ESPN’s latest playoff prediction pits the OKC Thunder as the sixth seed against the Houston Rockets, along with several other head-scratching match ups.
Now that most of the dust has settled from free agency, the outlook of the foreseeable future in the NBA has become more in focus. The NBA has never had much parody to begin with, but nevertheless, here we are again debating who will end up where by the end of the 82-game season.
Stats, analytics, opinions and common sense all come into play when predicting the outcome of a season. However, in ESPN’s case, the numbers appear to be at odds with rational thinking.