............ and a win.....

P.S. I will be glad if I am wrong on the record as long as the second part is correct.

i could definitely see this happening. Baasically, having a year like Miami last year where it took awhile time to put a lot of new pieces together but once they got their stuff together, they were champions.

 

[Nash]

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