Tankapolooza: Draft Lottery Odds/Watch thread

VFX · Post #741 » by **VFX** » Wed Mar 1, 2017 4:44 pm

Jameerthefear wrote:
drsd wrote:
Skin wrote:We must pray for Magic losses and wins for our competition.

For the tankers, a loss by Orlando to NYKs basically puts the Knicks out of reach of catching the Magic in this race to the bottom.

It's our duty to punch out the guys who want to win meaningless games.

1) 14k+ paying fans might not agree with you.
2) I see wins as meaningful, not meaningless. It is my opinion that Orlando needs to see what it has with its current roster much, much more than to gamble on a 18 year old that might be the NBA's next big bust.

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The 50+ games before the all-star break hasn't clued you in on the lack of talent on this team? We know what we have and it isn't good.

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But but but... it makes them feel good.

At the expense of possibly landing real talent on a rookie contract.

MagicFan101 · Post #742 » by **MagicFan101** » Wed Mar 1, 2017 4:51 pm

drsd wrote:
Skin wrote:We must pray for Magic losses and wins for our competition.

For the tankers, a loss by Orlando to NYKs basically puts the Knicks out of reach of catching the Magic in this race to the bottom.

It's our duty to punch out the guys who want to win meaningless games.

1) 14k+ paying fans might not agree with you.
2) I see wins as meaningful, not meaningless. It is my opinion that Orlando needs to see what it has with its current roster much, much more than to gamble on a 18 year old that might be the NBA's next big bust.

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Why is the final W/L result the only way for you to evaluate talent?

If that were the case, Anthony Davis would have been shipped to the D-league or Europe by now.

Skin · Post #743 » by **Skin** » Wed Mar 1, 2017 5:26 pm

drsd wrote:
Skin wrote:We must pray for Magic losses and wins for our competition.

For the tankers, a loss by Orlando to NYKs basically puts the Knicks out of reach of catching the Magic in this race to the bottom.

It's our duty to punch out the guys who want to win meaningless games.

1) 14k+ paying fans might not agree with you.
2) I see wins as meaningful, not meaningless. It is my opinion that Orlando needs to see what it has with its current roster much, much more than to gamble on a 18 year old that might be the NBA's next big bust.

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I definitely understand your mistrust in our GM to make correct picks with draft picks. That's why we need to lose in order to lessen the criticality of his decision making.

14K+ fans... if they were smart and were looking for something positive to cheer for would be cheering for successful player development. That's why I'd go to the games. To see if our young guys are improving. I wouldn't be going with expectations for wanting the team to win. The bigger picture is more important.

j-ragg · Post #744 » by **j-ragg** » Wed Mar 1, 2017 6:30 pm

We need to root for Phoenix to lose more than LA from here on out.

Nyce_1 · Post #745 » by **Nyce_1** » Wed Mar 1, 2017 6:52 pm

After Ross' current comments about this team, I'm jumping off the tank wagon and hoping we win as much as we can. I'm buying what he's selling.

@TheLando__: Terrence Ross about bringing his experience from Toronto to Orlando - "We’ve got the chance to prove everyone wrong"

Read on Twitter

JustCame · Post #746 » by **JustCame** » Wed Mar 1, 2017 7:05 pm

Let's go Magic! Easy win tonight!

Spoiler:

OrlandO · Post #747 » by **OrlandO** » Wed Mar 1, 2017 7:59 pm

Nyce_1 wrote:After Ross' current comments about this team, I'm jumping off the tank wagon and hoping we win as much as we can. I'm buying what he's selling.

@TheLando__: Terrence Ross about bringing his experience from Toronto to Orlando - "We’ve got the chance to prove everyone wrong"

Read on Twitter

"Man, believe me or don’t, but I love the situation we’re in. I love this roster we have: guys like Evan Fournier, and Nikola Vucevic, and Elfrid Payton..."

He loves the three guys that magic fans have crapped on the most... :lol:

drsd · Post #748 » by **drsd** » Wed Mar 1, 2017 8:56 pm

Perhaps Tanking brings bad Karma?

Joel Embiid Out For Season With Torn Meniscus

crazytown · Post #749 » by **crazytown** » Wed Mar 1, 2017 9:04 pm

6ers gonna pass us now.

We were too optimistic on the tanking. Henny trying to save his job. He wasn't about that tanking life. :banghead:

Post #750 » by **SOUL** » Wed Mar 1, 2017 10:16 pm

Best case is that the Sixers push Lakers further down.

But Sixers have still looked more competitive without Embiid.

IllMagic04 · Post #751 » by **IllMagic04** » Wed Mar 1, 2017 10:30 pm

This is a important game tonight. If we win I think we are in big trouble. It just feels like this team may hit its stride which is the worst thing that could happen right now.

ButchMcRae · Post #752 » by **ButchMcRae** » Wed Mar 1, 2017 11:30 pm

IllMagic04 wrote:This is a important game tonight. If we win I think we are in big trouble. It just feels like this team may hit its stride which is the worst thing that could happen right now.

Its the hardest feeling for a die hard Magic fan wanting your team to win badly and at the same time wanting your team to secure a top 5 draft pick. The Struggle.

Skybox · Post #753 » by **Skybox** » Thu Mar 2, 2017 1:10 am

OrlandO wrote:
Nyce_1 wrote:After Ross' current comments about this team, I'm jumping off the tank wagon and hoping we win as much as we can. I'm buying what he's selling.

@TheLando__: Terrence Ross about bringing his experience from Toronto to Orlando - "We’ve got the chance to prove everyone wrong"

Read on Twitter

"Man, believe me or don’t, but I love the situation we’re in. I love this roster we have: guys like Evan Fournier, and Nikola Vucevic, and Elfrid Payton..."

He loves the three guys that magic fans have crapped on the most...

Don't generalize "magic fans" based on the sour crap you read here. :noway:

Greenraida · Post #754 » by **Greenraida** » Thu Mar 2, 2017 2:56 am

Great tank loss today boys!

OrlandO · Post #755 » by **OrlandO** » Thu Mar 2, 2017 3:25 am

At least the pelicans finally won a game

IllMagic04 · Post #756 » by **IllMagic04** » Thu Mar 2, 2017 4:01 am

ButchMcRae wrote:
IllMagic04 wrote:This is a important game tonight. If we win I think we are in big trouble. It just feels like this team may hit its stride which is the worst thing that could happen right now.

Its the hardest feeling for a die hard Magic fan wanting your team to win badly and at the same time wanting your team to secure a top 5 draft pick. The Struggle.

It's definitely not easy but it's nessacary. Wins at this point do us no good. I want no parts of winning anymore games

The Other Ankle · Post #757 » by **The Other Ankle** » Thu Mar 2, 2017 4:08 am

Philly going to be hard to out-tank down the stretch... We play them once and they play NY twice and Brooklyn and LAL once each.

But who do they even have playing at this point?

JF5 · Post #758 » by **JF5** » Thu Mar 2, 2017 4:08 am

"Thy tank will show us the way, and will breathe life into our dying body" - Fournier 17:7

Post #759 » by **SOUL** » Thu Mar 2, 2017 4:16 am

Minnesota is up big, so another good night.

Sixers will be trouble now that Embiid is out.

Toronto also lost, and Houston is playing Clippers so if both of those teams lose that's better for our late first.

Viper1500 · Post #760 » by **Viper1500** » Thu Mar 2, 2017 5:56 am

Sacramento lost to Brooklyn at home. I think we're going to end up with the 6th pick.

We still play Brooklyn twice, philly and Phoenix.

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