The Tank Watch has expired. Time to cheer to win again!

theboomking · Post #321 » by **theboomking** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:06 pm

Two 20 win teams left, Sacremento and NO.

Sacramento plays Charlotte tonight. That should knock them out as a threat for the 2nd slot.
New Orleans ends with the LAC, Golden State and Houston.
We end with Charlotte, Cleveland, and Miami, who will likely be resting everyone.

It isn't beyond the pale that we win out and NO loses out, and that we tie for the 2nd slot.

Post #322 » by **nate33** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:24 pm

theboomking wrote:Two 20 win teams left, Sacremento and NO.

Sacramento plays Charlotte tonight. That should knock them out as a threat for the 2nd slot.
New Orleans ends with the LAC, Golden State and Houston.
We end with Charlotte, Cleveland, and Miami, who will likely be resting everyone.

It isn't beyond the pale that we win out and NO loses out, and that we tie for the 2nd slot.

I'm not worried.

I just can't imagine a scenario where we are in a must-lose tank battle in the final game of the season, and some end-of-the-bench scrub like, say, James Singleton, steps in and pulls down 17 boards in 25 minutes in order to help secure a 1-point win and a loss of a draft slot. It would never happen.

Of course, in such a crazy scenario, maybe the tank gods would smile on us and deliver us the #1 overall draft pick. Heck, anything is possible, right?

truwizfan4evr · Post #323 » by **truwizfan4evr** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:42 pm

I think New Orleans will beat golden state. And will clippers rest there guys tonight?

closg00 · Post #324 » by **closg00** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:08 pm

So, isn't our worst-case we pick 5th and Drummond, Barnes, & Sully are BPA?

truwizfan4evr · Post #325 » by **truwizfan4evr** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:16 pm

closg00 wrote:So, isn't our worst-case we pick 5th and Drummond, Barnes, & Sully are BPA?

Beal? he should be around that range

The Consiglieri · Post #326 » by **The Consiglieri** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:38 pm

closg00 wrote:So, isn't our worst-case we pick 5th and Drummond, Barnes, & Sully are BPA?

Because of this moronic winning streak we are now in range of the 6 or 7 slot. As I said previously in this thread, I don't celebrate the tank watch being over, till its actually freaking over. Our worst case scenario is a disaster if we sweep our last 3 (totally forseeable as we play 2 dogs, and a miami band of losers that wont mind mailing it in in the last game), and the other tanks go Zhukov mode these last five days.

dlts20 · Post #327 » by **dlts20** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:54 pm

I just didnt understand the part of bringing Nene back until the Tank ws over. We shouldve atleast waited until after that Bulls game. We could easily win out while both Sac & NO could easily lose out. Odds are still in our favor but Im getting more & more nervous

7-Day Dray · Post #328 » by **7-Day Dray** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:12 pm

dlts20 wrote:i just didnt understand the part of bringing Nene back until the Tank ws over. We shouldve atleast waited until after that Bulls game. This wreaks of that time when we were dumb enough to bring Gil & Wood back at the very end of the season.

We beat the Cavs who were the best team in the league at the time. We ended up catching the Clipps for a tie, losing the coin toss, and they got Blake. If Gil & Wood didnt come back then we wouldve got Blake. Hope we dont get skinned again.

Have a question though. Is a coin toss the 1st tie breaker no matter what? What if its just 2 teams? Is head to head the 1st tie breaker? Say if NO wins a game and we end up tied with Sac. Do we get the 2nd spot since Sac beat us head to hear? Say Sac wins one more and we end up tied with NO. Does NO get the 2nd spot since we beat them head to head?

From everything I read, it seemed like Nene was the one pushing for the comeback.

And yes, a coin toss is the 1st tiebreaker no matter what. H2H isn't taken in to consideration.

The Consiglieri · Post #329 » by **The Consiglieri** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:23 pm

Yep, and if we lose the coin toss, we are in potentially deep doo doo.

FAH1223 · Post #330 » by **FAH1223** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:26 pm

NOH will win another game. Book it. Guys, you're too worried over nothing

7-Day Dray · Post #331 » by **7-Day Dray** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:28 pm

FAH1223 wrote:NOH will win another game. Book it. Guys, you're too worried over nothing

Yeah, I'm not worried. SAC plays CHA today (guaranteed win), and NOH plays GSW soon (guranteed win). We'll get the #2 slot.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #332 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:12 pm

hands11 wrote:
As for the math equation you did CCJ, where is the Stern factor in there ? Solve for S.

S= Probability of Act of (NBA) God

S can't rig the lottery ... but I do think S can affect the competitive balance of the NBA so big market teams have an advantage.

Just like lightening striking a person twice or one person winning the lottery twice for more than a million, when Stern wants something to occur strange things happen.

Post #333 » by **penbeast0** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:32 pm

FAH1223 wrote:NOH will win another game. Book it. Guys, you're too worried over nothing

How long have you been a Wizards/Bullets fan? After the last 30 years of the "Curse of Les Boulez" we have learned to hope for the best but plan for disaster.

Post #334 » by **montestewart** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:47 pm

penbeast0 wrote:
FAH1223 wrote:NOH will win another game. Book it. Guys, you're too worried over nothing

How long have you been a Wizards/Bullets fan? After the last 30 years of the "Curse of Les Boulez" we have learned to hope for the best but plan for disaster.

Until the Kings and Hornets win or the Bullards lose, ball in play.

Post #335 » by **nate33** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:18 pm

The Consiglieri wrote:Yep, and if we lose the coin toss, we are in potentially deep doo doo.

In a worst case scenario, we'll be tied with New Orleans. That gives us just a 2% chance at landing the 6th pick. I'm not worried.

It really looks like, short of landing the first pick, landing the fifth pick will be just fine. I don't think anybody else takes Beal ahead of MKG, Robinson or Drummond. Indeed, one might argue that the 5th pick is better than the 2nd pick because at least we won't have to pay Beal as much. The difference in salary between the 2nd and 5th pick is about $6M over 4 years or an average of $1.5M a year.

mhd · Post #336 » by **mhd** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:37 pm

Kings up 26 in late 3rd. That's one down. Go Hornets!

dobrojim · Post #337 » by **dobrojim** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:30 am

Sac won so they're out of contention for 2nd worst. If NOH wins vs GSW, it'll
all be good for us. Then we win out thereby appeasing the tank gods and
have good karma on lotto day.

truwizfan4evr · Post #338 » by **truwizfan4evr** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:30 am

I feel new Orleans winning to night vs the lob city clippers

sfam · Post #339 » by **sfam** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:48 am

truwizfan4evr wrote:I feel new Orleans winning to night vs the lob city clippers

Its looking bad so far...Clippers are up 4-2.

hands11 · Post #340 » by **hands11** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:05 am

FAH1223 wrote:NOH will win another game. Book it. Guys, you're too worried over nothing

And we can always tank the last game if needed. We are in the drivers seat. NO has to know that so they may as well try to win.

Oh. did anyone watch the Booker post game interview. I have been reading he is done for the year. I guess no one asked Booker. He said he may be ready for Monday nights game.