{"id":358854,"date":"2025-10-22T15:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/358854\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:29:10","slug":"pth-rountable-what-is-everyones-record-and-playoff-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/358854\/","title":{"rendered":"PTH Rountable: what is everyone\u2019s record and playoff predictions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This is the next question in a series of roundtable questions I\u2019m asking the staff here at Peachtree Hoops about the Hawks this upcoming season. The previous roundtable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peachtreehoops.com\/atlanta-hawks-preseason\/65464\/atlanta-hawks-roundtable-bold-take-trae-young-giannis-antetokounmpo-jalen-johnson-opinion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">can be found here<\/a>. Today\u2019s question: what is your prediction for record for the Hawks this season? And how far do they go in the playoffs?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Wes: I think the Hawks just crack 50 wins (50-32), get to the second round of the playoffs, and fall to the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in seven games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Chase: My bet is the Hawks finish at 52-30. It should be good enough to finish as a top 3 seed in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Graham: While I believe in this team\u2019s ability to be able to go all the way to the Finals, there is an element that may force them to manage\/rest players (such as Porzingis) in the regular season to keep them fresh for the playoffs. While that may take away a few wins here and there, it\u2019s always \u2013 always \u2013 worth remembering the Hawks play in a shite weakened Eastern Conference, and if the Hawks are a properly good team, they will eat up wins against the Eastern Conference if everyone is healthy. Put me down for 52 wins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">I get a lot of similar vibes to the 2015-16 Hawks: a team I believed in their postseason ability even if their regular season wins total didn\u2019t reflect that. While that team won 48 games (and, while I loved that team, I\u2019ll never forgive them for not being able to beat the Wizards\u2019 C-team on that final day of the regular season to break that hectic tiebreaker that doomed them to a second-round matchup against the Cavaliers), I believed they could have gone toe-to-toe with anyone in the conference\u2026other than the Cavs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The current iteration of the Cavaliers could present a similar dynamic to the Hawks, but I think after last season people aren\u2019t going to take them seriously until they get to the playoffs, even if they win 60+ games again this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Malik: I think the Hawks will finish 48-34 and finish as a top 4 seed in the East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hassan: 49 wins \u2013 good for the 4 or 5 seed in the East. Provided everyone is healthy for the postseason, I think this team can win a first-round playoff series too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is the next question in a series of roundtable questions I\u2019m asking the staff here at Peachtree&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[676,208,50391,3874,7,677,6,2294],"class_list":{"0":"post-358854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-hawks","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-hawks","10":"tag-atlanta-hawks-preseason","11":"tag-atlantahawks","12":"tag-basketball","13":"tag-hawks","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-opinion"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115418534157026015","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}