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

closg00 · Post #141 » by **closg00** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:36 am

I have a feeling we're gonna be in for a Chicago Bulls type surprise for that #1 pick this year.

fishercob · Post #142 » by **fishercob** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:21 am

Big win for the Hornets last night!

FAH1223 · Post #143 » by **FAH1223** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:03 pm

GO HORNETS...

NOW WE MUST DO OUR PART

tontoz · Post #144 » by **tontoz** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:13 pm

Not sure why this just came to mind but when the Hawks got the second pick in the 2005 lottery their GM Billy Knight thought that meant they would have the 2nd pick in the 2nd round too even though they had the worst record. True story. The guy interviewing him was looking at him like.... :eek1:

Jay81 · Post #145 » by **Jay81** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:53 pm

How do the hornets have a better record than us with all their injuries. They must have best coach in history

Post #146 » by **nate33** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:01 pm

Jay81 wrote:How do the hornets have a better record than us with all their injuries.

And in the Western Conference no less.

FAH1223 · Post #147 » by **FAH1223** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:45 pm

Jay81 wrote:How do the hornets have a better record than us with all their injuries. They must have best coach in history

Monty Williams is a good coach. I liked what he did last season in his first year. They took the Lakers to 6 games without David West and I really thought they could pull off the upset.

With a little bit of talent, they should be better next season, but I don't see them going back to the playoffs in a stacked conference full of teams who will miss the postseason with above .500 records

closg00 · Post #148 » by **closg00** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:20 am

NOH is up at the half :clap:

Higga · Post #149 » by **Higga** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:31 am

closg00 wrote:I have a feeling we're gonna be in for a Chicago Bulls type surprise for that #1 pick this year.

If we don't win it I'd like to see Minnesota win it. Davis + Love + Williams with Rubio, if they could find a way to make it work, would be sick.

7-Day Dray · Post #150 » by **7-Day Dray** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:16 am

Damn, NOH lost. They're bruised with injuries. Kaman, Ayon, Okafor, Ariza, Jack, and Gordon all didn't play last night.

7-Day Dray · Post #151 » by **7-Day Dray** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:17 am

Higga wrote:
closg00 wrote:I have a feeling we're gonna be in for a Chicago Bulls type surprise for that #1 pick this year.

If we don't win it I'd like to see Minnesota win it. Davis + Love + Williams with Rubio, if they could find a way to make it work, would be sick.

Minny has no pick this year. They traded it to the Cliuppers, and then they traded it to the Hornets.

hands11 · Post #152 » by **hands11** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:56 pm

Not to be a bearer of bad news but this team seems a lot better of late and has anyone looked at the upcoming schedule ? If Wall was playing better, they would have won some of those last few games.

As it is, when Nene and Booker are healthy, this roster doesn't really suck anymore. Specially if Martin add the missing ingredient at SF.

If you want to tank, you have to hope Wall doesn't pick it up and Crawford get cold again.

llcc25 · Post #153 » by **llcc25** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:06 pm

just a thought. maybe Wall is purposely assisting the tank b/c he knows it means more ping pong balls and a better shot at Davis. i wouldn't blame him and that may just be the smartest thing for Wiz.

fishercob · Post #154 » by **fishercob** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:10 pm

It would appears that Charlotte is locked in to the top spot in the lottery and that we will do no worse than third. The question is is there a chance New Orleans "passes" us.

Our remaining schedule:

Fri 30 vs Philadelphia 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Sun 01 @ Toronto 6:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Mon 02 vs Milwaukee 7:00pm CSN+HD 106.7 FM
Wed 04 vs Indiana 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Thu 05 @ Detroit 7:30pm CSN+HD 106.7 FM
Fri 06 @ New Jersey 7:30pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Mon 09 @ Charlotte 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Tue 10 vs Orlando 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Fri 13 @ New York 7:30pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Sat 14 vs Cleveland 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Mon 16 @ Chicago 8:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Wed 18 vs Milwaukee 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Sat 21 @ Miami 7:30pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Mon 23 vs Charlotte 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Wed 25 @ Cleveland 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Thu 26 vs Miami

Hornets schedule:
Sat 31 @ LA Lakers 2:30pm CST
Sun 01 @ Phoenix 8:00pm CST
Wed 04 vs Denver 7:00pm CST
Fri 06 @ San Antonio 7:30pm CST
Sat 07 vs Minnesota 7:00pm CST
Mon 09 vs LA Lakers 7:00pm CST
Wed 11 vs Sacramento 7:00pm CST
Fri 13 vs Utah 7:00pm CST
Sun 15 vs Memphis 6:00pm CST
Mon 16 @ Charlotte 6:00pm CST
Wed 18 @ Memphis 7:00pm CST
Thu 19 vs Houston 7:00pm CST
Sun 22 @ LA Clippers 8:30pm CST
Tue 24 @ Golden State 9:30pm
Thu 26 @ Houston 7:00pm CST

Our schedule appears much easier. Could be tight.

Post #155 » by **nate33** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:35 pm

fishercob wrote:It would appears that Charlotte is locked in to the top spot in the lottery and that we will do no worse than third. The question is is there a chance New Orleans "passes" us.

