 What's the word, y'all? A couple of days ago, we tried to predict the Western Conference, and so you know what? I appreciate y'all, because the reception on that video was a lot better than I anticipated, especially when you rank in teams, so thank you. But now it's time to do the flip side in this Eastern Conference. And West was tough, East is tougher, if you ask me. But before that, let me tell you about this event we are throwing October 28th, so that's just a little ways away. New York City, we are pulling up and doing a pop-up shop for Enjoy Basketball, but also we doing a meet and greet. The shop is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and then the meet and greet slash panel slash live Q&A, it's from six to nine, but you cannot get in after six if you don't RSVP. So it is 131 Green Street in New York City, Friday to 28th, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. You got to RSVP. We are already close to capacity, so if you're in New York and you want to pull up, be sure to do that, and of course the pop-up shop, so we got exclusive NYC merch. So hit the link in the description. All right, y'all, so I'll put the link to this as well, we made this, this is EnjoyPredictions.com. Shout out to everybody that used it after the last video. I was just scrolling through my Twitter, and my whole message was everybody predicted they standings using our website, so thank you. But here's our Eastern Conference. Where do I, where do I start? You know what? I don't feel confident, you know how in the last video, I was like, I feel pretty good about the different nuggas being the onesie. I don't really had it this year. I kind of look at the Eastern Conference in a couple different tiers. But you know what, that's not true. I think Philly's gonna be the best regular season record in basketball. James looks pretty good, Joel and Bede is gonna give you an MVP caliber season again, and Taris Maxi looks amazing in the pre-season. Again, it is just pre-season, but I was saying this before pre-season hit, if you watched the podcast, this was like a month and a half ago, I said I had the 76ers win in the Eastern Conference. And I think in that moment, I was saying that they were my team to win it completely, like make it to the finals. I don't know if I'm going that far no more, but I still feel really confident about their ability to win in a regular season. They have a perfectly built regular season team. Post-season, we can have a conversation once we cross that bridge, but in the regular season, I just don't see a world where they don't end up one of the top seeds, unless obviously big injury. But like we're assuming whatever. Let's go to the bottom tier team. So I'm thinking about Orlando, Indiana, Detroit, I guess Charlotte as like the bottom teams, that's bottom four. And you know what, as the worst team in the league, I'm kind of feeling Indiana, because in the second half of the season, after they traded for Taris Halliburton, I think they were like six and 20, you know, they were really, really bad. And I do believe that they gonna end up trading Miles and that's gonna take some wins away. They gonna trade buddy and that's gonna take some wins away. And I think they real life looking at this year's draft class like, oh, we won't one of those top dudes. So I think that they gonna be towards the bottom. Are they my bottom team though? Yeah, I think they are Indiana. It might be a rough season, but it will be worth it once the lottery odds come out. The next team, and I'm thinking it's the, no, actually no, let's throw them down. This is how it works. This is the functionality of it. Even before the mellow ball sprained his ankle, and it is a sprained ankle, so he'll be back in a couple of weeks. I was telling the world that Charlotte feels like a team that should be tanking. I can't guarantee that they gonna really go out there and buy into the tank because it is Charlotte and they haven't really done that since Michael K. Gilchrist. I think they should. For the sake of their organization, this should be a year where they like, let's be as bad as possible. Let's see if anybody want Gordon Haver. Babe, we just extended 10 rows a year. He's gonna be a player that people wanted to deadline. And I would hope for the sake of their organization that I am right here because this is the only way the future of their team looks good other than the mellow ball. They might have more talent than a team like Orlando or Detroit. Even that's probably pushing it, but I just don't feel good about their chances this year, man. I know they've been a playing team over the last couple of seasons and last year they actually got 10 wins better. But losing Miles, as far as we know, I know there's still a chance that he comes back. I don't think so, but there's a chance. Losing Miles and not replacing him with anything and not upgrading the center position just tells me that they're not gonna be very good. What is the next team here? It is between the Orlando Magic in the Detroit Pistons and the Washington Wizards, I will say. I got a lot of love for all three of these organizations. I'm trying to figure out, I think Orlando is the type of team that might show you some flashes in the first half of the season. And they remember, oh snap, we still wanna get good lottery odds. And they going for the second half of the season to shut some people