3 predictions thread for wealth and glory

[Final_quest]

1. My main prediction is that Cam will not have a breakout year.  He didn't step up at Duke.  Not as a rookie.  Not as a sophomore.  Past predicts the future.  

2. Jalen Johnson will be seen as clearly better than Cam by the end of the year.  Like not even close.  

3. Capela will be an allstar.

[niremetal]

I'll make mine:

 

(1) Bogi finishes top 10 in 3P%.

(2) Neither JJ nor Coop average more than 15mpg over a full month (barring major injuries or a consolidation trade).

(3) Schlenk wins Executive of the Year.

Edited September 20, 2021 by niremetal

[JayBirdHawk]

1 hour ago, Spud2nique said:

I’m confused as to who I’m rooting for here.

Just root for the Hawks.

[AHF]

On 9/17/2021 at 8:24 PM, hazer said:

I tried, straight up. Prospective takers tried to condition the bet to death. Straight up, I’ll still make that bet. Injuries, trades, falling out favor, all normal factors which normally happen during a normal season. Straight up: Coop is #2 by ASG  

If I remember correctly.  The only condition put up was that he not win it purely by the guy(s) in front of him getting injured.  That wasn't much of a condition unless you are really betting less on Cooper's talent and more on two of Trae, Wright and Lou being injury prone this year.

On 9/17/2021 at 11:16 PM, JayBirdHawk said:

 

@AHF make it official....we have a bet.

4 hours ago, AHF said:

Can I suggest one clarification so that we make sure everyone is on the same page?  What do you guys mean when you say that Coop will be the #2 point guard by the All-Star break? 

Is there a certain number of games that this has to happen?  (Like if Wright comes into games first and averages 20 mpg to Coop's 7 mpg for the first 40 games but Coop plays 17 mpg and comes in as an immediate substitute for Trae the last two games before the break is that enough?)  Are we talking #2 means that Coop subs in first for Trae when Trae comes out or that Coop averages more minutes than Wright or something else, etc.?

or....

4 hours ago, AHF said:

Or you guys can feel free to ignore me and say "it's like pornography - we'll know it when we see it and we'll see it the same way." 

@JayBirdHawk  @hazer

2 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Yes.  

2 hours ago, hazer said:

 

Straight up bet with no further clarification it is!

[hazer]

2 hours ago, niremetal said:

You're braver than me--Delon and Lou bang knees in practice three days before the break and you could have a pooping elephant as your avatar for awhile 

Bird and I are on the same page, she knows I’d call a freak incident such as that a “push” 

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Just root for the Hawks.

Thanks  

[Spud2nique]

I’m jealous I’d like to bet with someone.. hmm… anyone wanna bet Cam won’t get traded for an avatar bet?

[thecampster]

14 hours ago, Final_quest said:

1. My main prediction is that Cam will not have a breakout year.  He didn't step up at Duke.  Not as a rookie.  Not as a sophomore.  Past predicts the future.  

2. Jalen Johnson will be seen as clearly better than Cam by the end of the year.  Like not even close.  

3. Capela will be an allstar.

That's a bold move Cotton. Let's see how it works out!

[TheNorthCydeRises]

On 9/18/2021 at 10:06 AM, benhillboy said:

Trae will be benched for the last 6-7 minutes in a close game versus a contending team and we win.

Ain’t nothing happening at the trade deadline.

Someone other than Trae will win a POTM.  Prolly Bogi.

Still got that last pint of Traeterade in you body huh?

 

 

[thecampster]

1 hour ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Still got that last pint of Traeterade in you body huh?

 

 

OMFG I love that.

[benhillboy]

On 9/20/2021 at 12:27 PM, macdaddy said:

LOL.  You still got one leg draggin off the Trae wagon?   Come on man.   We don't mind that you were 3 years late.  There's room for everyone.  

Lol.  True.

[benhillboy]

On 9/21/2021 at 8:24 AM, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Still got that last pint of Traeterade in you body huh?

 

 

Lol you know I keep a Sam’s Club case of it on cool.  Seriously tho I want him to ball out as much as everyone here but he has to be more of a sacrificial guard.  Luckily he has the ideal coach who’s already made the proper inroads to doing so.

If his steals, charges drawn, and corner three attempts get a slight boost y’all won’t hear the bull-ish from me.  Those small incremental individual improvements will lead to a huge +4 on the Hawks’ point differential alone.

Edited September 22, 2021 by benhillboy

[Final_quest]

On 9/17/2021 at 4:46 PM, Spud2nique said:

 

3 team predictions

1. Finish top 5 as a team in ppg overall. (Last year 13th). This team is young, we move.

2. Finish top 5 in the league in FT% AGAIN!  (that’s for you @Gray Mule ) over 80% again

3. Assists as a team, last year 19th, this year top 10 in the league. We move but we also distribute the rock. 
 

3. Individual predictions

1. Trae is assist (popular one)

2. Trae and Collins get all star ️ nods

3. Cam and Hunter will both finish top 10 in most improved and one in the top 5.

Nostraspudus out! 

