Kings Wins This Year
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I said earlier in a guess of WC final standings I thought the Kings would improve by 3 wins, meaning 20 at the end. It's so hard for anyone to climb dramatically in that tough conf but maybe they could get a few more victories than that paltry total. So I'll say a lucky 7 wins over last seasons complete disaster for 24-58 in 2009-10.
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i think that we will win at least 33 games this year. even if martin gets hurt this year we will have the fire power to make up for it with evans and mason. which might make us a better team, well our defense would be better... i think we will win a lot more games than last season. i didnt think that it was possible to only win 1 game per month, we should at least win 1 game per week at minimum.... thats still bad but i think its obtainable for this team.
I was thinking around 24-26 so I went optimistic with 26-30. I think we'll be better, but find it hard to get too much better because of the strength of the Western Conference. Unless someone on our team (other than Martin) wants to flip the switch and become and All Star, then maybe we'll get a few more wins.
So tough to tell because so much of the Kings success depends on the development of youth.
I could see this team winning as much as 28 games and as few as 15 - this team could absolutely collapse or be somewhat competitive.
We just don't have enough talent to get above 30 wins though...
Nevertheless, I'm hoping for some exciting games, solid effort, and a few Top 10-worthy highlights.
...and good luck in the lottery for once.
I could see this team winning as much as 28 games and as few as 15 - this team could absolutely collapse or be somewhat competitive.
We just don't have enough talent to get above 30 wins though...
Nevertheless, I'm hoping for some exciting games, solid effort, and a few Top 10-worthy highlights.
...and good luck in the lottery for once.
A 15+ game improvement normally requires a major roster move of some kind, or a returning superstar type player off of injury. We didn't make any major moves other than drafting Tyreke (although having a professional coach should help), so if you want to get up in the 30s Reke has to turn out to be VERY good in his first year, and given our lack of depth, nobody major can get hurt.
Bad teams do that.
+23 wins would be the largest season to season improvement in franchise history BTW, and likely make us by far the most improved team in the league. Reke better be LeBron. Actually he better be better than LeBron as I don't thnk even LeBron manufactured a +23 in his rookie year (or any year).
I do get the reason for optimism, and expect some level of turnaround/improvement. But +23 is a LOT, especially when you signed no free agents nor made any trades.
OLd article from last year (2008) predicting +/- in wins for that season, just linking to it here because it happened to list the single best +win turnarounds for every franchise: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1147092/index.htm
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It can happen if you have Dwayne Wade.
And I have been proven an eternal optimist in these things -- as I have noted before it is 4 years running now that I have overestimated our win totals in these threads, even going so far as to harangue John Hollinger for saying we would only get 23 last year. One injury and it will be no different this year.
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If we can increase our win total by about 12 games, then I'll be a happy camper.
I think its possible. We added a good player ( Evans ) and Martin is healthy ( for how long? ) .. better coach, better chemistry ( no salmons / Miller ). I'd be happy with 28 wins, thats my guess... of course, this is all if we stay healthy =]
I think its possible. We added a good player ( Evans ) and Martin is healthy ( for how long? ) .. better coach, better chemistry ( no salmons / Miller ). I'd be happy with 28 wins, thats my guess... of course, this is all if we stay healthy =]
