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Offline Quetzalcoatl

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Everything about following this Nets' pick is so second rate.  Even this game was decided by a 20 pt / 15 assist game by......Seth Curry

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Lets get this thread to page 300 before the lock.


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Dear Phoenix, we are going to do this with or without you. 8)

Offline 86MaxwellSmart

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Our 3 seed is gonna come down to Doc Rivers resting his players at Phoenix-----C'MON Doc you owe Danny---for shipping your kid to you--LOSE--!
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Phoenix losing despite playing the Kings third stringers coupled with the Nets barely losing playing their own third stringers makes me feel a bit queasy... I was really hoping the Suns won to save us anxiety for another two days.

Toronto has nothing to play for and the Nets have a bunch of dudes playing their hearts out to try and stick in the NBA, while Phoenix cannot be counted on to win their last game against the Clips, even if the Clips are resting. Wednesday night will be stressful!

Also, I was looking at lottery odds and noticed the 4th worst record is most likely to get the 5th pick while the 3rd worst record is likely to get the sixth pick.

I don't even know what to make anymore of these draft lottery odds... so I guess that makes me feel a bit better? Haha...

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Our 3 seed is gonna come down to Doc Rivers resting his players at Phoenix-----C'MON Doc you owe Danny---for shipping your kid to you--LOSE--!

all we need is a BKN loss, that has to be easier than PHX beating Clips even if Doc rests the better players. Tor better not let me down b/c their second group should be hungrier than BKN's because BKN guys have gotten a chance to show themselves. Hopefully, Tor's tier 2/3 players will try to prove that they deserve checks and minutes next season.
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Our 3 seed is gonna come down to Doc Rivers resting his players at Phoenix-----C'MON Doc you owe Danny---for shipping your kid to you--LOSE--!

all we need is a BKN loss, that has to be easier than PHX beating Clips even if Doc rests the better players. Tor better not let me down b/c their second group should be hungrier than BKN's because BKN guys have gotten a chance to show themselves. Hopefully, Tor's tier 2/3 players will try to prove that they deserve checks and minutes next season.
Many of the Nets current active players are playing for a Contract, they will put up a fight for sure.
Plus the Suns may want that 3rd seed and lose this game on purpose. 

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Also, I was looking at lottery odds and noticed the 4th worst record is most likely to get the 5th pick while the 3rd worst record is likely to get the sixth pick.

I don't even know what to make anymore of these draft lottery odds... so I guess that makes me feel a bit better? Haha...

I don't know where you looked but you'll be happy to know that's not true:



3rd worst is also most likely to get #5 (with a smaller chance than #4 has) and has only a 4% chance of #6.  Plus, our worst case is a tie for 3rd worst and losing the tiebreaker coinflip, which would put us at #4 in the order but with odds that are split between the #3 and #4 position.  So we're guaranteed better odds of a top 3 pick than #4 has on the chart.

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Our 3 seed is gonna come down to Doc Rivers resting his players at Phoenix-----C'MON Doc you owe Danny---for shipping your kid to you--LOSE--!

all we need is a BKN loss, that has to be easier than PHX beating Clips even if Doc rests the better players. Tor better not let me down b/c their second group should be hungrier than BKN's because BKN guys have gotten a chance to show themselves. Hopefully, Tor's tier 2/3 players will try to prove that they deserve checks and minutes next season.
Many of the Nets current active players are playing for a Contract, they will put up a fight for sure.
Plus the Suns may want that 3rd seed and lose this game on purpose.

Players don't tank, GMs and to a lesser extent coaches do. The players on the floor for both the Suns and Nets will play to win.

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Ha, yea I hear ya.

I clearly remember watching the Duncan and Durant lottery selections and had to stop myself from Gronking my TV. Cs have been cursed with the draft. Even the coin flip won't go our way.

I'm going to just go ahead and assume that we just have the no. 6 pick so I don't kill myself on lottery night.

Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
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After last night

I have no faith the Lakers can beat the Nets .

Nets are very poor ......to be sure....but


Lakers flat out suck .....worse maybe than the sixers.....if that is possible.

Lakers will be fine. Their roster is way better than the Nets.
A few adjustments over over the next 10 games and they'll starting winning a few.

I think the only teams 100% worse than the Nets are the 76ers and Nuggets and if they lose Lopez they are worse than Denver IMO.

lol
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Offline MBunge

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Also, I was looking at lottery odds and noticed the 4th worst record is most likely to get the 5th pick while the 3rd worst record is likely to get the sixth pick.

I don't even know what to make anymore of these draft lottery odds... so I guess that makes me feel a bit better? Haha...

I don't know where you looked but you'll be happy to know that's not true:



3rd worst is also most likely to get #5 (with a smaller chance than #4 has) and has only a 4% chance of #6.  Plus, our worst case is a tie for 3rd worst and losing the tiebreaker coinflip, which would put us at #4 in the order but with odds that are split between the #3 and #4 position.  So we're guaranteed better odds of a top 3 pick than #4 has on the chart.

Someone should have shown that to Sam Hinkie.  It might have saved his job.  Finish with the worst record and you are more likely to wind up with the fourth pick than either the 2nd, 3rd or 4th worst records!

Mike

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The good news is that the Raptors played their entire starting five tonight vs the 76ers, and if they were going to take any games off, this would have been the one.

It's possible they rest vs Nets but even the Raptors second unit should easily put away the Nets.
I think Casey is trying to get them into playoff mode which bodes well.

Anxiety levels= good
"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.

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Our 3 seed is gonna come down to Doc Rivers resting his players at Phoenix-----C'MON Doc you owe Danny---for shipping your kid to you--LOSE--!

all we need is a BKN loss, that has to be easier than PHX beating Clips even if Doc rests the better players. Tor better not let me down b/c their second group should be hungrier than BKN's because BKN guys have gotten a chance to show themselves. Hopefully, Tor's tier 2/3 players will try to prove that they deserve checks and minutes next season.
Many of the Nets current active players are playing for a Contract, they will put up a fight for sure.
Plus the Suns may want that 3rd seed and lose this game on purpose.

My point wasn't that the Nets players aren't hungry, I just hope that Tor's guys would be hungrier b/c BKN's hungry players have already been playing for a while now. I'm hoping Tor's players will come out of a bag on BKN because this is their last shot at minutes this season.
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Offline alldaboston

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Yuck. Lowry, Derozan, JV, Carroll, and Johnson are out.
I could very well see the Hawks... starting Taurean Prince at the 3, who is already better than Crowder, imo.

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