Sixers-Pelicans Lottery Thread

[phattymatty]

Sixers are tied for best record in the league.

Pelicans are tied for worst record in the league.

Chances of number one pick for each team are inconclusive.

[phattymatty]

I now recede my duties to biggie for the rest of the year.

[hbionic]

You did an admirable job my friend. You will be missed.

[ice grillin you]

fantastic win by pheonix last night

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sixers special in orlando tonight.....and the magic are beating the pels right now....would be a dream result if it holds

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also celts gettin in the bucks so far

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magic beating the pels by 25

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sixers already two games behind the celtics

pels 0-2 tho

[phattymatty]

nba champions pick last right?

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orlando over the nets by 20

suns up by 1 at half over the thunder

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after one week...

bullets 0-3
jazz 0-3
celtics 0-3

dont sleep on the jazz they are really bad

[reese125]

jazz arent that bad, not even close to boston

hayward, favors, kanter and trey burke when he comes back is plenty enough to win them games--they were up 19 on houston, lost to the thunder by 3.

[BigEd76]

The Suns beating the Pelicans was great, and the Bobcats won at MSG

Boston/Utah = 0-4
Denver/Washington = 0-3
New Orleans/Sacramento/New York = 1-3
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Sixers/6 Western teams = 3-1
Houston = 4-1
Indiana = 4-0

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man is utah really bad....down by 16 at half to boston

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everyone in the league now has a win except denver (only played 3 games) and utah

the even better news is that the sixers are far from alone in being a team that was supposed to be terrible but has multiple wins.....

pheonix and orlando
who along with the sixers jazz and celts were imo top 5 tankers
both have multiple wins

next level tankers the bobcats look much better than i thought...lakers and kings are bad but shouldnt be a threat

top 3 worst pt differentials right now....tiny sample size obviously but still something to look at

utah -8.6
denver -8.3
lakers - 8.2

new orleans is 2-3

for the hell of it this morning i looked back at the last 12 nba seasons to see what the 5th worst record and the 12 worst record average out to be....5 being the pick protection line for the pels pick and twelve being an arbitrary line where i personally would want to see the pels pick fall at or under

26.1 wins represents the number that the 5th worst team has averaged
36.6 wins represents the number that the 12th worst team has averaged

of course this is all probably a moot point as new orleans is most likely a .500 (41 win) team which puts them at the end of the lottery (14th pick)....but lets root for them to have trouble meshing all their new pieces....for tyreke evans to implode having to share with jeru and eric gordon....for injuries as they have no depth...im looking at you eric gordon...or of course the obvious anthony davis going down would end them...so badly to the point where you actually might not want this to happen too early in the season