down or do what they have to do to finish pretty low. Again, I honestly think that the Wizards are gonna try and they have talent on their roster. I think Detroit has a ton of talent. Oh, I think Detroit has a ton of talent but will ultimately decide that they want another year of being towards the bottom. That's how I feel. I would not be surprised if this was the case for Detroit though. Honestly, I really like their roster, but I do believe that they might make some changes, come deadline, might get an extra little pick for by Donovitch, get them and flip them, they can't even beat them away. But okay, those are my teams on the outside looking here. Now let's talk about the top 10 because that's what things get iffy. When I'm thinking about my two seed, the teams that are gonna come to mind are Boston, Miami and Milwaukee. I'm gonna give Milwaukee the benefit of the doubt because as long as Drew, Chris and Giannis have played together, they win like almost every game. That's what it feels like. They win a large, large majority of their games when they're playing together. And as of right now, everybody is still healthy and I'm just gonna assume that they're gonna have a healthy season because they have had that for the last couple of seasons until we got to the playoffs last year. I feel pretty good about their abilities. Even though they're not a team that I think cares about regular season wins, they just have the top three guys that is even if they're not caring, they're still too talented to be losing a bunch of games. So I put them there. Even Boston's second half of the season scares me a little bit. It felt too good. You know what I'm saying? Hey listen, when it was starting, I was telling people, hey, look out for the Boston Celtics. They went on the run to get in the finals. But I think if it was a little bit too good, they're gonna be missing Robert Williams for some time. The email you doke a thing is something you gotta think about. So I will put them in the three C. Now four in my mind, okay, I'm gonna say this because I've said it before. I even made a whole video about this. I don't feel great about the Miami Heat this season but I have this level of respect for them because this is like, what feels like the 100th year in a row while I look at they rock. So I'm like, man, they missing a little bit of this. They got a lack of depth and they always put it together. They always do. So like, even though I don't really like their roster, I might just give them the benefit of the doubt because I've seen what they have been able to do. So you know what? I'll give it to them. Even though low key, I kinda wanna go like here with it. I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt as of right now and say that they're the four C but that could change. The biggest wild card in all of this is Brooklyn. And as I'm recording this video, Ben Simmons is playing against the Milwaukee Bucks and he is hooping. And they look well oiled against the Milwaukee Bucks who are actually a playing players. So that's the hardest team to predict because I think if everything is going perfectly, the Brooklyn Nets can easily be a top three seed based off talent alone, but y'all know it takes way more than just talent to have a good record. You know what I'm saying? It takes cohesiveness, it takes good coaching and it takes people buying in. And what we see from the Brooklyn Nets at least in this last season to have is that it's been rough for them to buy in. Now they have had some lack of luck when it came to injuries and stuff and they were one shot away from being in the finals a couple of years ago but this roster's different from that one, you know? I'm putting the Bulls at nine. Sorry Bulls fans, it hurts me to do this. But I think our roster in comparison to a lot of the other people above us, just it's not ready. Especially with the Lonzo Ball, we've made videos about this. If you wanna hear me talk Bulls, you can watch one of my other videos. So I just don't think what we did last season, the first half is gonna be replicated. That second half of the season, I don't think we're gonna be that either. We're probably gonna be somewhere in the middle. And I think somewhere in the middle is like this, like a 43-win team. And 43 wins in the Easter Conference right now is probably putting you at the nine seed. I'm gonna put the Knicks here. The good old classic Chicago versus New York in the one game elimination to see who's going on to play for the playoff spot. It's a good storyline. I actually really liked this Knicks roster a ton and I would not be surprised if it was this way around but I'm gonna give my Bulls the little bias edge if we'll call it that. These last three teams, I don't know exactly what to do with if I'm being honest with you. Who do I believe more in Cleveland or Atlanta? It's probably Cleveland. But like, you can't tell me if this is what we did, if this is what I decided on. Cleveland did all of that to just make the plan. Atlanta traded three first round picks to make the plan. That feels wild but I feel super confident about the Toronto Raptors. Right? I feel like their defense is always gonna be good. I still question their three point shooting ability and that's gonna come with time and stuff. But what they showed us in the last season is that they're going to be good and that's with them being unhealthy for a