April 10, 2017

[Ogaju]

Could the Celtics have the chance to seal the deal on their chance to get best odds for the  Fultz sweepstakes? The Nets play 3 games before they travel to Boston on April 10, 2017. If they come in with one loss in those three games, Boston has the chance to put them away, and that game could be epic. If they have lost 2 of the next three, then the Celtics can pretty much make it a Net's appreciation day at the Garden.

[KGs Knee]

More important will be the Celtics chances of keeping on pace to hold the #1 seed (hopefully).

[footey]

More important will be the Celtics chances of keeping on pace to hold the #1 seed (hopefully).

You should be right but if you polled what fans would prefer, Brooklyn finishing last or Celtics getting 1 seed, would not be surprised if more fans took Brooklyn last. I would.

[slamtheking]

More important will be the Celtics chances of keeping on pace to hold the #1 seed (hopefully).

You should be right but if you polled what fans would prefer, Brooklyn finishing last or Celtics getting 1 seed, would not be surprised if more fans took Brooklyn last. I would.

the only real option is to have both-->Nets finishing with the worst record and C's finishing with the best record in the East.  Beating the Nets is a step in the right direction for both of those things.

[TheSundanceKid]

More important will be the Celtics chances of keeping on pace to hold the #1 seed (hopefully).

You should be right but if you polled what fans would prefer, Brooklyn finishing last or Celtics getting 1 seed, would not be surprised if more fans took Brooklyn last. I would.

I would take the 1 seed over the extra lottery balls. People are underrating what the number 1 seed would mean to this team in the playoffs. The path to the ECF would be much easier

[fairweatherfan]

More important will be the Celtics chances of keeping on pace to hold the #1 seed (hopefully).

You should be right but if you polled what fans would prefer, Brooklyn finishing last or Celtics getting 1 seed, would not be surprised if more fans took Brooklyn last. I would.

I would take the 1 seed over the extra lottery balls. People are underrating what the number 1 seed would mean to this team in the playoffs. The path to the ECF would be much easier

I agree - plus it's an actual team accomplishment instead of bottoming out via the incompetence of another franchise. 

I know the NBA doesn't care about this kind of thing and it means like 1% as much as winning in the playoffs, but the 1 seed is effectively a regular season conference championship, which is a huge feather in the cap of our rebuild.

[fantankerous]

Since I'll be at that game, I'm hoping it's the game where we clinch both the one seed and worst record.

[droopdog7]

Hopefully the game still means something for us.  We could have our cake and eat it too.

[KGBirdBias]

I think I'll just wait until about 9:30pm on May 16th before I get too hyped.

I've seen too many lotteries and with the Lakers lurking, anything can happen. I saw us miss out on Duncan. I saw us miss on KD. What are the percentages of the team with the worst record actually won the lottery in past years?

So I'm mentally prepared for either Fultz, Jackson or a trade.

[mainevent]

I think I'll just wait until about 9:30pm on May 16th before I get too hyped.

I've seen too many lotteries and with the Lakers lurking, anything can happen. I saw us miss out on Duncan. I saw us miss on KD. What are the percentages of the team with the worst record actually won the lottery in past years?

So I'm mentally prepared for either Fultz, Jackson or a trade.

No Balls?

[fairweatherfan]

What are the percentages of the team with the worst record actually won the lottery in past years?

I don't know the overall percentage but the team with the worst record has won the last 2 lotteries. Regardless, it's 25%, past outcomes don't affect the probability.

[Vermont Green]

I think the draft seeding is important.  Not so much as related to chances at the #1 pick but rather, how far you can drop.  With the #1, the worst place is 4th.  Historically, the first 1, 2, 3,... picks can be really good but then things drop off fast.  Odds are against us getting the actual #1 pick in any case but I think it is important to protect the floor of the pick.

That value is true in terms of both the actual players and in trade value.  I guess the difference between 4 and 5 as a worst case is not a huge deal but it is something.  It is different every year but there always seems to be a drop off at some point.

[KGBirdBias]

What are the percentages of the team with the worst record actually won the lottery in past years?

I don't know the overall percentage but the team with the worst record has won the last 2 lotteries. Regardless, it's 25%, past outcomes don't affect the probability.

 I like the fact that the last 2 years the team with the worst record won. Why do I just have this sick feeling the Lakers will all of a sudden win this thing because we know how bad the NBA wants them to succeed. I hope not though.

[fairweatherfan]

What are the percentages of the team with the worst record actually won the lottery in past years?

I don't know the overall percentage but the team with the worst record has won the last 2 lotteries. Regardless, it's 25%, past outcomes don't affect the probability.

 I like the fact that the last 2 years the team with the worst record won. Why do I just have this sick feeling the Lakers will all of a sudden win this thing because we know how bad the NBA wants them to succeed. I hope not though.

The Lakers always win the lotto, except when they don't. They'll have the 2nd or 3rd best chance so no conspiracy's needed for them to have their numbers come up. Hope they don't, and fall out of the top 3, though.

[mctyson]

More important will be the Celtics chances of keeping on pace to hold the #1 seed (hopefully).

You should be right but if you polled what fans would prefer, Brooklyn finishing last or Celtics getting 1 seed, would not be surprised if more fans took Brooklyn last. I would.

I would take the 1 seed over the extra lottery balls. People are underrating what the number 1 seed would mean to this team in the playoffs. The path to the ECF would be much easier

No one who has a brain is underrating that - having homecourt throughout is huge.