With the start of the season barely 24 hours away, I thought it would be a good time to reach out to the people who follow the Nets to get their projections for the team. Yes, it’s Nets Are Scorching’s annual over/under social mixer, bringing beat writers, bloggers and everyone in between together.
Rules are simple – I conjured up 10 random questions about this season and participants have responded with either “over” or “under” as their projection.
We have a special list of participants this year, including returning champion Al Iannazzone of The Record, and two new Nets beat writers, Conor Orr of the Star-Ledger and Stefan Bondy of the Daily News. Meanwhile, joining us from the general NBA blogosphere is Kelly Dwyer of Yahoo’s Ball Don’t Lie and Zach Lowe of new Sports Illustrated blog, The Point Forward. Just to show that the NAS team isn’t afraid to give their own opinions, Dennis Velasco, Devin Kharpertian and Justin DeFeo have joined in with the projections.
1. Nets Wins: 32
Bondy – Under
Orr – Under
Iannazzone – Under
Dwyer – Under
Lowe – Under
Kharpertian – Under
Velasco – Over
DeFeo – Under
2. Brook Lopez Points Per Game: 20
Bondy – Over
Orr – Over
Iannazzone – Over
Dwyer – Push
Lowe – Under
Kharpertian – Under
Velasco – Push
DeFeo – Under
3. Terrence Williams Triple Doubles: 3
Bondy – Under
Orr – Over
Iannazzone – Under
Dwyer – Under
Lowe – Under
Kharpertian – Over
Velasco – Over
DeFeo – Under
4. Anthony Morrow Three-Point Shooting %: 42%
Bondy – Under
Orr – Under
Iannazzone – Over
Dwyer – Over
Lowe – Over
Kharpertian – Over
Velasco – Push
DeFeo – Over
5. Derrick Favors Starts: 20
Bondy – Under
Orr – Over
Iannazzone – Under
Dwyer – Under
Lowe – Under
Kharpertian – Under
Velasco – Under
DeFeo – Over
6. Devin Harris Starts: 65
Bondy – Over
Orr – Under
Iannazzone – Over
Dwyer – Over
Lowe – Over
Kharpertian – Under
Velasco – Over
DeFeo – Over
7. Players on Opening Night Roster Traded: 2
Bondy – Over
Orr – Over
Iannazzone – Over
Dwyer – Over
Lowe – Push
Kharpertian – Under
Velasco – Push
DeFeo – Over
8. Game Winning Shots for Travis Outlaw: 2
Bondy – Under
Orr- Under
Iannazzone – Under
Dwyer – Under
Lowe – Under
Khapertian – Push
Velasco – Push
DeFeo – Under
9. Brook Lopez Ejections: 3
Bondy – Over
Orr – Over
Iannazzone – Under
Dwyer – Under
Lowe – Under
Kharpertian – Over
Velasco – Over
DeFeo – Under
10. Team Points Per Game: 96
Bondy – Under
Orr – Over
Iannazzone – Under
Dwyer – Under
Lowe – Over
Kharpertian – Over
Velasco – Over
DeFeo – Under
