Hollinger: Hornets will be 6 games worse

ESPN's John Hollinger predicts the Hornets will go 50-32 this year. His main reasons: lack of front court depth and an average age of 31 for Peja/Posey/Peterson.

More gripes to follow, but for now: there is no way the front court backups could be worse than last year. Unless they fractured four legs between them or something. And that team won 56 games.

As far as the age issue, I don't see Posey taking a monumental step back just because he goes from 31 to 32. He's on the decline, sure. Nobody is debating that. But partially responsible for a 6 game drop?

Peja... I actually do see him regressing, injured or not. Much more to follow on that soon.

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I just finished reading that.

Eek. Well then. As you say, though, there’s actually slightly more depth than last year, so… honestly it depends entirely on injuries.

by ticktock6 on Oct 1, 2008 5:40 PM CDT reply actions

Yep

I relly hope we can stay as injury free as last year

by Rohan on Oct 2, 2008 12:54 AM CDT up reply actions

Hmmm

no one seems to think too highly of Hollinger stats.

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by iashwash on Oct 1, 2008 11:00 PM CDT reply actions

Haha

Funny enough, I enjoy his work most other analysts out there really. I just feel he likes star powered teams more (see his continual Wizards bashing) or established teams more (Hornets having just joined the pantheon of “good” teams) and that’s reflected in his team projections. We’ll see how it pans out of course. Season projections are of course very difficult to do… I mean, even PECOTA couldn’t even sniff that Twins/White Sox play-in game.

by Rohan on Oct 2, 2008 12:57 AM CDT up reply actions

If the Hornets suffered an injury to Tyson or Paul, or maybe West, for 15-20 games I can see the club falling back to a 50 win season. If he’s figuring on an injury then the prediction doesn’t bother me, and it appears he is.

But avoiding that I think they’re better than last season (although not by a large degree) and will be in a similar ball park to last season who should achieve 55-60 wins.

by NBR on Oct 1, 2008 11:50 PM CDT reply actions

I hope the Tyson isn't too serious

That toe has been bothering him for a while, and based on reports, he’s been largely off of it this summer. I tend to agree with you on that projection

by Rohan on Oct 2, 2008 12:58 AM CDT up reply actions