I'm not sure the Raptors are better than the Wizards or Hornets. We are definitely going to get the 4th or higher (because of the titanic division) but in terms of records I think that all 8 playoff teams (sorry was counting Pacers... I guess that leaves 7) are going to be ridiculously close in terms of season records. The only two teams who have a chance at distancing themselves from everyone else are the Cavs and Bulls, but the Cavs need to incorporate Lebron with their young guys (or Love and Lebron) and Chicago needs to incorporate Rose. If those two teams take a month or two to start rolling, the East could be a delicious blood bath.
I think that all of these team's have a realistic shot of ending up with the 3rd best W-L records
Chicago (underachieves)
Cavs (Underachieves)
Raps (Meets Expectation)
Wiz (Meets Expectation)
Hawks (Meets Expectation)
Hornets (Meets Expectation)
Heat (Meets Expectation)
Indy (unfortunately the George injury drops them out of contention for the 3rd seed, and probably out of the playoffs altogether).
I think that all of those 5 teams are expecting to have the 3rd best record in the East.
I think that all of these team's have a realistic shot of ending up with the 3rd best W-L records
Chicago (underachieves)
Cavs (Underachieves)
Raps (Meets Expectation)
Wiz (Meets Expectation)
Hawks (Meets Expectation)
Hornets (Meets Expectation)
Heat (Meets Expectation)
Indy (unfortunately the George injury drops them out of contention for the 3rd seed, and probably out of the playoffs altogether).
I think that all of those 5 teams are expecting to have the 3rd best record in the East.
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