2014-2015 Sixers - The Saga of Hinkie Magic and it's Hold on the NBA Continues

[ice grillin you]

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[ice grillin you]

Ish Smith said today that when he watches Joel Embiid, he sees him mastering guard moves that he's still trying to figure out himself.

[QB Eagles]

According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index, the 76ers have a 17 percent chance to finish the season with one first-round selection, a 58 percent chance to finish with two, a 23 percent chance to finish with three and a 2 percent chance to finish with all four.

basketball-reference.com generates similar numbers.

[ice grillin you]

I don't know how nerd numbers work but that just isnt right from a real world perspective

Pure math gives them a 17% chance of just getting the lakers pick forget the other two

Here are common sense odds

50% to get the heat pick

17% to get the laker pick

0% chance at the thunder pick

[QB Eagles]

I don't know how nerd numbers work but that just isnt right from a real world perspective
Pure math gives them a 17% chance of just getting the lakers pick forget the other two

ESPN is saying that there is a 17% chance of the Sixers only having their own pick, not only one pick among the remaining three.

The reference site breaks it down to:

20.2% chance to get Lakers
76.7% chance to get Heat
10.2% chance to get Thunder

These are based on simulations. I would revise them a little lower because the computer simulations don't take a team intentionally throwing games to preserve draft picks into account.

[ice grillin you]

Oh I see they did it backwards...which is kind of silly....who cares what the chances are at getting just their own pick...all anyone cares about is what the chances are at getting the other teams picks

Btw 10% at the Thunder puck is incredibly generous....that pick is all but gone

[ice grillin you]

Michael Carter-Williams

The Bucks acquired Carter-Williams in February. Why? Scholars remain unsure. It's easy to argue that Carter-Williams is the least efficient volume shooter playing in the NBA. Consider these two facts:

• Carter-Williams is the only player to take at least 200 midrange shots and make fewer than 30 percent of them.

• Of the 202 NBA players who have attempted at least 100 3s, Carter-Williams ranks 200th in field goal percentage.

In other words, he's not quite Mark Price.

The Bucks hope that Jason Kidd, who knows a thing or two about fixing a crooked jumper, can inspire the Carter-Williams reconstruction project. While there's little doubt that improvements are possible, the current state is quite bleak: Jump-shooting guards have never been more important in the NBA, and Carter-Williams is a horrid shooter from virtually every spot on the floor.

[SunMo]

but....ROOKIE OF YEAR MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[PhillyPhreak54]

THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN!

THE ONES WHO HAVE A MCW JERSEY! WHAT WILL YOU TELL THEM!?!?!?

[QB Eagles]

After a bad night

20.9% chance to get Lakers
62.5% chance to get Heat
4.0% chance to get Thunder

If you're wondering why the odds of the Lakers went up slightly after losing to the Clippers, the reasons are boring. Suffice it to say that the loss didn't matter very much.

[rjs246]

Guys guys. Common sense math trumps math math 9 times out of five.

Math.

[ice grillin you]

VORP math isn't real math and either is most sports math

Love QB but he doesn't watch the nba he watches people online theorize about the nba

[MDS]

you seem to know a lot about what people you dont know do

[ice grillin you]

Well when they post stuff straight off the net it's not hard to decipher...plus QB has never been an nba fan....he's a Pittsburgh dood who wants the sixers to do well...which honestly is better than most of you

[QB Eagles]

Casual NBA fan. I much prefer the NBA to CBB but only occasionally watch non-Sixers games. I've been watching the ends of close games that affect the Sixers draft. NFL obsessive way ahead of everything else. Even this time of year I'm paying more attention to the NFL than the other three leagues combined.

Not a "Pittsburgh dood" much longer, will probably be in Rip City before the end of the year. Can't say I ever felt like much of a Pittsburgher since the yinzers are very parochial and it's clear to them I'm not from here originally.