Welcome 8th Pick from Brooklyn

[LeeBuckeye]

OKC wins on a buzzer beater against Sacramento :-(

 

[MirORich]

All these teams are huge teases.

ORL, CHI, and SAC all could have won tonight.

I mean seriously the bottom 7 teams, including the Nets, is there a single one you’d feel comfortably betting $100 on the over of 5 wins for the rest of the season?

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

All these teams are huge teases.

ORL, CHI, and SAC all could have won tonight.

I mean seriously the bottom 7 teams, including the Nets, is there a single one you’d feel comfortably betting $100 on the over of 5 wins for the rest of the season?

These losses were all tank jobs that were quite blatant starting at the 3 min mark.

 

[MirORich]

These losses were all tank jobs that were quite blatant starting at the 3 min mark.

Well we might need to spend more time on the board scouting and projecting Bridges and Carter on the Cavs. If these other 6 teams are going to close out the year with only 3-4 new wins, the Nets pick is going to be locked in the 7th or 8th spot.

 

[czvo]

The Nets are Spencer Dinwiddie heroics (and the Cavs not shitting themselves early in the season) away from being the EASY leaders in the clubhouse for the #1 pick.

Spencer has three game winners. Take those four games away....

Ugh.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Well we might need to spend more time on the board scouting and projecting Bridges and Carter on the Cavs. If these other 6 teams are going to close out the year with only 3-4 new wins, the Nets pick is going to be locked in the 7th or 8th spot.

Never. I believe.

 

[MirORich]

Never. I believe.

I mean what sweeter revenge could Adam Silver have on the tanking teams then to have the Nets pick, the one team that isn’t trying to lose, move into to the top3 for a LeBron team and push out one of the blatant tankers.

 

[czvo]

I know it's probably for the best that the Cavs try and get some rhythm going into the playoffs... but resting LeBron against Memphis tomorrow wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. If the Cavs win, cool. If they lose? Even better.

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

Planning on putting 100 on the Nets when they play the Cavs to win out right. You just KNOW what's coming...

 

[CTownSportsFan]

Legit question . With all the bottom teams in full blown tank mode and with us well owning a piece of that action . Should the Cavs go tank mode as well when playing those teams ? Cleary beating the hell outta BKN 2 games in the process .

Memphis
Phoenix 2x
Dallas
Chicago

Remainder of schedule is fairly easy and I don’t see tanking against those 4 teams effecting our playoff seeding in a negative way .

 

[David.]

Dunno what you guys expected, it's a great draft and the nets won't be involved.

 

[The Red Viper]

Dunno what you guys expected, it's a great draft and the nets won't be involved.

Yep.

They have no incentive to tank unlike other teams.

As it is, they play as hard as any team in the league.

 

[Crosby_Cavs]

Damn you Westbrook...

 

[Tressel33]

Damn you Westbrook...

No doubt!! Unreal!! I was hoping the Kings were going to STEAL and I mean STEAL that victory but nooooooo.

 

[sleepmaster]

Before last night's games(which didn't change anything except push Knicks farther away):

https://uproxx.com/dimemag/nba-tanking-draft-lottery-race-hawks-kings-suns-magic-mavericks-bulls/5/

Projected Lottery Top 11:

11. Hornets
10. Lakers
9. Grizzlies
8. Knicks
7. Nets
6. Magic
5. Bulls
4. Kings
3. Hawks
2. Mavs
1. Suns

Charlotte Hornets (24-33)
Remaining Strength of Schedule: .460, 29th in NBA
Biggest Tank Matchups: 2/27 v. Bulls, 3/10 v. Suns, 3/15 at Hawks, 4/3 at Bulls, 4/6 at Magic

Los Angeles Lakers (23-34)
Remaining SOS: .502, 16th in NBA
Biggest Tank Matchups: 2/23 v. Mavs, 2/24 at Kings, 2/26 at Hawks, 3/7 v. Magic, 3/24 at Grizzlies, 4/1 v. Kings

New York Knicks (23-36)
Remaining SOS: .514, 11th in NBA
Biggest Tank Matchups: 2/22 at Magic, 3/4 at Kings, 3/13 v. Mavs, 3/19 v. Bulls, 4/3 v. Magic

Chicago Bulls (20-37)
Remaining SOS: .474, 26th in NBA
Biggest Tank Matchups: 2/26 at Nets, 3/2 v. Mavs, 3/7 v. Grizzlies, 3/11 at Hawks, 3/15 at Grizzlies, 3/30 at Magic, 4/7 v. Nets, 4/9 at Nets

Brooklyn Nets (19-40)
Remaining SOS: .496, 17th in NBA
Biggest Tank Matchups: 2/26 v. Bulls, 3/1 at Kings, 3/17 v. Mavs, 3/19 v. Grizzlies, 3/28 at Magic, 4/7 at Bulls, 4/9 v. Bulls

Memphis Grizzlies (18-38)
Remaining SOS: .486, 21st in NBA
Biggest Tank Matchups: 2/28 v. Suns, 3/3 at Magic, 3/7 at Bulls, 3/10 at Mavs, 3/15 v. Bulls, 3/19 at Nets, 4/6 v. Kings

Sacramento Kings (18-39)
Remaining SOS: .504, 15th in NBA
Biggest Tank Matchups: 3/1 v. Nets, 3/4 v. Knicks, 3/9 v. Magic, 3/22 v. Hawks, 3/27 v. Mavs, 4/3 at Suns, 4/6 at Grizzlies

Orlando Magic (18-39)
Remaining SOS: .486, 20th in NBA
Biggest Tank Matchups: 3/3 v. Grizzlies, 3/9 at Kings, 3/24 v. Suns, 3/28 v. Nets, 3/30 v. Bulls, 4/1 at Hawks, 4/3 at Knicks, 4/4 v. Mavs

Dallas Mavericks (18-40)
Remaining SOS: .484, 24th in NBA
Biggest Tank Matchups: 3/2 at Bulls, 3/10 v. Grizzlies, 3/13 at Knicks, 3/17 at Nets, 3/27 at Kings, 4/4 at Magic, 4/10 v. Suns

Atlanta Hawks (18-41)
Remaining SOS: .541, 3rd in NBA
Biggest Tank Matchups: 3/4 v. Suns, 3/11 v. Bulls, 3/22 at Kings, 4/1 v. Magic

Phoenix Suns (18-41)
Remaining SOS: .534, 4th in NBA
Biggest Tank Matchups: 2/28 at Grizzlies, 3/4 at Hawks, 3/24 at Magic, 4/3 v. Kings, 4/10 at Mavs