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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#641 » by IllMagic04 » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:33 pm

OrlandoDream wrote:Our 4th spot is safe as of now, but not for the rest of the season. Dont be surprised if this team wins an extra couple of games that is not expected. If you look at last night's game, we didn't look that bad and sustained a lead for most of the game. But the Blazers have not one but two of what we dont....all star caliber players. We can stock up on as much talent as we want but having an all-star player gives you a better chance to win every night. Lillard was proof of that. He did what all stars do....close games.

NYK has Porzingis out....and they are terrible. WE play them twice coming up and I expect to win those games. We also play Brook two more times. I think its going to be a fierce race til the end and we are gonna end up with the 5th best odds. Philly will prob keep Embiid out for the rest of the year with Simmons ruled out too.


This is what I fear. Im hoping we at least split with the New York. We will beat the Nets both times. We will beat Philly, hoping we at least split with the Hornets. We wil beat the suns. Whats gonna hurt us more than anything is winning games we shouldn't. Im nervous about this Hawks game coming up. We can't afford any upsets we need to lose the ones we are supposed to lose and split the ones we should win. If we do that we should be ok. I just wish our front office was wiling to to all in on the tank like others are doing.
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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#642 » by Nemesis21 » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:36 pm

We need to get a top 3 pick, while pushing the Lakers out. We need that # 1 from them.
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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#643 » by OrlandoDream » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:25 pm

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OrlandoDream wrote:Our 4th spot is safe as of now, but not for the rest of the season. Dont be surprised if this team wins an extra couple of games that is not expected. If you look at last night's game, we didn't look that bad and sustained a lead for most of the game. But the Blazers have not one but two of what we dont....all star caliber players. We can stock up on as much talent as we want but having an all-star player gives you a better chance to win every night. Lillard was proof of that. He did what all stars do....close games.

NYK has Porzingis out....and they are terrible. WE play them twice coming up and I expect to win those games. We also play Brook two more times. I think its going to be a fierce race til the end and we are gonna end up with the 5th best odds. Philly will prob keep Embiid out for the rest of the year with Simmons ruled out too.


This is what I fear. Im hoping we at least split with the New York. We will beat the Nets both times. We will beat Philly, hoping we at least split with the Hornets. We wil beat the suns. Whats gonna hurt us more than anything is winning games we shouldn't. Im nervous about this Hawks game coming up. We can't afford any upsets we need to lose the ones we are supposed to lose and split the ones we should win. If we do that we should be ok. I just wish our front office was wiling to to all in on the tank like others are doing.
We are getting blown out by the Hornets. We match up horribly against them and have no answer for Kemba. He makes Elfrid his b*tch every time. I think we will split the NYK if Porz is back. Nets game will be a W twice and I think we will drop the one vs the Suns. Bledsoe is gonna show us what we should trade for in the offseason. Its those surprise wins that im looking out for. We did not play bad last night and that was a winnable game. I expect this group to kinda gel more towards these last 20 games.
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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#644 » by thelead » Sat Feb 25, 2017 2:04 am

Sixers up big in the 4th against the wizards. Hopefully they hold on.
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Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#645 » by PrimeThyme » Sat Feb 25, 2017 2:13 am

Sixers up 18 in the fourth and the suns up against Chicago at halftime! Minnesota up at the half && Lakers only down by 7 at halftime as well. Could be a crucial tank night
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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#646 » by OrlandO » Sat Feb 25, 2017 2:33 am

thelead wrote:Sixers up big in the 4th against the wizards. Hopefully they hold on.

No embiid, traded noel, traded their second leading scorer, Simmons out for the season, and okafor barely played. Still won. Their tank has nothing on our tank.
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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#647 » by Viper1500 » Sat Feb 25, 2017 2:43 am

Sixers win. I'm thinking Phoenix could win as well. Could be looking at the 3rd worst record by next week possibly.


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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#648 » by PrimeThyme » Sat Feb 25, 2017 3:12 am

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thelead wrote:Sixers up big in the 4th against the wizards. Hopefully they hold on.

No embiid, traded noel, traded their second leading scorer, Simmons out for the season, and okafor barely played. Still won. Their tank has nothing on our tank.

Yeah is agree.. Embiid should be coming back soon as well
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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#649 » by Viper1500 » Sat Feb 25, 2017 3:26 am

Booker missed a free throw for the win. Chicago and Phoenix going to overtime


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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#650 » by Mauro Pedrosa » Sat Feb 25, 2017 3:26 am

Devin Booker just missed a last second, go ahead free throw. Tank too strong
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Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#651 » by PrimeThyme » Sat Feb 25, 2017 3:45 am

Phx blew it smh
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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#652 » by cedric76 » Sat Feb 25, 2017 3:59 am

As it stand 4. 24. 33. 34. Those early 2nd might turn into very nice assets for us

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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#653 » by Viper1500 » Sat Feb 25, 2017 4:07 am

I'm ok with Phoenix losing if I thought they'd stay behind the lakers but I have zero faith in the lakers winning another game.


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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#654 » by OrlandoDream » Sat Feb 25, 2017 4:44 am

WOW did Philly really beat the Wiz? That works out great. We have a nice cushion at that 4th spot now.
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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#655 » by Viper1500 » Sat Feb 25, 2017 5:04 am

cedric76 wrote:As it stand 4. 24. 33. 34. Those early 2nd might turn into very nice assets for us

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That's going to be a really young team. I could see a full on youth movement happening.


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Post#656 » by cedric76 » Sat Feb 25, 2017 5:31 am

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cedric76 wrote:As it stand 4. 24. 33. 34. Those early 2nd might turn into very nice assets for us

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That's going to be a really young team. I could see a full on youth movement happening.


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Either use them to move up or draft and stack

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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#657 » by shadrock » Sat Feb 25, 2017 5:43 am

Its a real shame and a minor miracle for the Lakers that these protections worked in their favour four fking years in a row. We could EASILY have had their pick in this draft if they didnt get inside the protection by one or two spots in each of the last three seasons. Annoying af.
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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#658 » by Bakomagic » Sat Feb 25, 2017 5:53 am

shadrock wrote:Its a real shame and a minor miracle for the Lakers that these protections worked in their favour four fking years in a row. We could EASILY have had their pick in this draft if they didnt get inside the protection by one or two spots in each of the last three seasons. Annoying af.



Can you imagine having potentially two top 5 picks this year along with the Worc pick ?

Henny would probably be getting the a contract renewal !
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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#659 » by rcklsscognition » Sat Feb 25, 2017 6:08 am

I see they have a tankathon page for draft power and we're ranked #1. We can possibly have a very productive draft if Henny is not involved. I'd prefer to be no worse than 4th odds going into the lottery, but am ok at 5 with about 25% chance to land top 3.

It's going to be tough. There likely will be 3 wins or so separating 4th from 10th. Frightening. There are no useful wins at this point.

We are favored the next two games, I think we likely win the next two unfortunately. Bounce back against the Hawks, and then we have 3 full days, at home, to rest before the Knicks. There are, at least on paper, 10 games we are favored in remaining.
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Re: Tankapolooza: UPDATED 2/16/17; 08:11 

Post#660 » by DiplomaticMagic » Sat Feb 25, 2017 7:01 am

I'm worried about the Knicks the most right now.

Sixers play hard. But obviously they are still a threat.
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