Sixers-Pelicans Lottery Thread

[ice grillin you]

so i think we have to root for 14 win boston over 10 win orlando right?....sixers arent catching the magic

btw they are tied with four minutes left

[ice grillin you]

im quite certain the celtics lost that game on purpose

[QB Eagles]

The Celtics tanking is a disgrace. Let the loser franchises like the Bucks, Sixers, and Magic wet their beak for once. No one wants to see Wiggins or Embiid in Boston.

[ice grillin you]

when is the last time youve seen a team down two not get a shot off before the buzzer

[QB Eagles]

They have won once in 2014 and they are not genuinely that bad. A lot of their recent losses have been close too. Their tanking is getting really obvious.

[MDS]

the last time they tanked it didnt work...but they wound up with garnett and allen anyway

the celtics are one of those teams where everything just works out for them. it just is.

[ice grillin you]

the celtics are one of the four boston teams where everything just works out for them.

[Eagles_Legendz]

saw they're planning on dumping rondo soon too -- would've expected the sixers to have moved at least one of ET/Hawes/Thad by now.

[ice grillin you]

9-3-1 in tank results since friday for the sixers

big games this weekend:

fri -

lal@orl - WIN
tor@phi - WIN
mil@cle - WIN
no@det - WIN
char@nyk - WIN

sat

wash@utah - WIN

sun

lal@nyk - PUSH to slight LOSS
orl@no - WIN
phx@cle - LOSS
bkln@bos - LOSS
den@sac - LOSS

mon 

phx@phi - WIN
sac@utah - WIN

[QB Eagles]

the pellies are at 16 wins which puts them 10th but they are only two wins ahead of the sixers who are currently in fourth...you can make a strong argument that they should win a couple of games...you dont really want them any higher than seventh...remember that the 6th spot gives them a 30% chance of keeping their pick....thats too big of a risk imo

The other risk is that the closer they are to top 5 pick status, the more likely the Pellies are to go into all-out tank mode and try to guarantee that their pick is protected. If I were them, I'd try to do whatever I can to avoid ending up in the 6-10 range.

[ice grillin you]

the pellies are at 16 wins which puts them 10th but they are only two wins ahead of the sixers who are currently in fourth...you can make a strong argument that they should win a couple of games...you dont really want them any higher than seventh...remember that the 6th spot gives them a 30% chance of keeping their pick....thats too big of a risk imo

The other risk is that the closer they are to top 5 pick status, the more likely the Pellies are to go into all-out tank mode and try to guarantee that their pick is protected. If I were them, I'd try to do whatever I can to avoid ending up in the 6-10 range.

they are already more than close enough to go full tank..... and there isnt a team in the nba that has more of a reason to do so than the pellies...words cant really describe the devastation that would occur if that happened and theres an excellent chance it may...why would they not....i keep checking in on them on league pass to see how much run austin rivers is getting...one of the key ways they can tank without being super obvious is to start him at PG...their game sunday against the magic is big

the only saving grace with them is that they really arent in a position to trade pieces as a way of tanking because ideally they would keep their roster in tact then add one of the studs fron this draft to the mix....they dont wanna be rebuilding next year....they wanna make the playoffs (as they did this year)...and at the current time they dont have to do anything with all their injuries

[phattymatty]

i think aaron gordon is going to be a better pro than probably 2 of the big 3. i would not lose my mind if the sixers somehow fell to 4. my early season love for jabari has faded real fast.

[ice grillin you]

durant out tonight against the celts

[ice grillin you]

i dont wanna jinx anything...especially in the run happy nba but things are going just about as well as possible right now

[ice grillin you]

i dont wanna jinx anything...especially in the run happy nba

pellies up 8 at the half have been outscored 30-8 in the 3q thus far