AccuScore season preview: Hawks
SEASON FORECAST | BASED ON 10,000 SIMULATED SEASONS | |||||||||
TEAM TOTALS | W | L | PS | PA | WIN DIVISION | PLAYOFFS | ||||
35 | 47 | 97.4 | 100.2 | 4.5% | 38.1% | |||||
WINS | 60+ | 55-59 | 50-54 | 45-49 | 40-44 | 35-39 | 30-34 | 25-29 | 21-24 | |
Win Total Range | 0% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 21% | 16% | 7% | 1% |
The Hawks might think they are can be a real threat in the East because they extended the Celtics to seven games in the first round of the playoffs. In reality, the Hawks have only a 38 percent chance of returning to the playoffs in our simulations. The team acquired Mike Bibby to provide clutch shooting and veteran leadership at PG. However, he is forecasted for a ho-hum 5 assists per game, not exactly reminiscent of Steve Nash or Chris Paul. Bibby is only a 36% 3-point shooter which is just a shade better than former PG Anthony Johnson's career 35% shooting. Bibby hit huge shots for the Kings four or five years ago, but if you evaluate him on his numbers and defense he is not a great PG. Joe Johnson is a great player and the team has talented forwards, but without a great point guard or true center, the team is limited. | ||||||||||
PLAYER FORECAST | PTS | AST | REB | FGM | FGP | FTM | FTP | 3PM | BLK | STL |
Joe Johnson | 21.2 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 7.5 | 42.5% | 4.3 | 80.1% | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
17.0 | 3.1 | 9.0 | 6.5 | 42.2% | 3.5 | 70.8% | 0.4 | 3.0 | 1.4 | |
Mike Bibby | 14.1 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 41.0% | 2.7 | 80.6% | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
13.3 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 43.1% | 4.0 | 81.8% | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | |
10.1 | 1.6 | 10.6 | 4.1 | 47.7% | 1.8 | 73.2% | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
8.3 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 44.9% | 1.2 | 75.6% | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
4.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 40.5% | 0.7 | 71.3% | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
3.5 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 46.9% | 0.9 | 75.3% | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
2.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 40.1% | 0.3 | 80.8% | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
2.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 36.3% | 0.3 | 64.8% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | |
1.8 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 47.9% | 0.4 | 74.1% | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
OTHER | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 44.4% | 0.2 | 69.1% | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
