The Official 2016-2017 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (20-62, #1)

[Surferdad]

The bigger question is whether LAL ends up top-3.  If not, they send the pick to Philly.  I really really don't want that to happen b/c a top-3 player in this draft plus Embiid/Saric/Simmons is a stronger youth core than the C's have now.

EDIT:

Also, I'd much rather see the Lakers have the pick then the 76ers. The 76ers are a much bigger threat to the Celtics of getting good quickly than the Lakers are, having yet another top 10 pick in Philly this season is not ideal.

Yes exactly jbpats.

[hodgy03038]

A few days ago I wasn't worried. Now I am. After the Nets beat Detroit everything changes. They play them again plus there are many other winnable games. They play Detroit again, Chicago twice, Orlando twice, Phoenix and get this Philly twice. Philly could lose just to screw with us. I am worried because there is NO CHANCE of the Lakers winning another game even by accident based on who they play. Not a chance in hell.

[jbpats]

dupe

[jbpats]

A few days ago I wasn't worried. Now I am. After the Nets beat Detroit everything changes. They play them again plus there are many other winnable games. They play Detroit again, Chicago twice, Orlando twice, Phoenix and get this Philly twice. Philly could lose just to screw with us. I am worried because there is NO CHANCE of the Lakers winning another game even by accident based on who they play. Not a chance in hell.

Wouldn't it be in Philly's best interest to beat the Nets, they'd only be hurting their own odds by increasing LA's?

[fairweatherfan]

It's possible but it's incredibly unlikely. Wait until they get within 3 wins before getting nervous about it. And remember of course this is essentially for Ping-Pong balls and guarantees very little.

[jbpats]

It's possible but it's incredibly unlikely. Wait until they get within 3 wins before getting nervous about it. And remember of course this is essentially for Ping-Pong balls and guarantees very little.

"ping pong balls" the NBA needs to draw the balls live instead of having the folders pre-sealed with draft order.

[CelticsFan166]

It's possible but it's incredibly unlikely. Wait until they get within 3 wins before getting nervous about it. And remember of course this is essentially for Ping-Pong balls and guarantees very little.

"ping pong balls" the NBA needs to draw the balls live instead of having the folders pre-sealed with draft order.

...but then they couldn't give their Lakers a top 2 pick every year!

[footey]

That being said I don't think it's the end of the world if the Lakers get the #1 pick (or at least the best odds for it), it hurts us if we wanted to trade the pick but I don't see anyway the Lakers don't take Ball who i'd think is #3 on Ainge's board right now. Also, I'd much rather see the Lakers have the pick then the 76ers. The 76ers are a much bigger threat to the Celtics of getting good quickly than the Lakers are, having yet another top 10 pick in Philly this season is not ideal.

But the real point is that if Nets don't finish worst, say second worst, instead of having nearly a 50% chance of top 2 pick and about a 66% chance of a top 3 pick (and this is becoming a draft with 3 No. 1 picks), and guaranteed no worse than a 4th pick, our percentage chances of getting top 2 or top 3 go down significantly, and we are only guaranteed a top 5 rather than a top 4, which could mean the difference between drafting Tatum (decent) vs. Isaac (project).

[chambers]

The Nets have won 14 out of 71 games.

Do people really believe they will win 6 out of the remaining 11 games?

All these teams like chicago, Philly, Suns, Orlando will be busting rheir asses to get a cherished win vs the Nets and will be licking their chops to get some stats before the end of the season.

[footey]

The Nets have won 14 out of 71 games.

Do people really believe they will win 6 out of the remaining 11 games?

All these teams like chicago, Philly, Suns, Orlando will be busting rheir asses to get a cherished win vs the Nets and will be licking their chops to get some stats before the end of the season.

They are 4-6 their last ten games, so yes, I think they can win 6 out of their remaining 11 games.  Their more recent record is a better projector of how they will finish than their season record to date.

[Vox_Populi]

It's worth pointing out, maybe, that Detroit are 1-4 the last three seasons in Brooklyn. It's just a bad match-up for them.

[BitterJim]

It's possible but it's incredibly unlikely. Wait until they get within 3 wins before getting nervous about it. And remember of course this is essentially for Ping-Pong balls and guarantees very little.

"ping pong balls" the NBA needs to draw the balls live instead of having the folders pre-sealed with draft order.

Why? So you can see them compare the combinations to a big list to see who's combo it is? And then, when a combo gets picked for a team that has already moved up in the lotto you can see them draw again? It'd not like the lotto drawing is done completely in secret; each team has a representative there to make sure it's happening fairly. Drawing them live wouldn't make it any more exciting or any harder to rig

[BitterJim]

The Nets have won 14 out of 71 games.

Do people really believe they will win 6 out of the remaining 11 games?

All these teams like chicago, Philly, Suns, Orlando will be busting rheir asses to get a cherished win vs the Nets and will be licking their chops to get some stats before the end of the season.

They are 4-6 their last ten games, so yes, I think they can win 6 out of their remaining 11 games.  Their more recent record is a better projector of how they will finish than their season record to date.

Their more recent record projects them winning 4.4 of their final 11 games. That's still a far cry from 6-5

[Big333223]

The Nets have won 14 out of 71 games.

Do people really believe they will win 6 out of the remaining 11 games?

All these teams like chicago, Philly, Suns, Orlando will be busting rheir asses to get a cherished win vs the Nets and will be licking their chops to get some stats before the end of the season.

They are 4-6 their last ten games, so yes, I think they can win 6 out of their remaining 11 games.  Their more recent record is a better projector of how they will finish than their season record to date.

Their more recent record projects them winning 4.4 of their final 11 games. That's still a far cry from 6-5

And even if that happened, the Lakers would still have to finish 0-17 (they've got 11 left) for that to matter. Which might happen, the Lakers are tanking about as hard as anyone has ever tanked right now.

[saltlover]

The Nets have won 14 out of 71 games.

Do people really believe they will win 6 out of the remaining 11 games?

All these teams like chicago, Philly, Suns, Orlando will be busting rheir asses to get a cherished win vs the Nets and will be licking their chops to get some stats before the end of the season.

They are 4-6 their last ten games, so yes, I think they can win 6 out of their remaining 11 games.  Their more recent record is a better projector of how they will finish than their season record to date.

Their more recent record projects them winning 4.4 of their final 11 games. That's still a far cry from 6-5

And even if that happened, the Lakers would still have to finish 0-17 (they've got 11 left) for that to matter. Which might happen, the Lakers are tanking about as hard as anyone has ever tanked right now.

I still think the Lakers back into a win before the season is done.  The inconsistent Timberwolves come to town on Friday, for example.