Sixers-Pelicans Lottery Thread

[ice grillin you]

and on cue the pellies go on a 10-0 run

[QB Eagles]

The top 8 teams in the draft at the moment are all riding losing streaks of at least 2 games, and the top 5 teams are all riding losing streaks of at least 4 games. And these streaks would be much longer if the teams didn't play one another.

Tanking is a real thing.

None of these teams play one another until the Magic go to Salt Lake on Saturday, so it could be a long week of losing.

[ice grillin you]

The top 8 teams in the draft at the moment are all riding losing streaks of at least 2 games, and the top 5 teams are all riding losing streaks of at least 4 games.

luckily anything from 3 on doesnt matter anymore....well except the pellies of course....sixers are either ending up 1 or 2 so only milwaukee is of any concern from here on out

sixers are four up on the magic with 15 left and youd have to come up with some really creative scenarios to have them winning more than four games out of those 15

[ice grillin you]

in case you missed this last weekend....

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10624512&ex_cid=espnapi_internal

[MDS]

absolute stomach punch loss  for the bucks tonight...jesus to take the blazers to OT on the road.

by my count they have either 4 or 5 winnable games left, depends on the last game of the year vs. the hawks. sixers are in the exact same boat.

this isnt great.

[QB Eagles]

Catching the Bucks would be nice, but it only increases their shot at the #1 pick by 5%. The big advantage is eliminating the possibility of dropping down to #5. Considering this is a luck-related lottery and we're talking about a Philly team, our expectation should be the #4 pick at best.

[ice grillin you]

50 extra balls is huge and theres no real difference in this draft btwn 3-5....really if you dont get wiggy its a disappointment so getting one is much more important than avoiding 5...in fact id rather have five than 3 because you avoid jabari at 5...exum at 5 would be great

[MDS]

maybe the bucks want that stiff center embid...maybe

[SunMo]

50 extra balls is huge and theres no real difference in this draft btwn 3-5....really if you dont get wiggy its a disappointment so getting one is much more important than avoiding 5...in fact id rather have five than 3 because you avoid jabari at 5...exum at 5 would be great

why so against parker

[ice grillin you]

its not against him more than i just dont think he can become a superstar....i think he can be very good but i dont want very good in the top 3

unless he turns into a lights out shooter like paul pierce i think his game is limited by a lack of handle and athleticism

if you are the bucks with a roster that contains some legit young talent you can go parker....but the sixers are more or less starting from scratch...they need a huge ceiling guy and then pray he goes thru it

[ice grillin you]

pellies have entered full tank mode....sitting anthony davis tonight with a "respitory infection".....bullshtein

[MDS]

good

they cant get into the top 5 anyway

[Eagles_Legendz]

good

they cant get into the top 5 anyway

This.  Too many teams to jump who also suck and too few games left.  The more they lose the better at this point.

[QB Eagles]

Yeah I don't see why they would be tanking at all at this stage.

[ice grillin you]

because by moving up to say 6 or 7 they can increase their odds to get into the lottery via ping pong balls quite a bit

they dont have to finish in the top five by wins and losses to end up in the top 5