Predicted wins 2014/15 revisited

How many games will the Kings win this season?

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Haha... I love it.

I'm going with 50. Upped from 43.

And I'm kicking myself for not putting 10k on the over in Vegas (29.5).

50 and playoffs.

#TeamOfDestiny
 
I predicted and told everyone I know the Kings were going to win 43 games... I'm not so sure about that anymore... they might win 50. The Kings actually match up well with everyone in the west now (besides maybe GSW) alot of the powerhouse teams we are used to seeing are struggling. This feels like a weak year for the NBA to me due to all the injuries.
 
Not going to predict a total I just hope we continue to play with the same fight and team work at both ends and if we do the results will take care of themselves. We just need our main 3 to stay healthy as well in DMC/DC/Rudy.
 
I could see up to 50. Why not? We've already got 5 with 76 games left to play. There's plenty of room for improvement too since nobody is overachieving yet. DMC has been superhuman but we've been waiting for that for a while now and last night he showed maturity post-ejection that maybe saved the game and put the team on notice that this was ours for the taking. I'm a believer.
 
Had in the 35-38 range before the season, so 41-45 makes some sense with how we've started the year. We're bound for some regression at some point as I don't think we'll be able to maintain our insane FTA rate and still win if we don't improve our team efficiency on the offensive end. I mean, we are FAR above 2nd place in Free throw attempt rate, with us shooting a Free Throw every other field goal attempt basically (Freaking nuts.)

Ben, Nick and DC need to pick up the deep shooting in a big way.
 
I predicted mid-40's...and while I didn't put a bunch on it in Vegas, I did put 100 on it. 29.5 seems like as much of a gimme as I'd ever seen. I would like to adjust it to high 40's though.
 
I'm not sure what the win total will be but based on this start, what I would consider a successful season would be. Before the year started, 35 wins would have been a good growth year to me. Now I would be disappointed if we didn't reach 41.
 
I don't think our current record is sustainable so I went with 36-40 wins, but my hope is we continue this style of play and show real signs of progression. However, anything over 40 wins will be a cherry on top and I still expect a midseason trade for a big man next to Cousins, which may lead to more wins depending on who it is.
 
I'm staying with my initial choice in the other thread, 41-45. At this point we're leaning towards 45, instead of 41.

Will not be surprised at all if we exceed this
 
I don't know how many we will get but something interesting i dug up, last season we got our 5th win on December 7th, this year on November 7th. A full month ahead of last seasons pace. While I don't think we can keep up a pace of winning 5 of 6(or possibly 6 of 7 after today), I also don't think this team will go on a classic Kings season burial stretch of losing something like 12 of 13. We generally haven't had huge losing streaks but there is always something like 5 or 6 straight losses, one win, and then another 5 or 6 game skid that buries us way below .500. I just don't see it with this group, at worst I can see us playing .500 ball through the season.
 
Prince_XY said:
46-50.

Cousins is more mature and experienced, knows defense is key, and has learned he can dominate in the NBA.

Gay will play inspired basketball - it's his contract year after all.

No more IT and we have the taller and bigger Collison and Sessions. Defense will be more effective and no possibility of extreme backcourt small ball. With IT gone, there will also be more ball-sharing and less tendency for players to freeze on offense. Hopefully, the me-first mentality permeated by IT will also be gone.

Cousins, Gay, Collison >>>> Plumlee, Dragic, Bledsoe.

If Phoenix was able to almost made it to the playoffs, I think the Kings should be able to replicate the same with the much improved roster. If we don't, I think we should start thinking of firing Malone.
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I am still staying with my earlier prediction. There is little chance we go under 46 with our roster now, except one of Gay/Cousins/Collison gets injured or Malone proves to be a fluke. Knock on the wood.
 
I called 42+ on the original poll and I think I'll stick in the 41-45 bracket. I'm hoping I'm wrong and they exceed my already lofty prediction. I don't even care if they don't make the playoffs, if they win 40+ games the year will be a resounding success.
 
I thought 35 wins was our cap in the last poll, a small step forward but not a massive leap to respect-earning status yet. Seeing the way we've played through the first two weeks I think 35 wins would be considered a pretty big disappointment now. 41-45 is cautiously optimistic -- just a touch over .500. It's a long season, a lot can happen between now and then. But as Prince_XY pointed out (kudos on nailing this before the season started btw!) Phoenix won 48 games last year after winning just 25 the year before. I think 48 is a good goal for us this year. Let's try to stay in the playoff chase all year and see what happens.
 
HighFlyingMonkey said:
One interesting thing to note is that we have yet to play an Eastern Conference team yet. All seven games so far have been against the West, which incredibly looks like its gotten even better this year than it was last year. This conference is a bloodbath.
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yup and 5 games against teams that won more than 48 games last season. Plus a win on a back to back in Denver

Meanwhile you got teams like Houston who have played Philly, Boston, Lakers, Spurs with half their team resting, Miami
 
I can't remember the exact amount I predicted...must of been anywhere from 34-37 wins...that being said I'm sticking with it until I see more.
 
HighFlyingMonkey said:
One interesting thing to note is that we have yet to play an Eastern Conference team yet. All seven games so far have been against the West, which incredibly looks like its gotten even better this year than it was last year. This conference is a bloodbath.
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Well our schedule gets tougher before it gets easier.

December, however, features a ton of winnable games, and 6/7 games to end the year should be cakewalks if current trends hold up. Make of that you will.
 
I believe I guessed 40 first time around and will keep it there. 40 is a huge improvement from last year. Long season and would love to be proved TOO pessimistic.
 
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