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Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #60 on: January 26, 2014, 12:29:26 PM »

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http://espn.go.com/nba/lottery2014/mockdraft

11.9% chance of winning.

I played it like 10 times - 5/10 has us at 3 picking Parker, 3/10 has us at 2 - picking Parker and 2/10 has us at 1 picking Parker...

You know what that means  ::)

almost every time I ran it, the celtics were picking Exum at 5.
it was either parker or exum for me.

Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #61 on: January 26, 2014, 12:30:49 PM »

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Im hoping for the second pick, assuming the Big Three all leave (Embiid, Wiggins, Parker). We would have an easier decision to make than the number 1.

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Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #62 on: January 26, 2014, 12:32:52 PM »

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looks like our odds are getting better and better.
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Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #63 on: January 26, 2014, 01:16:27 PM »

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Embiid
Wiggins
Parker
Exum
Randle

That's my preference.
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Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #64 on: January 26, 2014, 01:33:28 PM »

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getting excited about the prospects with our chances increasing.

Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #65 on: January 26, 2014, 01:43:18 PM »

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well Utah has passed us, we are only 1 win in front of Philly for the 3rd best odds , only 2 and a half in front of Orlando for 2nd best odds . I think Orlando will start winning more once Vucevic comes back .

Things are looking good for the C's!

Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #66 on: January 26, 2014, 02:52:27 PM »

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Going to be very happy any which way we land one of Embiid/Parker/Wiggins or Exum. Think they're all going to be superstars, with Embiid potentially developing into a legitimate franchise changer.

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« Reply #67 on: January 26, 2014, 03:33:23 PM »

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Going to be very happy any which way we land one of Embiid/Parker/Wiggins or Exum. Think they're all going to be superstars, with Embiid potentially developing into a legitimate franchise changer.

It's going to be interesting to see how good Embiid becomes.  He is a very good athlete but the comparisons to Olajuwon could be a bit much.  I'd heard an announcer say a better comparison is Andrew Bynum pre injury.

Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #68 on: January 26, 2014, 04:07:59 PM »

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Good tank game between the Lakers and Knicks today. Whoever wins is a win for the Celtics. (although I hope it's the Lakers who win)

Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #69 on: January 26, 2014, 04:18:07 PM »

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Wow I didn't know the 6ers have two first round picks this year. Next year the 6ers definitely can make the playoffs, and we'd have three 1sts. I hope next years draft is good as we'll !!!

Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #70 on: January 26, 2014, 04:20:39 PM »

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My spins has us taking Parker inside the top 3 every time and exum at 5 every time.

Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #71 on: January 26, 2014, 05:25:07 PM »

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I'm getting the same as others. Exum at 5 and Jabari or Embiid in the top 3.

Does who we take in this mock lottery spin have any influence from Chad Ford?
ie: Does Ford use his 'insider information' or opinion on who Danny likes?

Or does it just take the BPA?
"We are lucky we have a very patient GM that isn't willing to settle for being good and coming close. He wants to win a championship and we have the potential to get there still with our roster and assets."

quoting 'Greg B' on RealGM after 2017 trade deadline.
Read that last line again. One more time.

Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #72 on: January 26, 2014, 05:49:56 PM »

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I think the more relevant number is what % chance do we have of landing a top 3 pick?  also, anything in the top 5 is probably a huge win for us this summer
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Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #73 on: January 26, 2014, 06:06:41 PM »

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I think the more relevant number is what % chance do we have of landing a top 3 pick?  also, anything in the top 5 is probably a huge win for us this summer

Well if we finished 4th we'll roughly get slightly less than a 40% chance at a top 3 pick. 37% or 39% off the top of my head?
"We are lucky we have a very patient GM that isn't willing to settle for being good and coming close. He wants to win a championship and we have the potential to get there still with our roster and assets."

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Re: 11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today
« Reply #74 on: January 26, 2014, 06:58:07 PM »

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Going to be very happy any which way we land one of Embiid/Parker/Wiggins or Exum. Think they're all going to be superstars, with Embiid potentially developing into a legitimate franchise changer.

It's going to be interesting to see how good Embiid becomes.  He is a very good athlete but the comparisons to Olajuwon could be a bit much.  I'd heard an announcer say a better comparison is Andrew Bynum pre injury.

I think he projects a bit better than Bynum, myself. And he doesn't have that attitude stuck to him.