If we finish 7th or 8th in the East, what will our pick range likely be?

[chambers]

I'm just curious. Will it be something like 12-18?
What's the highest percentage pick number that we'd likely get?
Anyone know where I can get good info on this?

[Who]

Probably 15th or 16th.

[florida dodger]

If we go sub .500, but still manage to make the playoffs as the 8th seed, is it possible that we could get the 12th or 13th pick in the draft (a lottery pick), if it turns out that some Western Conference teams miss the playoffs, even though they are over .500?

[Who]

If we go sub .500, but still manage to make the playoffs as the 8th seed, is it possible that we could get the 12th or 13th pick in the draft (a lottery pick), if it turns out that some Western Conference teams miss the playoffs, even though they are over .500?

No -- only teams that miss the playoffs are in the lottery

For example, last year's Houston Rockets finished with 43 wins and finished 9th in the West. They had the 14th pick in the draft while the Indiana Pacers had 37 wins and got the 8th seed in the East and had the 15th pick.

[PosImpos]

If we go sub .500, but still manage to make the playoffs as the 8th seed, is it possible that we could get the 12th or 13th pick in the draft (a lottery pick), if it turns out that some Western Conference teams miss the playoffs, even though they are over .500?

No -- only teams that miss the playoffs are in the lottery

For example, last year's Houston Rockets finished with 43 wins and finished 9th in the West. They had the 14th pick in the draft while the Indiana Pacers had 37 wins and got the 8th seed in the East and had the 15th pick.

Indeed.  This is precisely why we'd be better off missing the playoffs.

If we miss the playoffs with a sub-.500 record, we might get the 11th or 12th pick, since as many as 3 Western conference teams might finish at .500 or close to it yet miss the playoffs.

[Kane3387]

Probably 15th or 16th.

This.