Tankapolooza: Draft Lottery Odds/Watch thread

crazytown · Post #661 » by **crazytown** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 7:03 am

I'll be shocked if we catch PHX or LAL.

At this point we gotta hope the bottom 4 stays put and then we get lucky in the lottery so LAL can fall to 4th. :pray:

Baka_La Flame · Post #662 » by **Baka_La Flame** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:22 am

The Knicks and Sixers worry me. I see us ending up in the 3-7 range. Ross should be our starting SG. We need to use the pick on a Pg or Scoring Wing. Realistically I think it comes down to 4 guys Ball/DSJ/Jackson/Tatum I'll give this slight nod to Pg due to us having some good young wings on the roster. We can always double back and pick up one later in the draft. Give me DSJ with our first pick Package our late first and early second to move up a few slots to draft OG Kennard or Justin Jackson then use our second round pick on a big.

FloridaHoosier · Post #663 » by **FloridaHoosier** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 7:28 pm

Going to the game tonight. Haven't wanted to see Dwight in person since he left the Magic, but I don't care anymore. We haven't used our tickets for over a month, but it's really hard to get excited about going. We leave at the start of the 3rd quarter to avoid the traffic. Three quarters is about all I can take of the 5th year of "The Tank".

PrimeThyme · Post #664 » by **PrimeThyme** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:01 pm

Baka_La Flame wrote:The Knicks and Sixers worry me. I see us ending up in the 3-7 range. Ross should be our starting SG. We need to use the pick on a Pg or Scoring Wing. Realistically I think it comes down to 4 guys Ball/DSJ/Jackson/Tatum I'll give this slight nod to Pg due to us having some good young wings on the roster. We can always double back and pick up one later in the draft. Give me DSJ with our first pick Package our late first and early second to move up a few slots to draft OG Kennard or Justin Jackson then use our second round pick on a big.

Why would we have to move up to draft Jackson or Kennard? Most projections have them going exactly where our second first is likely to be. That would be silly to use one of our seconds like that.

Baka_La Flame · Post #665 » by **Baka_La Flame** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:18 pm

PrimeShaq wrote:
Baka_La Flame wrote:The Knicks and Sixers worry me. I see us ending up in the 3-7 range. Ross should be our starting SG. We need to use the pick on a Pg or Scoring Wing. Realistically I think it comes down to 4 guys Ball/DSJ/Jackson/Tatum I'll give this slight nod to Pg due to us having some good young wings on the roster. We can always double back and pick up one later in the draft. Give me DSJ with our first pick Package our late first and early second to move up a few slots to draft OG Kennard or Justin Jackson then use our second round pick on a big.

Why would we have to move up to draft Jackson or Kennard? Most projections have them going exactly where our second first is likely to be. That would be silly to use one of our seconds like that.

I've seen Kennard and Jackson projected just outside of the lottery in a few mocks. We don't need 4 rookies on this team. If we do end up keeping all of the picks I would prefer to stash one or two guys

j-ragg · Post #666 » by **j-ragg** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:00 am

Trust the process! 1 point lead with 9 seconds!

yoyojw17 · Post #667 » by **yoyojw17** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:24 pm

Baka_La Flame wrote:
PrimeShaq wrote:
Baka_La Flame wrote:The Knicks and Sixers worry me. I see us ending up in the 3-7 range. Ross should be our starting SG. We need to use the pick on a Pg or Scoring Wing. Realistically I think it comes down to 4 guys Ball/DSJ/Jackson/Tatum I'll give this slight nod to Pg due to us having some good young wings on the roster. We can always double back and pick up one later in the draft. Give me DSJ with our first pick Package our late first and early second to move up a few slots to draft OG Kennard or Justin Jackson then use our second round pick on a big.

Why would we have to move up to draft Jackson or Kennard? Most projections have them going exactly where our second first is likely to be. That would be silly to use one of our seconds like that.

I've seen Kennard and Jackson projected just outside of the lottery in a few mocks. We don't need 4 rookies on this team. If we do end up keeping all of the picks I would prefer to stash one or two guys

I'm totally down for selecting 1 or 2 Euro young stars that fall into the early second round.... especially the bigs that have been popping up in recent drafts.... like the Jokic's and and every other -ic....lol

Skin · Post #668 » by **Skin** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 5:54 pm

Glad our guys played well, but that win sucked.

Viper1500 · Post #669 » by **Viper1500** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:07 pm

Skin wrote:Glad our guys played well, but that win sucked.

Agree.

I'm not looking to be a treadmill team at best, because that's exactly what we will be without a star. The season is lost and this is our chance to possibly obtain that star. Don't f*** this up with meaningless wins.

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PrimeThyme · Post #670 » by **PrimeThyme** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:23 pm

We can't lose them all. This is still the team that hasn't won back to back games since December. I'm not expecting anything to change. Still won't crack 30 wins for the season.

OrlandO · Post #671 » by **OrlandO** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:46 am

Pelicans now only 1 game behind us. FFS Win some games.

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rusoopE · Post #672 » by **rusoopE** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:42 am

OrlandO wrote:Pelicans now only 1 game behind us. FFS Win some games.

