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Tank World Order (XIV) Here we go, The Final Stretch of the 2025 Tank Season!!!

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If we stay at our current draft range (7-9), who would you like for the Raptors to draft?

Fears
28
22%
Malauch
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46%
Knueppel
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4%
Queen
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16%
Richardson
1
1%
Demin
5
4%
Other (state whom in the thread if you wish)
9
7%
 
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Post#781 » by Coco Costanza » Wed Apr 9, 2025 2:09 am

GoRapstheoriginal wrote:NETS WIN! NETS WIN! WOOHOO! HOORAY!


Yeah, it's too late.
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Post#782 » by GoRapstheoriginal » Wed Apr 9, 2025 2:31 am

Coco Costanza wrote:
GoRapstheoriginal wrote:NETS WIN! NETS WIN! WOOHOO! HOORAY!


Yeah, it's too late.


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Post#783 » by NinjaBro » Wed Apr 9, 2025 2:31 am

Godaddycurse wrote:Its much easier for Philly to tank because they have like zero prospects to try to develop after mccain is out for the year and they dont need to care about the team morale. Toronto was trying to develop 4 rookies and also keep its vets happy.
But what about tWo? They have feelings too.
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Post#784 » by Jerry Lucas » Wed Apr 9, 2025 2:33 am

GoRapstheoriginal wrote:
Coco Costanza wrote:
GoRapstheoriginal wrote:NETS WIN! NETS WIN! WOOHOO! HOORAY!


Yeah, it's too late.


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No, I don't think you get it, it's literally too late in the sense that it's mathematically impossible to pass them in the tank standings.
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Post#785 » by Thaddy » Wed Apr 9, 2025 3:13 am

If the Spurs win does that clinch 7th
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Post#786 » by bballsparkin » Wed Apr 9, 2025 3:20 am

Thaddy wrote:If the Spurs win does that clinch 7th


I believe it would. LACs need this game so I doubt it happens.
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Post#787 » by LoveMyRaps » Wed Apr 9, 2025 4:47 am

We need to lose a game. Spurs ain’t winning crap.
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Post#788 » by Jcity08 » Wed Apr 9, 2025 1:30 pm

LoveMyRaps wrote:We need to lose a game. Spurs ain’t winning crap.


Yup, theres definitely a dangerous possibility that we beat both the Hornets and Mavs and let the Spurs decide our fate in the final game of the Season.
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Post#789 » by Yeezus_ » Wed Apr 9, 2025 1:33 pm

Jcity08 wrote:
LoveMyRaps wrote:We need to lose a game. Spurs ain’t winning crap.


Yup, theres definitely a dangerous possibility that we beat both the Hornets and Mavs and let the Spurs decide our fate in the final game of the Season.

Why is this Raptors team beating the Mavs? Lol
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Post#790 » by Jcity08 » Wed Apr 9, 2025 1:44 pm

Yeezus_ wrote:
Jcity08 wrote:
LoveMyRaps wrote:We need to lose a game. Spurs ain’t winning crap.


Yup, theres definitely a dangerous possibility that we beat both the Hornets and Mavs and let the Spurs decide our fate in the final game of the Season.

Why is this Raptors team beating the Mavs? Lol


Don't know but we'll see on friday I guess. :dontknow:
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Post#791 » by Parataxis » Wed Apr 9, 2025 2:55 pm

Jerry Lucas wrote:
GoRapstheoriginal wrote:
Coco Costanza wrote:
Yeah, it's too late.


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No, I don't think you get it, it's literally too late in the sense that it's mathematically impossible to pass them in the tank standings.


There's three games left and there's three games between us. Isn't it still possible to tie for 6th? I thought that lottery odds didn't use tiebreaks and did coin flips if neither team gets the top 4?
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Post#792 » by Spida888 » Wed Apr 9, 2025 4:02 pm

Jcity08 wrote:
Yeezus_ wrote:Why is this Raptors team beating the Mavs? Lol


Don't know but we'll see on friday I guess. :dontknow:

If PHX loses another game, they are mathematically out of the play-in and the Mavs clinch a play-in spot. PHX plays OKC tonight so they likely lose.

Mavs may not be as competitive against the Raps if they already secured a play-in spot. Hopefully that's not the case though.
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Post#793 » by Spida888 » Wed Apr 9, 2025 4:04 pm

Parataxis wrote:
Jerry Lucas wrote:
GoRapstheoriginal wrote:
It's not to late! Join #teampositivepolly! Believe!!!

No, I don't think you get it, it's literally too late in the sense that it's mathematically impossible to pass them in the tank standings.


