Tankapolooza: Draft Lottery Odds/Watch thread

Dennis Reynolds · Post #561 » by **Dennis Reynolds** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:28 am

The tank race is so damn close. Every win could be extremely costly.

islanders11040 · Post #562 » by **islanders11040** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:30 am

we coming for you

Viper1500 · Post #563 » by **Viper1500** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:11 am

Any of the top 5-6 would be great, no way we screw this up. If we can out tank philly and stay at 4 I'd be stoked.

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InFlames · Post #564 » by **InFlames** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:16 am

Hold me.

Post #565 » by **ChosenSavior** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:19 am

islanders11040 wrote:

we coming for you

The photoshop on this tank is on point... :lol:

mityamag · Post #566 » by **mityamag** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:08 am

Completely disagree with all protanking bs. Look at previous 4-5 Draft stars. Who do play for winning teams? Almost nobody... I really hate losing.

MagicStarwipe · Post #567 » by **MagicStarwipe** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:26 am

I would love us to get low enough to be in a position to have to decide on Lonzo Ball. So... bottom 2 most likely. Going to need some lottery luck.

cedric76 · Post #568 » by **cedric76** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:16 pm

ChosenSavior wrote:
islanders11040 wrote:

we coming for you

The photoshop on this tank is on point...

I actually don't think it has been photoshoped lol

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tiderulz · Post #569 » by **tiderulz** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:25 pm

mityamag wrote:Completely disagree with all protanking bs. Look at previous 4-5 Draft stars. Who do play for winning teams? Almost nobody... I really hate losing.

then you dont understand basketball and drafting. dont complain about the players we have and who we "just missed" on in the draft

PrimeThyme · Post #570 » by **PrimeThyme** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:34 pm

UCFJayBird wrote:I don't have the updated numbers in front of me but I seem to recall March/April will be the easier part of the schedule for the Magic this season, so don't be too surprised if we end up on a run and around the 8-10 pick range.

The easy part of our schedule was the first quarter of the season. It was extremely easy. In fact the first half was an easy schedule over all. Our estimated win/loss is 15-43 so if we would of had a harder schedule we wouldn't have won nearly as many games. The only two guaranteed wins are the two Brooklyn games. The rest of the games are against teams we have already lost to this year.

Viper1500 · Post #571 » by **Viper1500** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:22 pm

mityamag wrote:Completely disagree with all protanking bs. Look at previous 4-5 Draft stars. Who do play for winning teams? Almost nobody... I really hate losing.

Tell me one game the magic won in the 14-15 season, you can't, because they were irrelevant. But those games cost us Porzingis. This is only one example

VFX · Post #572 » by **VFX** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:28 pm

Viper1500 wrote:
mityamag wrote:Completely disagree with all protanking bs. Look at previous 4-5 Draft stars. Who do play for winning teams? Almost nobody... I really hate losing.

Tell me one game the magic won in the 14-15 season, you can't, because they were irrelevant. But those games cost us Porzingis. This is only one example

Just like nobody will remember the OT win against the heat earlier this year or the win against the Knicks. People probably already forgot.

This team would look a whole lot different with Porzingis and Embiid for years though...

OrlandoDream · Post #573 » by **OrlandoDream** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 6:22 pm

islanders11040 wrote:

we coming for you

Lmao sorry but at long as you have Melo and KP starting, Knicks have a better chance to win then the magic on any given night :wink:

SF_Warriors · Post #574 » by **SF_Warriors** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 2:06 am

mityamag wrote:Completely disagree with all protanking bs. Look at previous 4-5 Draft stars. Who do play for winning teams? Almost nobody... I really hate losing.

You are probably hoping gordon will one day be as valuable as kp, towns, embiid, etc
And with all the talk around about giving henny a pass for selecting in bad drafts even though those picks were top five..getting into the top 3 seems like a big deal

Also if you can help bump the lakers outta the top 3... magic will get their unprotected 1st in 2019
If they do not..they get two second round picks

Tanking is the quickest and most cost effective way to relevance like it or not

Audi · Post #575 » by **Audi** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 3:55 pm

MagicMatic wrote:
Viper1500 wrote:
mityamag wrote:Completely disagree with all protanking bs. Look at previous 4-5 Draft stars. Who do play for winning teams? Almost nobody... I really hate losing.

Tell me one game the magic won in the 14-15 season, you can't, because they were irrelevant. But those games cost us Porzingis. This is only one example

Just like nobody will remember the OT win against the heat earlier this year or the win against the Knicks. People probably already forgot.

This team would look a whole lot different with Porzingis and Embiid for years though...

Those wins didn't "lose us" Porzingis or Embiid. Those wins did nothing but change the odds of us of landing them, not determining if we did or didn't. We could've also lost those games - and even more - and still ended up where we are today.

VFX · Post #576 » by **VFX** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:42 pm

Audi wrote:
MagicMatic wrote:
Viper1500 wrote:Tell me one game the magic won in the 14-15 season, you can't, because they were irrelevant. But those games cost us Porzingis. This is only one example

Just like nobody will remember the OT win against the heat earlier this year or the win against the Knicks. People probably already forgot.

This team would look a whole lot different with Porzingis and Embiid for years though...

Those wins didn't "lose us" Porzingis or Embiid. Those wins did nothing but change the odds of us of landing them, not determining if we did or didn't. We could've also lost those games - and even more - and still ended up where we are today.

Yeah we could have, but we fell basically where our record indicated. Had we lost 2-5 more games who knows. Do you remember those wins? I don't.

Of course it's all conjecture, but every win or loss still matters come lottery night because it affects the odds. Yes you could win more games, still miss the playoffs, and possibly pick higher with worse odds. BUT who cares about those wins anyway they didn't give you anything, but worse odds.

Those extra wins don't matter unless you go deep in the playoffs. Hell some would argue unless you win the whole thing.

islanders11040 · Post #577 » by **islanders11040** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:04 pm

2/18/2017

12:00

NC State vs Notre Dame ESPN
Dennis Smith Jr

1:00

Duke vs Wake Forest ACC Network (Watch ESPN online)
Jayson Tatum
Harry Giles
Grayson Allen
Luke Kennard

Kansas vs Baylor CBS
Josh Jackson

4:00

Michigan State vs Purdue ESPN
Miles Bridges

Texas A&M vs Auburn ESPNU
Robert Williams

FSU vs Pittsburgh ESPN2
Jonathan Issac

6:00

Kentucky vs Georgia ESPN
De'aaron Fox
Bad Adebayo
Malik Monk

8:00

Arizona vs Washington ESPN 2
Lauri Markkanen
Markell Fultz

10:00

UCLA vs USC Pac12
Lonzo Ball

j-ragg · Post #578 » by **j-ragg** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:25 pm

^^^^^^^ I love you

Optimus_Steel · Post #579 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:40 pm

Skybox wrote:
drsd wrote:
MagicMatic wrote:We really need to push LA out of that third spot. Tonight didn't help.

The Kings play the Lakers tonight. Whatever the result it is good for Orlando. But we should really be wishing for the Lakers to win-out.

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If I understand the Lakers' situation correctly...no team in history has had more reason to tank HARD...If they're out of top 3, they lose TWO probable high lottery picks? Nobody could blame them for sitting everyone every night.

Agree but who knows they dysfunctional too. They might start winning all the sudden.

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basketballRob · Post #580 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:22 pm

At this point the Magic should go all in, screw that half-assing. They need to get lower than the Lakers.