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[Kestas]

Ryan W wrote:

>Listen, if we win the lottery and Oden comes out,
>there is no way, except through injury, that we won't
>make the playoffs.  NO WAY.  
>
If all the stars are aligned just right, they may well make the 
playoffs. But with our (virtually nonexistent) defense, the declining 
health of our few veterans, Doc's brilliant game coaching, high 
likelihood of some sort injury issues affecting Delonte,  Al, or Perk 
(based on their history so far), it's far from "not even worth 
debating".  The odds of everything working out perfectly are less than 
slim. Unless Oden (whom we have less than 1 in 5 chance of getting IF he 
comes out and IF Ainge chooses to take him over Durant ) magically turns 
this team into defensive stalwarts,  I don't see this team necessarily  
making it despite the other potential and certain handicaps.

 I'll remind you that most people thought  there was no way we wouldn't 
make the playoffs THIS year, too. The modal predicted win total  on  
Snoopy's  list for this season was 43 and the mean 43.5 , more than  
enough  to make the playoffs and likely at least 15 games above where 
we'll end up this year.  This tells me that most fans are wildly 
optimistic about this team's abilities. Even such naysayers as Dr. 
Chestnutt and Egg were overly optimistic, as it turns out.
Kestas

>This isn't even worth
>debating.  We're a borderline playoff team right now
>with everyone healthy.  If you want to debate
>something, debate our seeding IN THE PLAYOFFS. 
>Veterans our needed, that's for sure, but not to get
>into the playoffs.
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