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

willbcocks · Post #101 » by **willbcocks** » Wed Mar 7, 2012 3:25 am

Charlotte beat Orlando and Detroit beat the Lakers. Great tank day.

Now that they're healthy, Charlotte might actually finish with a better record than us from here on out. The problem is we have 3 wins on them now, and neither team is getting many total wins. I still think we're on track for 2nd or 3rd worst.

FAH1223 · Post #102 » by **FAH1223** » Wed Mar 7, 2012 3:33 am

we might beat the Lakers... they are HORRIBLE away from home

Higga · Post #103 » by **Higga** » Wed Mar 7, 2012 4:54 am

FAH1223 wrote:we might beat the Lakers... they are HORRIBLE away from home

LA just lost to Detroit, no way do they lose two in a row to **** teams.

Though Young always plays well against the Lakers...

closg00 · Post #104 » by **closg00** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:38 pm

Oh-yeah, its on for tonight baby, Wiz vs NOH. Hold-on to your balls.

:rockon:

The Consiglieri · Post #105 » by **The Consiglieri** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:59 pm

Another positive of late is that since the all star break those teams in the 4-7 zone have really put some distance between themselves and our own bottom 3 save for Sacramento which seems to have come up with a particularly amazing tank redesign, but having won at a .333 clip for the first half of the season, they may have already ruined their pre-lottery tank.

Last 10:

Charlotte: 6 .200

Washington 9 .200

New Orleans 10 .200

Toronto 14 .400

Sacramento 14 .300

New Jersey 15 .500

Detroit 16 .500

I'm really getting closer and closer to thinking we'll lock in at bottom 3, and have no worse than the 6th pick.

tontoz · Post #106 » by **tontoz** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:41 pm

closg00 wrote:Oh-yeah, its on for tonight baby, Wiz vs NOH. Hold-on to your balls.

The bad news is that NOH lost in overtime last night and is sure to be tired. This will definitely put our tank to the test. It will probably take a lot of minutes for our Tank Commander and Chuck to keep the tank rolling. A dose of JV couldn't hurt either.

Higga · Post #107 » by **Higga** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:51 pm

Must lose tonight.

Post #108 » by **Rafael122** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:55 pm

Remember when Cleveland got a first round pick from the Clippers for Davis?

Yeah, Blazers got one for Wallace. Calling it, Portland wins the lottery.

no D in Hibachi · Post #109 » by **no D in Hibachi** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:42 pm

3/16/12

1. Charlotte 6-36 GB: --
2. New Orleans 10-34 GB: 3.0
3. Washington 10-32 GB: 4.0
4. Sacramento 14-29 GB: 7.5
5. Toronto 14-29 GB:7.5
6. New Jersey 15-29 8.0
7. Detroit 16-27 9.5
8. Cleveland 16-25 10.5

Lot's of winnable games remaining on the schedule. By my count there are 9 games which look like 'winnable' games. @NJ, vsDET, @TOR, @DET, @NJ, @CHAR, vsCLEV, vsCHAR, @CLEV. The only hope is that they play 24 games in 41 days. That's a lot of dead leg if you ask me.

Severn Hoos · Post #110 » by **Severn Hoos** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:48 pm

Wow - 24 games in 41 days? The really scary part is putting the newest (by that I mean oldest) teammate through it in a meaningless season. They really should take it easy with Nene - definitely not play him on the B2B2B games, and significantly limit (or sit) him in regular B2Bs. Besides, we need Baltche on the floor for the tank.

We should just get used to the idea of finishing 3rd worst now. No way we "catch" Charlotte, and NO looks done (is Okafor out with injury or did he sit last night as a precaution?).

OTOH, if the 9 "winnable" games is a good benchmark, we can expect to win 7 or so (majority of the winnable plus a surprise or two) from here out and finish somewhere around 17-19 wins. Toronto & Sacramento would have to go 5-18 just to tie at 19 wins, and the other teams would have to be even worse.

So yeah, get ready for the 6th pick in the draft....

BigA · Post #111 » by **BigA** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:15 pm

Our only hope is Baltche remaining a Patton/Rommel-level tank commander and not reverting to "Mr. April."

Last night he was doing his best, throwing up 20-foot airballs early in the clock, having rebounds snatched from his hands by much smaller guys, but Mason just shot us into the win.

queridiculo · Post #112 » by **queridiculo** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:18 pm

Rafael122 wrote:Remember when Cleveland got a first round pick from the Clippers for Davis?

Yeah, Blazers got one for Wallace. Calling it, Portland wins the lottery.

