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7 hours ago, KoB2011 said:

I really dont understand when people say Vic will score less because of who we brought in. We brought in bench players to shore up our second unit, not to change the dynamic of our starters. 

If anything, Vic will get more usage as he improves more and Collison keeps aging which means a slight increase in efficiency can push him over 25 ppg. 

 

Edit: do Steph and Boogie not exist? Ignoring two players when there are only 30 teams skews the numbers a lot. 

Yes they did bring in those guys for the bench, but I believe that Tyreke will play more times then not going down the stretch in the 4th quarter to prevent defenses from circling in on Vic.  This will make the defense respect Tyreke as opposed to Cory or Darren when they can sag off and stay closer to Vic.  I can see it going both ways with Vic getting more ppg but I could see it being under as well. 

2 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

I think we might see Vic try to do too much early in the season.

I could easily see this happening, especially with the season he had last year.  I'm not so much worried about Vic, its Myles.  Yes I know Myles is still young, however I think this is a very big year for him, lots of money on the line for next offseason as well

3 minutes ago, Hoosierhoopster said:

It's definitely a good question. Can see it going both ways as Vic is the team's clear leader now and looks to be continuing to grow his impressive game, but I do think that the team will be more balanced with more scoring, and will be better off for it. P's lost every single game Vic missed last season. 

It def showed when Vic missed a game, the leadership wasn't quite their nor was the intensity or scoring.  I think if Vic misses any games(knock on wood) I think the team has a lot better chance in winning a few without him.  My top prediction for the east at the end of the year(#1 to #8): Celtics/Raptors/Pacers/76ers/Bucks/Wizards/Heat/Hornets

3 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

Over. I think we will be north of 25. 

really?  I would like that, any specific reasoning behind your prediction?

2 minutes ago, Hoosierhoopster said:

Good question, as he has more scoring help this season and the offense should be more balanced. Would expect Turner to turn it up a bit, Evans is going to add scoring, Bogdan will probably pick it up a bit and guys like Sabonis, though probably off the bench, will likely increase their scoring. 

For those reasons I'll say under. I'll go with 22 ppg.

I agree, I am going with under and I mean slightly under at around 21.6ppg.  I think Turner picks up a few more points(12.7 in 2017) and ends up around 15ppg or 16ppg in 2018, Tyreke adds legit scoring from the bench that this team has been missing for a few years(my guess around 12 to 13ppg, Sabonis will pick up a few more points. 

over/under Vic at 22 ppg this year.