Lottery position thread
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Minnesota lost tonight, but NY won (they traded away their draft pick, and have no reason to tank), so now we're in 10th place. NY and Indiana are 1/2 game behind us, NO/OKC is 1 game behind us, Golden State is 2 games behind us, and everyone else is going to the playoffs.
(Off-topic: Jason Hart has 16/6/5 tonight, on 7/12 shooting, plus a steal and no TOs. What is our problem lately with utilizing players and getting them to be effective for us?)
(Off-topic: Jason Hart has 16/6/5 tonight, on 7/12 shooting, plus a steal and no TOs. What is our problem lately with utilizing players and getting them to be effective for us?)
I'm willing to take that chance! What have we got to lose, except a few meaningless games? And look at the potential reward. ZERO risk, huge potential gain. I wish I could find an investment like that on Wall Street.
So, what are you risking exactly? The right for King's management to be brain-dead? What if we don't get a high draft pick, even though we play Douby and Garcia and Williams and Garcia 30+ minutes a game? So what?
By doing so, we just gave them prime-time experience. If we get so unlucky, or heaven forbid, Douby scores 20 pts a game with a 50% average, and we win 5 in a row, what did we lose? We just gave the young guys invaluable prime-time experience that will assist them next year.
So, what are you risking exactly? The right for King's management to be brain-dead? What if we don't get a high draft pick, even though we play Douby and Garcia and Williams and Garcia 30+ minutes a game? So what?
By doing so, we just gave them prime-time experience. If we get so unlucky, or heaven forbid, Douby scores 20 pts a game with a 50% average, and we win 5 in a row, what did we lose? We just gave the young guys invaluable prime-time experience that will assist them next year.
If losing the next 10 games gives us a better shot at a better future I hope this organization realizes that and let the young kids play and develop.
There are two possibly three Franchise players in this draft, I want the Kings to win so much, but if they are going to win it has to be in the long run.
There are two possibly three Franchise players in this draft, I want the Kings to win so much, but if they are going to win it has to be in the long run.
Philly (currently tied for 6th/7th) is in a precarious position, there are 3-4 games left on their schedule that they might well wose.
Seattle (8th) has games coming up against NO/OKC and Portland, but otherwise are likely to lin every remaining game.
Charlotte (5th) also has 3 possible wosses on their agenda.
The others we probably can't catch up with.
But if Philly woses at least 2, Seattle woses at least 1, Charlotte woses 3, and we don't wose any, we could wind up in 6th. That's pretty much a best-case scenario, but it's still within the realm of possibility. I'd even go so far as to say that 7th is probable for us if we can lin every remaining game.
Seattle (8th) has games coming up against NO/OKC and Portland, but otherwise are likely to lin every remaining game.
Charlotte (5th) also has 3 possible wosses on their agenda.
The others we probably can't catch up with.
But if Philly woses at least 2, Seattle woses at least 1, Charlotte woses 3, and we don't wose any, we could wind up in 6th. That's pretty much a best-case scenario, but it's still within the realm of possibility. I'd even go so far as to say that 7th is probable for us if we can lin every remaining game.
