The Brooklyn Nets made some nice moves this offseason, headlined by the team trading for Minnesota Timberwolves
forward Julius Randle to make the roster more competitive next season. Despite the fact that Brooklyn added Randle and other veterans to the team, many around the league aren't convinced that the Nets will perform much better next year. The majority of Brooklyn's fanbase feels differently, however.In a poll conducted by NetsDaily, 56% of the respondents predicted the Nets to win somewhere between 30 and 39 games next season, as written by NetsDaily's Anthony Puccio. The next-biggest chunk of respondents (35%) in the poll projected for Brooklyn to win somewhere between 20 and 29 games, followed by 7% of voters predicting a 40-49 win season.
"For whatever it means to the Brooklyn Nets, oddsmakers and pundits don’t project win totals based on morale or culture-building," Puccio wrote in part when explaining the results of the poll. "Brooklyn added three-time All-Star Julius Randle and clearly improved this offseason, but the Eastern Conference only got stronger following the Knicks first championship in 53 years."
As Puccio noted, pundits and sportsbooks around the league predict for the Nets to be better than they were last season, but not by much. When Bleacher Report put out its record predictions for all 30 NBA teams, Brooklyn was projected to finish with 22-60 record while BetMGM has the Nets' win total at 24.5 while being among the few teams where betting the over actually wins the bettor more money than the under.
If the Nets were able to win somewhere between 30 and 39 games thanks to Randle and forward Michael Porter Jr. leading the way, they would be looking at a spot in the play-in tournament. The Golden State Warriors (37-45) had the 20th-best record in the league (i.e. the 10th and last play-in seed in the Western Conference) and the Milwaukee Bucks (32-50) just missed out on the play-in last season.
If the Nets are indeed shooting for the play-in next season, they may have to win at least 35 games. The majority of the fanbase believes that can happen.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: 56% of Nets fans predict at least a 30-win campaign next season
