According to someone a lot smarter than I am, the Sacramento Kings are projected to have the fifth hardest schedule this coming season. Via British Petroleum Basketball Prospectus:
No Team OppW OppL Opp% Conf sW 01 Grizzlies 3502 3222 .521 W 42.7 02 Clippers 3492 3232 .519 W 42.6 03 T-wolves 3444 3280 .512 W 42.0 04 Warriors 3442 3282 .512 W 42.0 05 Kings 3441 3283 .512 W 42.0 06 Thunder 3440 3284 .512 W 42.0 07 Suns 3430 3294 .510 W 41.8 08 Nuggets 3419 3305 .508 W 41.7 09 Wizards 3418 3306 .508 E 41.7 10 Hornets 3410 3314 .507 W 41.6 11 Knicks 3401 3323 .506 E 41.5 12 Bucks 3395 3329 .505 E 41.4 13 Rockets 3393 3331 .505 W 41.4 14 Mavericks 3377 3347 .502 W 41.2 15 Hawks 3368 3356 .501 E 41.1 16 Pacers 3367 3357 .501 E 41.1 17 Blazers 3357 3367 .499 W 40.9 18 Heat 3347 3377 .498 E 40.8 19 Jazz 3332 3392 .496 W 40.6 20 Raptors 3330 3394 .495 E 40.6 21 Lakers 3329 3395 .495 W 40.6 21 76ers 3329 3395 .495 E 40.6 23 Spurs 3304 3420 .491 W 40.3 24 Bulls 3282 3442 .488 E 40.0 25 Nets 3279 3445 .488 E 40.0 26 Pistons 3277 3447 .487 E 40.0 27 Celtics 3261 3463 .485 E 39.8 28 Magic 3237 3487 .481 E 39.5 29 Bobcats 3234 3490 .481 E 39.4 30 Cavaliers 3223 3501 .479 E 39.3
I’m going to assume that Bradford Doolittle is pretty much correct here because he uses math that makes my head hurt and has it all laid out nicely. But look at the six hardest schedules for next year. None of those teams even sniffed the playoffs. How is that fair? I realize that Doolittle is doing this based off of projections for next season so the numbers are a little skewed with the assumption that these teams are going to be bad once again. But at the same time, a 17-win team receives the supposedly fifth hardest schedule? What is this — the NFL?
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