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Sentient Meat Franchise Player
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Practice wrote: | Sentient Meat wrote: | Practice wrote: | Sentient Meat wrote: | We went from a 36% to 29% chance at a top 4 player to a 9% chance
We cut our chances at the best NBA prospect in 15 years by 75%
I understand that you want the young players to do well. That makes perfect sense... you play hard for 45 minutes then lose at the end.
Winning is meaningless once you are eliminated from the playoffs
Do you think it's bad sportsmanship or immoral when Popovich or Kerr rest their players at the end of the season?
I watched every game and rooted for them to win until they were virtually eliminated from making the playoffs.
At that point I wanted them to lose because we could have had a 36% chance at a top 4 pick.
Instead we won when it no longer mattered.
This is like rooting for tacos after you've been eliminated from the playoffs... except you don't get any tacos and we all but destroyed our odds to get Zion or a top 4 pick.
I'm happy the kids got run at the end... but what about all those pointless wins with LBJ and the rentals?
This whole season was a bitter disappointment |
Seeing as how Zion is going #1 that math is way off. |
The best case scenario would have been 9%
More realistic was 7%
We are now at 2%.
Math seems not far off to me. |
The "best case" wasn't realistic at all and you can't say the team went from a 9% chance to a 2% chance when the team was never that low. |
When we came back from 16 to defeat Chicago we were right in the thick of things had we lost. |
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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Like Danzag said... there is no reason to get pissed off at the loses we are playing G league guys and you just can’t expect them to play bad on purpose, all the G league guys Jones/Caruso/Williams/Bonga etc are trying to Impress the Lakers and other GMs who might look at them during the summer. |
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lakersken80 Retired Number
Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 38751
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Lakers need to have Orlando Magic luck in the NBA draft. I'll be happy with #1 or #2 pick. |
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audioaxes Franchise Player
Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 12573
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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only 10 games ago the Lakers were in complete control of their tanking destiny. If the Lakers lost the last 10 days we would be sitting at the 6th bottom seed with an almost 4 in 10 chance at a top 4 pick. And worst case we could draft Deandre Hunter if we dont move up. Or we could use the pick as a sweetener to push through the AD trade.
But the FO never really got a real tank rolling and now we are sitting at 11 with a less than 1 in 10 chance of getting a top 4 pick. _________________ (bleep) Kawhi |
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Jesusdelonla Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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how dumb is memphis? |
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LakersMD Star Player
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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Jesusdelonla wrote: | how dumb is memphis? |
Word around the league is they want the pick to convey this year so they can move on with their rebuild. Can’t really blame them since this draft class stinks. |
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audioaxes Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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Jesusdelonla wrote: | how dumb is memphis? |
i heard they rather give the celtics their pick this year which is why they havent been intentionally tanking.
If I were them i would have tanked hard this year and next year tank even harder to get 2 consecutive lotto picks plus cap space to hopefully be a solid team in the 2021 season _________________ (bleep) Kawhi |
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Jesusdelonla Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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LakersMD wrote: | Jesusdelonla wrote: | how dumb is memphis? |
Word around the league is they want the pick to convey this year so they can move on with their rebuild. Can’t really blame them since this draft class stinks. |
they only had to lose the last 2 games. its not that hard. |
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Practice Star Player
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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Jesusdelonla wrote: | LakersMD wrote: | Jesusdelonla wrote: | how dumb is memphis? |
Word around the league is they want the pick to convey this year so they can move on with their rebuild. Can’t really blame them since this draft class stinks. |
they only had to lose the last 2 games. its not that hard. |
The FO doesn't have much control over whether or not they win or lose. With "tanking" you can only increase the odds of losing, but the other team can play like crap and the other players on your team can overachieve. |
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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Still have a chance to finish with a tie at the 10th spot with Minny after the Blazers lose. |
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Laker_Dynasty_01 Star Player
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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One last massive shell from the tank, hopefully we can put this hunk of junk in the shop for at least half a decade. |
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YSong Star Player
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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Laker_Dynasty_01 wrote: | One last massive shell from the tank, hopefully we can put this hunk of junk in the shop for at least half a decade. |
Courtesy of Air Caruso! |
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Jesusdelonla Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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11th pick |
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Laker_Dynasty_01 Star Player
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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Still have a chance to split the odds for 10th. A coin flip would decide who gets 10th. |
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tox Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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So this is great news for our draft right? No risk of Magic (bleep) up our lottery pick. |
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LonzoLegend2 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Bol Bol would be literally pair of human crutches as he already is and certainly would be under our med staff but who else has any game at the 10/11 pick you can build around? |
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LakersMD Star Player
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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Jesusdelonla wrote: | LakersMD wrote: | Jesusdelonla wrote: | how dumb is memphis? |
Word around the league is they want the pick to convey this year so they can move on with their rebuild. Can’t really blame them since this draft class stinks. |
they only had to lose the last 2 games. its not that hard. |
Well, they lost. |
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Lakerz113 Star Player
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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So if Min looses do we move to the tenth spot ? |
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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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Lakerz113 wrote: | So if Min looses do we move to the tenth spot ? |
If they win we end up being tied with them for the 10th spot.. thus a coin flip will decide who gets the 10th spot. |
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LakerLogic Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | Lakerz113 wrote: | So if Min looses do we move to the tenth spot ? |
If they win we end up being tied with them for the 10th spot.. thus a coin flip will decide who gets the 10th spot. |
We split the odds and if nobody jumps into the top 4 then it is a coin flip. |
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Jesusdelonla Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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When is the coin flip?
Last time Lakers picked#10 they drafted an all star: bynum |
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lakersfan32 Star Player
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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of course the wolves go into tank mode in the final minutes, lol |
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LakerLogic Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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T-Wolves choking as expected. |
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Sentient Meat Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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lakersfan32 wrote: | of course the wolves go into tank mode in the final minutes, lol |
And yet people think this doesn't happen on the regular. |
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LakerLogic Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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