Probably the worst thing that could happen to Portland, the pick is top 3 protected.

dobrojim · Post #113 » by **dobrojim** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:33 pm

Severn Hoos wrote:Wow - 24 games in 41 days? The really scary part is putting the newest (by that I mean oldest) teammate through it in a meaningless season. They really should take it easy with Nene - definitely not play him on the B2B2B games, and significantly limit (or sit) him in regular B2Bs. Besides, we need Baltche on the floor for the tank.

We should just get used to the idea of finishing 3rd worst now. No way we "catch" Charlotte, and NO looks done (is Okafor out with injury or did he sit last night as a precaution?).

OTOH, if the 9 "winnable" games is a good benchmark, we can expect to win 7 or so (majority of the winnable plus a surprise or two) from here out and finish somewhere around 17-19 wins. Toronto & Sacramento would have to go 5-18 just to tie at 19 wins, and the other teams would have to be even worse.

So yeah, get ready for the 6th pick in the draft....

but if CCJ is right and KS is already better than Nene....backfire

We're currently tied for 2nd in the all-important W column
4 games ahead of the next 2 teams tied at 14 Ws

pretty good shape

Severn Hoos · Post #114 » by **Severn Hoos** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:55 am

Ugh - Rudy Gay makes two 3-pointers in the last 10 seconds, looks like OT when the Raptors had a golden chance to steal a game in Memphis. Would feel better with the Raps at 15 wins (and the Kings, who are off to a nice start against the Cs). Unfortunately, I'm too tired to stay up to find out.

Illuminaire · Post #115 » by **Illuminaire** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:40 am

You'll be happy to know that Toronto pulled it out, Severn.

Severn Hoos · Post #116 » by **Severn Hoos** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:43 am

HOO-ray, just saw that Illuminaire, thanks! (couldn't sleep after all).

And don't want to JInx it, but the Kings & Pistons are both winning late in the 3rd. Could be a very good night for the tank effort.

Severn Hoos · Post #117 » by **Severn Hoos** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:51 am

WOW - here is the entire list of players who saw time for the Nets tonight:

New Jersey Nets
STARTERS
DeShawn Stevenson
Kris Humphries
Shelden Williams
Sundiata Gaines
MarShon Brooks
BENCH
Anthony Morrow
Gerald Green
Johan Petro
Jerry Smith
Jordan Williams

When they keep Deron Williams and Brook Lopez out, that just might be the worst lineup I've ever seen. Jerry Smith? I thought he was a "comedian" doing routines for retired folks in the Catskills. DeShawn is starting? At SF?!?!? Did I click on a D-league box score by mistake?

Their tank is strong. We just might catch them after all. Get well soon, Deron & Brook!

willbcocks · Post #118 » by **willbcocks** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:57 am

We're in a great tanking position. While it's looking more likely that we take the 3rd, not 2nd, tank spot, considering the rosters Charlotte and NO have fielded all year, this is the best we could have reasonably expected.

We are so far ahead of everyone else that we can play hard and not even try to tank and still be pretty secure of coming in 3rd. That's a nice position to be in.

(knock on wood)

Illuminaire · Post #119 » by **Illuminaire** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:24 pm

Sixth pick here we come!

The Consiglieri · Post #120 » by **The Consiglieri** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:41 pm

Looking at the spread and the games left to play, I really feel like we're locked into a bottom 3 finish. The 4-6 teams basically have a 5 game lead on us and are playing .300 to .340 ball meaning they all if they sustain that rate probably have 4-6 wins in them, and that means we'd basically have to go about 9-14 to 10-13 down the stretch to catch them and that would be a massive abberation for us. The one major problem we have is what Ive mentioned before, in the stretch run in the last 12, we've got 6 patsies, the good news is that 6 of them are roadies, and i think 4 are back to backers. So they are not 50/50 scenarios, a more likely finish in the final 12 is 3-9 to 5-7. As long as we do not win 5 of our next 10 we're looking good for bottom 3 in my book.

Around 10 of New Orleans last 22 are not winnable in my view, but the good news in particular is that from March 31st to the finale, New Orleans only has 3 back to backers, all 2 in a row (14 games), in that same stretch we play 15 games, have 5 back to backers, including 3 straight games April 4-6th, followed by 3 days rest, and then another back to backer, 2 days rest, and yet another back to backer, so we likely will have built a Zuhkov caliber Tank by the second week of April and very likely could have overtaken New Orleans for the 2.

I think a more likely scenario of a worst pick is 4th or 5th if this scenario holds.