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Devilanche wrote:Fringe playoff team will then tank instead near the end . Why lose to the first seed in 4 games when you got a 7% (?) chance of the number one pick
jake_swivel wrote:Devilanche wrote:Fringe playoff team will then tank instead near the end . Why lose to the first seed in 4 games when you got a 7% (?) chance of the number one pick
I think he means every team in the league is in the lottery. And at that point, the competitive balance of the league will go to hell. Think big/attractive markets have an unfair advantage now? Might as well just put all the teams in LA, NY, and Miami at that point.
MoneyTalks41890 wrote:No I’m myopic and shortsighted and I want my pile of draft picks.
slick_watts wrote:i meant all lottery teams (non-playoff) have the same odds. fringe playoff teams tanking to get into the lottery seems unlikely to me. just look at what we were doing in 2015 when KD got hurt. we were fighting for a playoff spot to the end even though it would have been fruitless. my theory is that teams on the bubble would fight more to make the playoffs than to get into the lottery. and obviously it doesn't matter how bad you are, if you don't make the playoffs you have the same odds to get the #1 pick as the worst team in the league. removing the incentive for bottoming out is what this approach would target.
Old Man Game wrote:I thought last night's game was a pretty good barometer of where some of these reserve level players we're currently playing are. I thought for sure we would probably win that game given how bad Detroit's roster was they were trotting out there.
Sure enough we lost and lost comfortably. Most of the guys that we are currently playing have no business being in the nba. Of the guys currently getting minutes it might literally be just Dort and Theo that actually deserve minutes and I only say Theo because he's just a rookie with some upside.
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Dadouv47 wrote:Old Man Game wrote:I thought last night's game was a pretty good barometer of where some of these reserve level players we're currently playing are. I thought for sure we would probably win that game given how bad Detroit's roster was they were trotting out there.
Sure enough we lost and lost comfortably. Most of the guys that we are currently playing have no business being in the nba. Of the guys currently getting minutes it might literally be just Dort and Theo that actually deserve minutes and I only say Theo because he's just a rookie with some upside.
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Pretty much. If one of Poku/Maledon/Bazley can be a good NBA player, that's already pretty good. Don't expect anything from Moses Brown/Roby etc.
This is why this draft is so important to us (no matter which picks). We badly need to draft well.
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
It's such a weird thing isn't it? You'll see a guy and he's made some shots and he looks like he's trying on defense and you think he doesn't look that bad and then you look at the box score and he's like consistently a negative 18 or something.ThunderBolt wrote:Dadouv47 wrote:Old Man Game wrote:I thought last night's game was a pretty good barometer of where some of these reserve level players we're currently playing are. I thought for sure we would probably win that game given how bad Detroit's roster was they were trotting out there.
Sure enough we lost and lost comfortably. Most of the guys that we are currently playing have no business being in the nba. Of the guys currently getting minutes it might literally be just Dort and Theo that actually deserve minutes and I only say Theo because he's just a rookie with some upside.
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Pretty much. If one of Poku/Maledon/Bazley can be a good NBA player, that's already pretty good. Don't expect anything from Moses Brown/Roby etc.
This is why this draft is so important to us (no matter which picks). We badly need to draft well.
A lot of people see some of these G league type guys make some plays and think they have potential. The reality is that lots of young guys could be developed in to an end of the bench rotation piece and lots of older guys get cut from the league while they could still contribute. It takes more than that to stick around and not every player gets an equal shot. When we start trying to win games again some of these try-hard guys will look worse.
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
cjmcallist wrote:After last night, our odds of landing a top 5 pick are at 89%. Holy smokes that went up fast.
jake_swivel wrote:https://www.eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/1197380/gabriel-deck-on-his-way-to-officially-join-the-oklahoma-city-thunder/
Deck arriving today. Hopefully he quarantines for a month.
MoneyTalks41890 wrote:No I’m myopic and shortsighted and I want my pile of draft picks.
cjmcallist wrote:cjmcallist wrote:After last night, our odds of landing a top 5 pick are at 89%. Holy smokes that went up fast.
Now at 90%.
Dadouv47 wrote: This ****ing houston pick swap is so big that it can not convey and lower our odds to get a top 4 pick.
jake_swivel wrote:Dadouv47 wrote: This ****ing houston pick swap is so big that it can not convey and lower our odds to get a top 4 pick.
Just remember that before the season started, the rockets had harden, Westbrook/wall, and wood. That team probably finishes at least 5th in the West, if not higher. We were staring at a mid round pick from Miami, most likely.
Turn that frown, upside down. Two years from now the rockets will still suck. They might suck for five years. It’s a great time to be an OKC fan, regardless.
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