Is "Baller" Trademarked Yet?

Now that we are a few games in, many fans and commentators do the most obnoxious thing in my opinion:  pretend we know anything about any NBA team after 2-4 games.  That said, this season has some things that feel like are true from these:  certain teams are struggling without some of their players, some are in trouble due to a potential franchise altering move, and some are encountering some weird luck.  In this post, I will look at several teams that are underwhelming, had major publicity for a bad game, or have a star injured and determine whether it is actually time to be concerned and when the right time to be is.  Records and stats are accurate as of prior to the games on December 29 th .   The Injuries The following teams have a major contributor who is injured, and their team has missed (or will miss) them. Golden State Warriors 1-2, Draymond Green out a couple more games, Marquese Chriss and Klay Thompson out for the season Concerned : ...

We have reached the final stage of my preseason blog trilogy:  my predictions for this season's standings and playoffs.  This post includes the standings, my playoff predictions, and a more in depth look at each team. My predictions for the rankings can fluctuate a bit.  For reference, I accurately predicted each playoff team in the East last year, but I had the Thunder finishing 14th (they finished 5th), so there were some that were wrong on that end.  This season, the 7-10 seeds of each conference, will compete in a play-in game.  I feel confident about 7 teams in the East that I expect to make the playoffs and 6 in the West, but outside of expecting the top team in the West, I'm not confident in exact positions so long as James Harden remains in Houston.  I also have no idea what will happen with Covid-19. Without further ado, here is my final set of preseason predictions.   Standings East Milwaukee Bucks Miami Heat Brooklyn Nets Boston Celtics ...