lot of it. O'John and Nobby feel like he missed 40 games last year. I don't know the exact number but it feels like 40 games was missed by O'John and Nobby last year. They did improve their depth just a little bit, bringing Otto Porter in and then bringing in Thaddeus, young Thaddeus Johnson. So I really liked them. I think they're too good to be a playoff team but like, I can't fault you if you think Atlanta or Cleveland are gonna have a better regular season. Hey, the Brooklyn thing is throwing this whole video off. It's throwing the whole video off because I could see them again being as high as up here but also in not working at all and they end up in the playing. You know what I'm saying? Talent wise, not a lot of teams, but like I mentioned it takes way more than that. So I don't feel good about them being here. I don't feel good about these two either. I don't feel good about it. Cleveland has so much talent and you know what? I'm giving Cleveland the benefit of the doubt to be a top six seed. This is my reasoning behind it and it's not basing some crazy logic. Last year, they had the worst injury luck in all of basketball. For half of the season, they were guaranteed lot to make the playoffs and then they had a Karris Lavert injury right after they traded for him. Jared Allen missed time, Evan Mobley missed time. Like they had such bad injury history and they still ended up in the playing last year. There's no way they're gonna be that unlucky when it comes to health again. And with Donovan Mitchell being added to the team, I would feel so crazy with them. I might do this. And then Atlanta, I just don't, I know that the offense is gonna work. I know people are saying, oh, how is Trey Young and N'zontae gonna play together? I feel okay with about the offense because last year, they were the number one offensive basketball. And even if it takes a little bit to get it all to jail together, I still believe it's gonna be a top 10 offense. But do I believe that the defense is gonna come together like people might think it is? I don't know, I don't know. But to see the off season they had and to see the off season the Bulls had to be like, oh, they're gonna be slightly better than the Bulls. It feels weird. I will say this, I said it in the last video, just because the team is four or five, this could be a same record, tie breaker type situation. This could be a half game difference. You know what I'm saying? Again, I'm keeping the Mime Heat at four as of right now at a respect, legitimately at a respect. But I don't love that roster. And Jimmy Butler is one of my favorite players in the history of basketball. I don't love that roster. With Kyle Lowry being slightly older, a year older than last season, him not looking great last year. Again, part of that could be because he was out of shape, he had the injury, left the team for some personal matters. I understand that, but he hasn't been the same player. And let's just say the last two seasons than the year before that. They still, I still don't know their answer for the power four position. That's still gonna be out there. And I still do question their depth a little bit. But like I said earlier, they always figure out a way to make it work. They got a couple of wow cards like Victor Oladipo is Duncan Robinson gonna be back in the rotation as an elite level three point shooter. The only thing I feel pretty good about is my top three. And one order, one way or another, my top three I feel pretty solid as long as everybody's healthy, which you never know knocking on wood, but you never really know. I feel pretty good about Philly, Milwaukee, and Boston having the top three records out East. One way or another. But the rest after that is what these get if you. I feel pretty good about my bottom four. I mean bottom three, because like I said, I think Detroit could make some noise. Or maybe they can't. Maybe they won't. Maybe I'm projecting too much on their young roster just because they picked up by Donovitch, you know? Jay Neive, it might take Jay Neive half a season to really find himself kind of like it did Jay Lynn Green a year before. Even though Jay Lynn Green, it didn't take them half a year. Man, it took a couple months. But you get what I'm saying. I could definitely see the comments in I'm a little bit too high on Toronto. I think they're gonna be really good as long as they're healthy. This don't feel good, guys. I'm just, the thing that's bothering me the most at all of this is looking at Atlanta as the eighth seed. That is killing me right now. But I think that's where we're gonna end it. Remember, this is just me trying to predict it. I'm gonna be wrong on 90% of them if you watched the last video last year when it came to the Western. Oh, let me see if I can find my standings from last year, me trying to predict it. Hold on, I can't find it. But one thing I do remember is that I was still feeling pretty good about the New York Knicks last season. I felt good about the Bulls, but I think that was heavy bias and it ended up being pretty solid. But I'm just letting y'all know that there's more misses than hits when we doing something like this and it's just the nature of the game. Leave a like, subscribe, RSVP if you're in the NYC area and you wanna hang out for a couple of hours. Hit the link in the description to play. 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