The official 2015-2016 Dallas Mavericks season watch thread

[trickybilly]

Great. Juuuust great...

[jmen788]

Regarding the Mavs pick, last night went pretty much perfectly.

The game tonight (DAL @ UTAH) scares me because the Mavs have Deron Williams back, may be getting Barea back, and they always seem to win games like these that they shouldn't... BUT if the Jazz can PLEAAAASE take care of business, then there is a real shot at pick 12 or 13 pending the outcomes of the Rockets last two games and the Wizards last two.

On the flip side, the Mavs could actually get the 5 seed in the west if they win out, Memphis loses out, and they finish tied in the standings with the Blazers.

Scares is an interesting word. It's a game we need them to lose, period, scary or no.  Good news is it's at Utah, so advantage Jazz.  Also, it will be interesting to see how Deron performs in a back-to-back.  He's not healed, just recovered enough so that he can manage his pain.  He played 29 minutes yesterday -- I would be surprised if he goes that many tonight.

It's the Grizzlies who scare me.  That team is an infirmary unit, and their final two games are against the Clippers and Warriors.  I'd like to keep the Mavs pick at no worse than 16.  The Warriors are going for the record win, so here's hoping the Clippers rest everyone on Tuesday.  Portland should be able to beat the Nuggets if seeding is on the line, so I'm less worried about the Mavs getting that high.

After last night, I guess now you can see why I used the word "scared" - because the Mavs this year keep winning games like that. Overall last night was awful for our Mavs pick - at *best* the Mavs pick will be 16, but probably 17 or 18. The silver lining/positive spin is that the Clippers are now locked into their seed with OKC's win last night, so hopefully they don't try vs. Memphis tomorrow night, which would result in Dallas getting the 7th seed. We also now need to root for Portland, Indy and Detroit on top of Memphis.

It's crazy how in just one day things can go from great to bleh haha

[MattyIce]

Regarding the Mavs pick, last night went pretty much perfectly.

The game tonight (DAL @ UTAH) scares me because the Mavs have Deron Williams back, may be getting Barea back, and they always seem to win games like these that they shouldn't... BUT if the Jazz can PLEAAAASE take care of business, then there is a real shot at pick 12 or 13 pending the outcomes of the Rockets last two games and the Wizards last two.

On the flip side, the Mavs could actually get the 5 seed in the west if they win out, Memphis loses out, and they finish tied in the standings with the Blazers.

Scares is an interesting word. It's a game we need them to lose, period, scary or no.  Good news is it's at Utah, so advantage Jazz.  Also, it will be interesting to see how Deron performs in a back-to-back.  He's not healed, just recovered enough so that he can manage his pain.  He played 29 minutes yesterday -- I would be surprised if he goes that many tonight.

It's the Grizzlies who scare me.  That team is an infirmary unit, and their final two games are against the Clippers and Warriors.  I'd like to keep the Mavs pick at no worse than 16.  The Warriors are going for the record win, so here's hoping the Clippers rest everyone on Tuesday.  Portland should be able to beat the Nuggets if seeding is on the line, so I'm less worried about the Mavs getting that high.

After last night, I guess now you can see why I used the word "scared" - because the Mavs this year keep winning games like that. Overall last night was awful for our Mavs pick - at *best* the Mavs pick will be 16, but probably 17 or 18. The silver lining/positive spin is that the Clippers are now locked into their seed with OKC's win last night, so hopefully they don't try vs. Memphis tomorrow night, which would result in Dallas getting the 7th seed. We also now need to root for Portland, Indy and Detroit on top of Memphis.

It's crazy how in just one day things can go from great to bleh haha

i think there's a chance doc rests against memphis in the unlikely yet slightly possible event that memphis can get into the 5th (who wins the tie-break mem or port?) , he would rather play memphis than portland even though there would be lots of memphis players with bad intentions towards the clips.

[jmen788]

I believe that the Grizzlies loss last night pretty much ensures that the best the Dallas pick ends up being is #17... and it could get even worse. Oh how things have changed in just a couple days 

[The Oracle]

If Dallas loses today and Memphis wins, the pick will be #16.  If Dallas wins, Memphis loses or wins, Portland loses and Detroit loses the pick could finish as low as 19th depending on coin flips.

[jmen788]

If Dallas loses today and Memphis wins, the pick will be #16.  If Dallas wins, Memphis loses or wins, Portland loses and Detroit loses the pick could finish as low as 19th depending on coin flips.

But if Dallas and Memphis both lose (with our luck, Dallas will win anyways) then wouldn't it be pick 17 because Dallas won the head to head vs. MEM this year?

[The Oracle]

If Dallas loses today and Memphis wins, the pick will be #16.  If Dallas wins, Memphis loses or wins, Portland loses and Detroit loses the pick could finish as low as 19th depending on coin flips.

But if Dallas and Memphis both lose (with our luck, Dallas will win anyways) then wouldn't it be pick 17 because Dallas won the head to head vs. MEM this year?

In reguards to draft position all ties are broken via coin flip.  We lost such a flip 2 years ago to Utah, they got the 5th pick we got the 6th and drafted Smart.

[rondofan1255]

Does anyone know around what day the coin flips usually are (for Dallas 16-17 pick, Celtics for the 21-24)

 

[jpotter33]

Does anyone know around what day the coin flips usually are (for Dallas 16-17 pick, Celtics for the 21-24)

 

I'm pretty sure the same day as the lottery itself.

[colincb]

Does anyone know around what day the coin flips usually are (for Dallas 16-17 pick, Celtics for the 21-24)

 

The last two years it was on the Friday after the season ended for teams not in the lottery.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2434450-nba-draft-2015-post-lottery-order-set-following-tiebreakers

[rondofan1255]

Does anyone know around what day the coin flips usually are (for Dallas 16-17 pick, Celtics for the 21-24)

 

The last two years it was on the Friday after the season ended for teams not in the lottery.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2434450-nba-draft-2015-post-lottery-order-set-following-tiebreakers

Thanks!

I look forward to this Friday's coin flips. 

Hoping for 21 and 16!

[rondofan1255]

Anyone know what time it will be for the coin flip? Will it be on NBA tv?

[konkmv]

Anyone?

[Evantime34]

It's now http://www.nba.com/live1/

23rd pick for us, the Dallas drawing is coming up next.

[slamtheking]

TP for the info Evantime34