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Boogie wont play next game due another technical (not sure how many) the kings trade us somehow looking better and better

Post #673 » by **Howard Mass** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:15 pm

It's going to be really tight.

I do not think Orlando will catch Phoenix or LA.

The luck of the draw will be critical this year and hopefully it is not like last year where everything stayed in the order of record. It totally sucked.

rcklsscognition · Post #674 » by **rcklsscognition** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:09 pm

I think it's almost a guarantee we beat New York Wednesday. Coming off a nice win, staying at home for 3 days, new teammate, cancer gone, it's all looking set in stone.

I'm starting to feel really uncomfortable with the remaining games. Team chemistry is at a season high (jeff green was caught smiling yesterday) and we actually have someone that is a skilled basketball player for the first time in 5 years.

pepe1991 · Post #675 » by **pepe1991** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:26 pm

rcklsscognition wrote:I think it's almost a guarantee we beat New York Wednesday. Coming off a nice win, staying at home for 3 days, new teammate, cancer gone, it's all looking set in stone.

I'm starting to feel really uncomfortable with the remaining games. Team chemistry is at a season high (jeff green was caught smiling yesterday) and we actually have someone that is a skilled basketball player for the first time in 5 years.

Knicks just waived Jennings lol

LBPTarHeel27 · Post #676 » by **LBPTarHeel27** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:27 pm

rcklsscognition wrote:I think it's almost a guarantee we beat New York Wednesday. Coming off a nice win, staying at home for 3 days, new teammate, cancer gone, it's all looking set in stone.

I'm starting to feel really uncomfortable with the remaining games. Team chemistry is at a season high (jeff green was caught smiling yesterday) and we actually have someone that is a skilled basketball player for the first time in 5 years.

Yeah...I have an unsettling feeling that this team is about to go on a run where we finish the rest of the season over .500.

fendilim · Post #677 » by **fendilim** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:32 pm

LBPTarHeel27 wrote:
rcklsscognition wrote:I think it's almost a guarantee we beat New York Wednesday. Coming off a nice win, staying at home for 3 days, new teammate, cancer gone, it's all looking set in stone.

I'm starting to feel really uncomfortable with the remaining games. Team chemistry is at a season high (jeff green was caught smiling yesterday) and we actually have someone that is a skilled basketball player for the first time in 5 years.

Yeah...I have an unsettling feeling that this team is about to go on a run where we finish the rest of the season over .500.

Like that year when we were projected to draft Rudy Gay at 7 then tried to make a playoff run, came up short, ended up with Redick..

LBPTarHeel27 · Post #678 » by **LBPTarHeel27** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:37 pm

fendilim wrote:
LBPTarHeel27 wrote:
rcklsscognition wrote:I think it's almost a guarantee we beat New York Wednesday. Coming off a nice win, staying at home for 3 days, new teammate, cancer gone, it's all looking set in stone.

I'm starting to feel really uncomfortable with the remaining games. Team chemistry is at a season high (jeff green was caught smiling yesterday) and we actually have someone that is a skilled basketball player for the first time in 5 years.

Yeah...I have an unsettling feeling that this team is about to go on a run where we finish the rest of the season over .500.

Like that year when we were projected to draft Rudy Gay at 7 then tried to make a playoff run, came up short, ended up with Redick..

We are in a very precarious spot. Yeah, we are currently fourth...but a short lived, decent run would have us slide to the double digit range. If the first two games with Ross are any indication...I actually think it is more likely that we finish 10-12 than Top 5. It wouldn't take much and a lot of other teams seem fully committed to the tank. We are only 2 games out of sliding to 10.

Nemesis21 · Post #679 » by **Nemesis21** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:44 pm

LBPTarHeel27 wrote:
fendilim wrote:
LBPTarHeel27 wrote:
Yeah...I have an unsettling feeling that this team is about to go on a run where we finish the rest of the season over .500.

Like that year when we were projected to draft Rudy Gay at 7 then tried to make a playoff run, came up short, ended up with Redick..

We are in a very precarious spot. Yeah, we are currently fourth...but a short lived, decent run would have us slide to the double digit range. If the first two games with Ross are any indication...I actually think it is more likely that we finish 10-12 than Top 5. It wouldn't take much and a lot of other teams seem fully committed to the tank. We are only 2 games out of sliding to 10.

Why won't our organization embrace the tank? :dontknow:

tiderulz · Post #680 » by **tiderulz** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:54 pm

Nemesis21 wrote:
LBPTarHeel27 wrote:
fendilim wrote:Like that year when we were projected to draft Rudy Gay at 7 then tried to make a playoff run, came up short, ended up with Redick..

We are in a very precarious spot. Yeah, we are currently fourth...but a short lived, decent run would have us slide to the double digit range. If the first two games with Ross are any indication...I actually think it is more likely that we finish 10-12 than Top 5. It wouldn't take much and a lot of other teams seem fully committed to the tank. We are only 2 games out of sliding to 10.

Why won't our organization embrace the tank?

we need a practice collision that isnt long term, but has us sit a few players for a few games.