Another predictions revisited thread!  
 

At first glance Spud had the most correct predictions.  
 

Most did not predict a single thing correctly.  

[Spud2nique]

10 hours ago, Final_quest said:

Another predictions revisited thread!  
 

At first glance Spud had the most correct predictions.  
 

Most did not predict a single thing correctly.  

Thanks despite the down year somehow we are

4th in SCORING overall in the NBA.

6th in FT% overall in the NBA.

Assists 15th (I thought top 10). Still amazes me that we aren’t because of the next one here..

TRAE the assist king in OVERALL dimes but not avg. per game. (They actually spoke about this on the telecast and compared it to baseball ️ and home runs as we don’t avg a player’s homers but rather the number of them.

2. JC didn’t develop into an all star. I thought he would take that step. Don’t mind it though because he understands that we are trying to win.

3. My Cam and Hunter predictions were off. The 2019 draft didn’t seem to work out for us like we had hoped. Hunter still has the playoffs to do something and hopefully he will.

[Diesel]

On 9/17/2021 at 3:16 PM, Diesel said:

 

1.  Trae Young Leads the NBA in Assists and ends up All NBA 3rd Team.  He also shoots less FTs than last year due to the new rule. 

2.  JC shoots over 40% from three and pulls down 8.5 rpg. 

3.  Clint Leads the league in Rebs again. 

4.  Wright plays primarily as a SG... Lots of the time, he plays with Lou. 

1 and 4 are right.   (except Trae has to be 1st or 2nd team all NBA).

3 ... Clint came in 4th. 

2.  JC got hurt   but I will concede that he wouldn't have gotten over 40%.

[macdaddy]

On 9/22/2021 at 1:00 PM, benhillboy said:

If his steals, charges drawn, and corner three attempts get a slight boost y’all won’t hear the bull-ish from me.  Those small incremental individual improvements will lead to a huge +4 on the Hawks’ point differential alone.

Hmmm.  Seems like all those got a boost yet you still created a thread about how we will never win it all with Trae?   

I'm not worried.  Trae will win everyone over eventually.  

[benhillboy]

52 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

Hmmm.  Seems like all those got a boost yet you still created a thread about how we will never win it all with Trae?   

I'm not worried.  Trae will win everyone over eventually.  

He improved his assist to turn and added a very efficient mid range shot as well.  All excellent strides.

I’ve also created threads discussing his economy of dribble, his incremental improvement in eliminating air balls and bricks leading to better offensive rebounding, how good his and Kevin’s defesnive ratings were in the playoffs, and sparked discussions on how historic his bounce passing, pass timing, and floaters are.  

I certainly don’t want or need any recognition just pointing out facts you may have missed when thinking I’m anything but a balanced and thorough critic of his game.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

On 9/17/2021 at 5:34 PM, TheNorthCydeRises said:

1) Hawks will have a 12 game win streak going into the Jan. 7th game vs the Lakers . . . which is a ESPN game.

2) Hawks will be up 3 - 2 in the Eastern Conference Finals . . . I don't know if they can close it out, but they will be up 3 - 2, with at least 2 shots to get to the NBA Finals

3) Jalen Johnson will displace either Kevin Huerter or Cam Reddish as being the 1st wing off the bench.

 

 

 

1) Turns out, this was one of our worst stretch of the year, due to the COVID restrictions and non suspension of games.

2) LOL . . Let's just win the next 2 games first

3) SMH . . . poor Nate doesn't believe in his abilities.

[SalvorMallow]

1 hour ago, benhillboy said:

He improved his assist to turn and added a very efficient mid range shot as well.  All excellent strides.

I’ve also created threads discussing his economy of dribble, his incremental improvement in eliminating air balls and bricks leading to better offensive rebounding, how good his and Kevin’s defesnive ratings were in the playoffs, and sparked discussions on how historic his bounce passing, pass timing, and floaters are.  

I certainly don’t want or need any recognition just pointing out facts you may have missed when thinking I’m anything but a balanced and thorough critic of his game.

lol you called Trae Young a "role player". I hardly consider that take to be "Balanced and thoughtful". 

[Final_quest]

On 9/20/2021 at 4:37 PM, Final_quest said:

1. My main prediction is that Cam will not have a breakout year.  He didn't step up at Duke.  Not as a rookie.  Not as a sophomore.  Past predicts the future.  

2. Jalen Johnson will be seen as clearly better than Cam by the end of the year.  Like not even close.  

3. Capela will be an allstar.

Hoping my 2nd prediction is true by next year.