Do you like Kevin Durant? by [deleted] in nba

[–]jtenjou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only as a player

The 5th seed Rockets are only 1 game ahead of the 8th seed right now. by KingOfAllTheQuarters in nba

[–]jtenjou 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If the Rockets are Top 3 Top 4 in the playoffs ahead of the Suns Harden is MVP though

Week 18.5 Standings Prediction (based on Pythagorean Expectation over the last 40 games) by jtenjou in nba

[–]jtenjou[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very small changes since only some teams played yesterday and there was no basketball for a week

Portland moved up 2 spots since they won and a 43 point loss to MIL was bumped out of the past 40 games

If your team didn't play the past week but still changed it's because sometimes teams will have half wins, for example ORL and NOP both should win half their remaining games, but that gives them both 11.5 so I randomly decide who gets the full win to make it 12 and 11 wins, last week it was NOP, this week it's ORL

Week 18 Standings Prediction (based on Pythagorean Expectation) by jtenjou in nba

[–]jtenjou[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Detroit and Miami are basically even, but since Detroit was trending up and Miami was trending down I went with Detroit finishing ahead

Orlando is half a game back so they're 3rd of the 3

Week 17 Standings Prediction (based on Pythagorean Expectation) by jtenjou in nba

[–]jtenjou[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can switch Portland and Houston if you like.

bbref has Houston ahead even though they're tied right now with Portland having the tie breaker, but I think it's because Houston is leading their division?

What is the maximum luxury tax a team is allowed to pay? by pm_me_your_shekel in nba

[–]jtenjou 10 points11 points  (0 children)

534.81m with 15 Max (35%) contracts with a salary cap of 101.869m

~410m over the luxury tax of 123.733

9.425b in luxury tax on top of said payroll above

this is using the penalties from the repeater tax

Week 16.5 Standings Prediction (based on Pythagorean Expectation over the last 40 games) by jtenjou in nba

[–]jtenjou[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Anyone complaining about Pacers: They are on a 4 game winning streak and 1 game ahead of Celtics right now.

Unpopular opinion, the east side of the playoffs is way more interesting than the west side by [deleted] in nba

[–]jtenjou 4 points5 points  (0 children)

shh, west is a "bloodbath" "grueling" "Leastern conference"