10-03-2022, 11:29 AM
(10-03-2022, 11:05 AM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: What I was ruminating on this morning is how key health is this year. The difference for the Mavs between a 52-win season and a 62-win season is Spencer Dinwiddie's health. Of course we haven't seen the injury problems during his short tenure here, but we have Cow to remind us constantly of how often that's been an issue in his career. If he plays 72+ games this year and is healthy throughout the playoffs, I feel like the sky's the limit - as in, for the current roster. If he goes out for the season like THJ did last year, then the year is almost as lost, imho, as it would be if Luka went down. The difference is that the latter is the solitary thing that could happen that would make tanking possible and realistic.
I don't see any team winning 62 games this year, including the Warriors. The league is more balanced between East and West. It won't surprise me if the top team in wins is somewhere between 53-57.