There's three games left and there's three games between us. Isn't it still possible to tie for 6th? I thought that lottery odds didn't use tiebreaks and did coin flips if neither team gets the top 4?

You're correct, it's not impossible, just highly improbable that we lose the next 3 while the Nets win the next 3.
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Post#794 » by causal_fan » Wed Apr 9, 2025 4:27 pm

Spida888 wrote:
Parataxis wrote:
Jerry Lucas wrote:No, I don't think you get it, it's literally too late in the sense that it's mathematically impossible to pass them in the tank standings.


There's three games left and there's three games between us. Isn't it still possible to tie for 6th? I thought that lottery odds didn't use tiebreaks and did coin flips if neither team gets the top 4?

You're correct, it's not impossible, just highly improbable that we lose the next 3 while the Nets win the next 3.

If the Raptors had done the smart thing and lost to the Nets recently, then the spread would have been 1 game with a legitimate chance of at least moving into a tie for 6th in addition to clinching 7th.
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Post#795 » by beanbag » Wed Apr 9, 2025 6:35 pm

causal_fan wrote:
Spida888 wrote:
Parataxis wrote:
There's three games left and there's three games between us. Isn't it still possible to tie for 6th? I thought that lottery odds didn't use tiebreaks and did coin flips if neither team gets the top 4?

You're correct, it's not impossible, just highly improbable that we lose the next 3 while the Nets win the next 3.

If the Raptors had done the smart thing and lost to the Nets recently, then the spread would have been 1 game with a legitimate chance of at least moving into a tie for 6th in addition to clinching 7th.


"Did the smart thing and lost" as if the Raptors didn't put a G league team on the floor against them
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Post#796 » by Parataxis » Wed Apr 9, 2025 6:55 pm

beanbag wrote:
causal_fan wrote:
Spida888 wrote:You're correct, it's not impossible, just highly improbable that we lose the next 3 while the Nets win the next 3.

If the Raptors had done the smart thing and lost to the Nets recently, then the spread would have been 1 game with a legitimate chance of at least moving into a tie for 6th in addition to clinching 7th.


"Did the smart thing and lost" as if the Raptors didn't put a G league team on the floor against them


The only reason we lost that game is because it never occurred to us not to win. :noway:
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Post#797 » by Gavin_TDThree » Wed Apr 9, 2025 7:00 pm

Thaddy wrote:If the Spurs win does that clinch 7th


the formula is we need to lose 1 or they need to win 1 and we are locked into 7th
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Post#798 » by dohboy_24 » Wed Apr 9, 2025 7:16 pm

The Toronto Raptors are 29-50 with 1 home game (vs Charlotte) and 2 road games (@Dallas and @San Antonio) left to finish out the season.
The San Antonio Spurs are 32-47 with 1 home game (vs Toronto) and 2 road games (@Golden State, @Phoenix) left to finish out the season.

At this point, we cannot pass them in the draft lottery standings.

The worst we can do is to be tied with them at the end of the season and the only way that happens is if the Raptors win all of their remaining games and the Spurs lose all of theirs.

In all other scenarios, the Raptors will finish the season with a worse record than the Spurs and secure the 7th best draft odds.

While it's possible for the Raptors and Spurs to end up with the same record by the end of the season, it's not very likely when you consider they are going to play a team (Phoenix) on an 8 game losing streak after they lose to OKC tonight and the final game of the season will be played on their court - giving their players more motivation than ours to finish the season with a win in front of their home crowd.
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Post#799 » by PushDaRock » Wed Apr 9, 2025 7:41 pm

beanbag wrote:
causal_fan wrote:
Spida888 wrote:You're correct, it's not impossible, just highly improbable that we lose the next 3 while the Nets win the next 3.

If the Raptors had done the smart thing and lost to the Nets recently, then the spread would have been 1 game with a legitimate chance of at least moving into a tie for 6th in addition to clinching 7th.


"Did the smart thing and lost" as if the Raptors didn't put a G league team on the floor against them


Yeah but we could have just forfeited instead, fake a bunch of injuries in game and get down to only 4 players left.
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Post#800 » by Coco Costanza » Wed Apr 9, 2025 8:55 pm

Yeezus_ wrote:
Jcity08 wrote:
LoveMyRaps wrote:We need to lose a game. Spurs ain’t winning crap.


Yup, theres definitely a dangerous possibility that we beat both the Hornets and Mavs and let the Spurs decide our fate in the final game of the Season.

Why is this Raptors team beating the Mavs? Lol


Because they can?
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