Can We Make It?

by gabezgsw on Feb 13, 2008 5:45 PM PST Comment 22 comments

I've been watching hoops for over 20 years and I haven't seen such a lopsided conference in years. With that said, I am looking at the rest of the season as the playoffs for the playoffs.

There are 11 legit teams vying for a playoff spot. One night the #1 seed can drop to a #5 seed and conversely an #11 seed can move to a #7 seed. It's bizarre. I just can't see Yao Ming and TMac not making the playoffs. I also can't see AI and Mello not making it either. Phoenix, San Antonio, Dallas, LA and Utah are locks. Denver, Houston, Portland, NO and the Dubs are all behind them by a little bit. Question is, at this point in the season, do the Dubs have concern they will even make it or do yall feel as though its a lock?

Help me out because if we win 50 games and don't make the playoffs, I'll personally write to David Stern. I mean for the love of God, if the Dubs were in the East, we would only be behind Boston and Detroit as the #3 seed with other teams that are well below .500 as the #6, 7 and 8 seeds.

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Will The Dubs Make The Playoffs?

Yes

61 votes

No

10 votes

71 votes | Poll has closed

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portland

won't make the playoffs I think by the look of it right now. They are already falling out of contention right now. But same could happen to the dubs. We're neck and neck with rockets right now.

by saintdee on Feb 13, 2008 7:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

whoops

i forgot to add if we win tonight and houston too(which looks like they will) then we will all be tied with the same record

32-20... lol What a good number.

by saintdee on Feb 13, 2008 7:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

i know

that you been here on GSOM as long as I have and I feel your pain... we need to prove the NBA wrong and that we belong!!!

win or lose... playoffs or lottery... i gotta luv them dubz! GSW 4 Life!!!

by gogomaplata on Feb 13, 2008 9:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

i hope

Dallas gets knocked off the list. If they can go on a mini skid it'd make me immensely happy.

by saintdee on Feb 13, 2008 9:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

announcer input

yeah did you hear the espn announcers for the game talking about playing 16 games against one team to create a rivalry or dropping teams down to another flight if they suck like in soccer. -No don't talk about any sort of rational way to arrange playoffs!!-puppets. It was good to hear some love for baron tho

by frankus maximus on Feb 13, 2008 9:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

1 game behind Utah

and 2 behind the spurs...

win or lose... playoffs or lottery... i gotta luv them dubz! GSW 4 Life!!!

by gogomaplata on Feb 13, 2008 10:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I don't see how any team is

a "lock". If someone gets injured it could take a team completely out of the race and one cold streak of games could doom any team in the west.

by Elcold on Feb 13, 2008 10:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Of course

we will make the playoffs. If you take away the 6 game losing streak from the begining of the season we would be up there with the suns who we beat 2 times this season. Say if we split those six games we would be 35-17 right at the top. I'm not even worried in the slightest

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb133/brojes2000/Playoffs07_FireWP_1024.jpg

by brojes2000 on Feb 13, 2008 10:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Whistling in the graveyard

we have a ZERO game lead over the Nuggets, who are currently out of the playoffs. Both the Rockets and the Nuggets have better point differentials than we do.

Of course we're also only 4.5 games off the pace for the #1 seed but to say you're "not worried in the slightest" is dumbassery at its finest. Who between Houston and Denver are you so sure is going to be eliminated?

by Sleepy Freud on Feb 14, 2008 4:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Troll

by bloodsweatndonuts on Feb 14, 2008 9:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

New format

I wouldn't mind if the NBA went to a playoff format where the top 16 teams with the best records go to the playoffs regardless of division or conference. If that can't happen, i would like to go back to the 4 division structure.

I pray i never have to use a gun again.

by ssmokinjoe on Feb 13, 2008 10:35 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Un-Lock

Nobody is really a lock right now. With just three good games from the Warriors and three off ones from any of the top teams, we could be a leader in the conference. I don't know if I should be real happy the West is so competitive right now, or real scared [Maybe a little bit of both :^)]. Anyway, I think GS is going to make the playoffs this year, probably even in the 6th or 7th spot.

by DABayBoi on Feb 13, 2008 11:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

The good thing is...

that the Warriors are in the hunt!

With the upcoming schedule, moving up to the middle of the pack is not only plausible, but i expect it. After the All-star break, we should be rested enough to defeat Utah and then probably drop one against Boston (though you never know). Then ATL, SEA, and PHI which are all more than winnable.

In past years we struggled for an ounce of respectibility. Now we are more than just a nuisance in the playoff race. We are a bonified threat.

This is fun!

I pray i never have to use a gun again.

by ssmokinjoe on Feb 13, 2008 11:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

hm

come on you gotta believe we can beat Boston. JRICH did it. The Wizards did it twice. The Timberwolves almost beat them twice. Surely we the mighty dubs can do it too. All we need to do is lose the Utah game to get our guys fired up.

by saintdee on Feb 13, 2008 11:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

well

After the All-star break we play Utah and Boston back-to-back. In my heart i know that we can beat both of these teams, but my gut tells me to pick either or.

If i'm proven wrong and they beat both, then hell i'll take that any day.

I pray i never have to use a gun again.

by ssmokinjoe on Feb 13, 2008 11:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

asdf

We still believe.

tmac's gunna get hurt again and funk up their flow

art by jnazaire 07

by disguy on Feb 13, 2008 11:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

out team is perfect.

Really the warriors are built
to play some serious Nellie Ball.
Might be his best team even as good as TMC, or
his Milwakee teams.Best backcourt in the league. they will outscore most teams from here on out. no doubt. i believe.

blacktop to the hardwood

by dankmob on Feb 14, 2008 12:02 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

if the dubs were in the east......hmm...

40 wins no doubt. just cleaning up the hardwood..
we play well against the west..though...this was a great nite of national redemption from last thursdays debacle. btw..monta does a very big dribble before he drives by people..trip...over the head...and to the rack! THE BIG DRIBBLE

blacktop to the hardwood

by dankmob on Feb 14, 2008 12:51 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

ECF champ could

have a huge advantage entering Finals - the WCF teams will beat the hell out of eachother while the ECF will be the only tough series for Boston&Detroit, they'll be better rested and healthier

Is there any team in the west you'd bet the farm on against a healthy Celtics club?

by hardcore on Feb 14, 2008 11:17 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Lakers. if healthy

Would be my bet to win it all. They have the clutchest player in the league, and no one comes close to matching up with their Odom-Turiaf-Gasol-Bynum front-line of doom.

Bynum's health is a question mark, though. If I had to put my money down right now:

Celtics
Lakers
Spurs

Then a fairly big drop to the next grouping -- probably Utah, Dallas, and Detroit.

Then the rest of the West: NO, Phoenix, Hou, Den, and your GSDubz...

by Sleepy Freud on Feb 14, 2008 6:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

agree

The Celtics are definitely the real deal, they're my pick to win it all. Them being undefeated against the Western Conference proves it.

Ray Allen got injured for awhile, they didn't stop winning. Kevin Garnett is now injured, they haven't stopped winning. Even Rajon Rondo, Glen Davis, and Kendrick Perkins are coming into their own over there.

Plus they'll be going against the JV teams in the postseason to get to the finals, so they'll be nice n fresh when they get there.

by jlagace on Feb 15, 2008 4:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs