Milwaukee should be way over 40 this year. New Jersey should slide back to the mid 40s. There is a baseball stat that teams which improve greatly from one year to the next (i.e. Chicago and Philadelphia fit this pattern the past three years) slide back in their total number of wins in the third year. (which is what happened to the Cubs and Phils this year). I'd be curious if this pattern exists in the NBA. New Jersey would be a team that has that third year coming up in the NBA. |