update for this week
Standings as of 3/21/19
Memphis pick -- #7 -- (protected top 8 )
Games Behind Current Wins Games Left Last 10
Dallas 1 28 11 1-9
Memphis --- 29 11 6-4
Washington +0.5 30 10 5-5
New Orleans +0.5 31 8 3-7
LA Lakers +2 31 11 1-9
--> surprise, surprise. Memphis is playing inexplicably well enough to climb past Dallas and gaining quickly on Wash and NO. Lakers are playing so badly they're now in the mix. A certain someone posting in this thread is going to be feeling very pleased with themselves this week (and kudos to them for sticking with their opinion on this).
Kings pick -- #14 -- (protected if top 1 - becomes Sixer pick if #1)
Games Behind Current Wins Games Left Last 10
Orlando 1 34 10 6-4
Sacramento --- 34 12 3-7
-> Kings are really fading. playoffs are pretty much done for. now they're falling back to the rest of the lottery pack with Orlando on the horizon. wish this decline had started a couple of months ago when I thought it would. Orlando still has a shot at the playoffs - trailing MIami just 1.5 games so they have a reason to play hard. Sac could fall to #13 pre-lottery now.
Clipper Pick #18 -- (tied with OKC and SAS) (protected top 14)
Games Behind Current Wins Games Left Last 10
OKC --- 42 10 4-6
LA Clippers --- 42 10 8-2
San Antonio --- 42 10 9-1
Utah +0.5 42 11 7-3
Boston +1 43 10 6-4
--> Clips pick doesn't look to improve past #18 but now they're bunching up with several teams that depending on how everyone finishes out the year, could see the pick possibly as bad as #22.
Boston Pick -- #22
Games Behind Current Wins Games Left Last 10
OKC 1 42 10 4-6
LA Clippers 1 42 10 8-2
San Antonio 1 42 10 9-1
Utah 0.5 42 11 7-3
Boston --- 43 10 6-4
Indiana +1 44 10 4-6
Portland +1.5 44 11 6-4
Houston +2 45 10 8-2
--> Don't ask me how but despite blowing 2 winnable games this week, C's draft slot worsened by 1. A lot of teams really bunching up as we come down the homestretch. C's could legitimately wind up as low as #18 or, if they get their act together on the court finally, as high as 25 (provided everyone they're bunched with ends their season poorly). Only 2 teams around them playing as bad as the C's are Indy and OKC, everyone else seems to be ending the season on a high note so I really wouldn't be surprised if the C's pick comes in at 20.
Second Rounders:
Boston (protected 31-55)
Second rounders
Boston - #52
It's not going anywhere.