Sixers-Pelicans Lottery Thread

[BigEd76]

Toronto came back to win at New Orleans last night, so the Pelicans' elimination number is 3

[ice grillin you]

sixers got eliminated last night which above all else thats gone on this year shows how brutal the east really is

[MDS]

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

straight shook bitch

game aint in you no more

[ice grillin you]

im not shook at all...but i would rather the sixers have a 98% chance of getting the pellies pick than an 80% chance....but maybe im stupid

[MDS]

the pellies will not get into the top 5....it aint gonna happen

enjoy life for once. the world will end soon. just enjoy it.

[QB Eagles]

im not shook at all...but i would rather the sixers have a 98% chance of getting the pellies pick than an 80% chance....but maybe im stupid

If you like the #12 pick as much as the #6 pick then yeah, you should root for the Pellies to win. Otherwise the odds are that they are simply driving up the value of the Sixer pick by losing. I mean what are we scared of here, that the Pelicans are gonna lose all the rest of their games (including Jazz and Kings), Boston/LA/Sac/Detroit are gonna start winning a bunch in the final 15 games against teams trying to make and position themselves in the playoffs, and this low percentage combination of events will allow the Pellies to up their odds of farging the Sixers to as much as... 20%?

The odds of all that shtein happening is lower than the odds of them just purely winning a top 3 spot on the 3% shot from the 11 position.

And if you're the Pelicans, nothing in the world would look worse than giving the Sixers the #6 pick. That's the main thing they'd like to avoid. That Jrue trade already looks stupid for them, imagine how it would look if the Sixers pull Julius Randle with it.

[ice grillin you]

youve said 50 times in this thread that bad things happen to philly teams and that the pellies are going to jump into the top 5 with their pick and now you dont care if they drastically increase their odds?

[MDS]

you think of yourself as an abused spouse and always assume your man is gonna come home and beat you

guess what, honey? he aint

[QB Eagles]

I'm telling you the odds of all the things breaking perfectly to allow them to farg the Sixers from the 6 or 7 spot is lower than the odds of them just killing the Sixers from 10,11,12. Conditional probability, it's called. And the Sixers have a 0% shot at another single digit pick if the Pellies win some more.

As a fan it would also feel more devastating if the Pelicans farg the Sixers with a 2% shot than with a 15% or 20%.

[ice grillin you]

pellies win in the atl

[ice grillin you]

pellies waxing the heat

[MDS]

chance at the 1 goes away if bucks dont win @ kings tomorrow....cant see it happening without it

[ice grillin you]

the one been gone

sixers also have two against the celts and one against Detroit....probably win two of three there

[MDS]

they havent won since before the super bowl but they will be win 2/3 at some point later on this year

[ice grillin you]

the game aren't in a row....im saying they will win two of those three celtic piston games