Our remaining schedule:

Fri 30 vs Philadelphia 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Sun 01 @ Toronto 6:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Mon 02 vs Milwaukee 7:00pm CSN+HD 106.7 FM
Wed 04 vs Indiana 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Thu 05 @ Detroit 7:30pm CSN+HD 106.7 FM
Fri 06 @ New Jersey 7:30pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Mon 09 @ Charlotte 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Tue 10 vs Orlando 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Fri 13 @ New York 7:30pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Sat 14 vs Cleveland 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Mon 16 @ Chicago 8:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Wed 18 vs Milwaukee 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Sat 21 @ Miami 7:30pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Mon 23 vs Charlotte 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Wed 25 @ Cleveland 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Thu 26 vs Miami

I'm worried. That's a disturbingly easy schedule. The only sure losses are the road games @New York, @Chicago and @Miami. There are at least 3 likely wins @Charlotte, vs Charlotte and vs Cleveland. The other 9 games are either road games against bad teams or home games against .500ish ball clubs. We could conceivably win any or them, and perhaps many of them if our "with Nene" numbers are to be believed. It's certainly possible to win 8 of our last 15. We're 4.5 games behind Sacramento. Is that enough cushion?

pcbothwel · Post #156 » by **pcbothwel** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:27 pm

I think we are cemented in at #3. No way NOH outperforms us these last 16 games..not happening with their schedule. And Nate...Kings have 17 wins and we have 11. We need to go 6-9 for our last 15 just to tie them and they would lose out. I think SAC wins at least 2 more with them having Bobcats and NOH on their schedule...also their last two games are against Lakers and Thunder. Both teams will be overlooking them going into the Playoffs.

Again..were set at #3 IMO. Let the lottery gods do their magic.
Quick note: The 3rd worst team in the Lottery is tied with the 2nd worst(5 times) for the most team to get the 1st pick...hmmm

7-Day Dray · Post #157 » by **7-Day Dray** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:32 pm

pcbothwel wrote:I think we are cemented in at #3. No way NOH outperforms us these last 16 games..not happening with their schedule. And Nate...Kings have 17 wins and we have 11. We need to go 6-9 for our last 15 just to tie them and they would lose out. I think SAC wins at least 2 more with them having Bobcats and NOH on their schedule...also their last two games are against Lakers and Thunder. Both teams will be overlooking them going into the Playoffs.

Again..were set at #3 IMO. Let the lottery gods do their magic.
Quick note: The 3rd worst team in the Lottery is tied with the 2nd worst(5 times) for the most team to get the 1st pick...hmmm

I dunno. Eric Gordon is coming back soon, and if he returns to form, he'll give them a big boost.

hands11 · Post #158 » by **hands11** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:18 pm

llcc25 wrote:just a thought. maybe Wall is purposely assisting the tank b/c he knows it means more ping pong balls and a better shot at Davis. i wouldn't blame him and that may just be the smartest thing for Wiz.

While that may be a fun idea to entertain, If he is doing that on his own without instruction from EG, then we have a huge problem. No player is bigger then the franchise. Only players like Kobe approach that.

So if this is happening, then EG gets the credit or blame, not Wall. If Wall is doing this on his own, then he that is a huge problem.

hands11 · Post #159 » by **hands11** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:19 pm

nate33 wrote:
fishercob wrote:It would appears that Charlotte is locked in to the top spot in the lottery and that we will do no worse than third. The question is is there a chance New Orleans "passes" us.

Our remaining schedule:

Fri 30 vs Philadelphia 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Sun 01 @ Toronto 6:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Mon 02 vs Milwaukee 7:00pm CSN+HD 106.7 FM
Wed 04 vs Indiana 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Thu 05 @ Detroit 7:30pm CSN+HD 106.7 FM
Fri 06 @ New Jersey 7:30pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Mon 09 @ Charlotte 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Tue 10 vs Orlando 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Fri 13 @ New York 7:30pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Sat 14 vs Cleveland 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Mon 16 @ Chicago 8:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Wed 18 vs Milwaukee 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Sat 21 @ Miami 7:30pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Mon 23 vs Charlotte 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Wed 25 @ Cleveland 7:00pm CSN HD 106.7 FM
Thu 26 vs Miami

I'm worried. That's a disturbingly easy schedule. The only sure losses are the road games @New York, @Chicago and @Miami. There are at least 3 likely wins @Charlotte, vs Charlotte and vs Cleveland. The other 9 games are either road games against bad teams or home games against .500ish ball clubs. We could conceivably win any or them, and perhaps many of them if our "with Nene" numbers are to be believed. It's certainly possible to win 8 of our last 15. We're 4.5 games behind Sacramento. Is that enough cushion?

That what I'm talking about. People better start hoping that Booker and Nene miss some games.

hands11 · Post #160 » by **hands11** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:34 am

wow.

Booker and Nene both didnt finish the game and they still won.

Tank alert. Stations everyone.

Secure the perimeter. Alert. Warning.

Now we will see if they really want to tank. If they do, they will sit Nene and Booker next game. They got a feel good win behind them. Now they can tank for a few more games.