14/15 Season Preview East
@hobbers @Skizzo @sebsheep @Dr. Dwayne @Salt Bailly @oneniltothearsenal @BenitoSTARR @Stobzilla @P-Nut @reelworld
This time I'm only including the squad down to 55 rating.
SebJr - Miami Heat (46-36, 1st Round)
Improvements for both
SebJr himself and the Heat. They did quite well this year, so so logically you would expect them to do even better this year. It's a deep, young squad, so it might not be such a bad idea for
SebJr to stay in Miami after his contract expires.
BenitoSTARR &
Stobzilla II - New York Knicks (51-31, 1st Round)
Decline has truly come to New York. It's even taken
Stobzilla II, who isn't even old. The Knicks have been up and down for a few years, but this is definitely going to be a down season. I'd be shocked if they can make the playoffs, even though
BenitoSTARR is still
quite good. Behind the two Cafites there's practically nothing.
hobbers &
Skizzo - Boston Celtics (69-13, Runners-up)
hobbers has the slowest decline in the game. He's just gone down to 78 in rating, and he's turned 36. At this rate he'll be in the "superstar" category for another couple of seasons, and then in the "good player" category for a few more after that - if he doesn't retire.
Skizzo, on the other hand, has well and truly left that category behind.
Salt Bailly - Detroit Pistons (24-58)
Salt Bailly is 37 years old. That's practically one foot in the grave. His ratings have acted accordingly, though he's still a serviceable player. His son is the future, but he's in the other conference.
Dr. Dwayne - Cleveland Cavaliers (48-34, 2nd Round)
Dr. Dwayne is our second 37-year old, and he too is feeling it in his bones. Most of the decline over the years has been physical, however, so he's still got the skills to make something happen for his Cavaliers.
Two Nil - Toronto Raptors (39-43)
Two Nil didn't have such a great start to the season, getting immediately sidelined for a few weeks. His Raptors only have
pretty good players, but they've got a lot of them. Some of them are quite young as well, like
Two Nil himself.
reelworld II &
P-Nut - Milwaukee Bucks (37-45)
When you look at the top 3-4 players on the Bucks, you wonder why they aren't tipped to do better. The squad has the depth of a puddle, however. In fact, even if I had kept including players down to 50 overall rating, the screenshot would be no larger. The 6th best player on the team is a healthy 47 rating, and he's getting solid minutes. He also has a PER of -19.6.
reelworld II and
P-Nut are great players, who had great seasons last year, so now you know why you won't see them in the playoffs.