2009-10 Kings draft position thread
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[FONT=Courier New]8. LA Clippers 28-53 .313 L 1
7. Philadelphia 27-54 .333 L 1
6. Detroit 26-55 .321 L 2
5. Golden State 25-55 .313 W 1
3. Sacramento 25-56 .309 L 2
3. Washington 25-56 .309 L 2
2. Minnesota 15-66 .185 L 6
1. New Jersey 12-69 .148 L 2[/FONT]Kings:
Tue 13 @ LA Lakers
Washington:
Wed 14 vs Indiana
Golden State:
Tue 13 vs Utah
Wed 14 @ Portland
Detroit:
Wed 14 @ Minnesota
Stiff competition...
With only one game left for us, there's quite a bit of room for the lotto odds to change. We can finish as high as 3rd by ourselves (156 lotto combos, 47% chance of top-three, 69.5% chance of top-four) or as low as tied for 5th-6th (75 lotto combos, 25-26% chance of top-three, no chance at #4).
Basically, in a draft that appears to have a consensus top four guys, with only one game left in the season there's almost a three-fold possible swing on our odds of getting one of those guys. Wow.
Basically, in a draft that appears to have a consensus top four guys, with only one game left in the season there's almost a three-fold possible swing on our odds of getting one of those guys. Wow.
So if a three way tie for third place, then all the balls (really number combinations) from 3,4 & 5 are totaled up and split evenly among the three teams. Is this right?
So 156 + 119 + 88 = 363
121 balls for each of the three teams. And #1 gets 250 with #2 getting 199. 6th place gets 63 combinations.
Moral of the story... lose tonight and control you chances!
Hoping for a Washington win and GS win at Portland so they can leave us be in the third spot 
Roy is out for the season for Portland too so it could happen lol...hopefully we don't do anything unnecessary.
Roy is out for the season for Portland too so it could happen lol...hopefully we don't do anything unnecessary.
I hadn't heard that he was out for the season. I'm sure that he's out for the GS game, but its possible he'll be back for the playoffs.
It pains me to say it, but we gain nothing by beating the Lakers, other than being able to say that we beat the Lakers. And, we beat them without Kobe. Hardly anything to brag about over a cervesa. We have much to gain by losing. Tyreke has his 20/5/5 and Westphal has his 25 game bonus and an extension to boot. So may the basketball gods smile upon us and give us the third spot in the draft.
The third spot woud give a shot at either Cousins or Favors. And if for some reason one of the top 2 teams picks one of them, then we get a shot at either Turner or Wall to boot. Either way, we get a very good player..
The third spot woud give a shot at either Cousins or Favors. And if for some reason one of the top 2 teams picks one of them, then we get a shot at either Turner or Wall to boot. Either way, we get a very good player..
If they win a and we are in sole possession of third I think we have a 67% chance of top 4 and can only drop as far as 6th if this is correct.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Draft_Lottery#Process
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Draft_Lottery#Process
Im assuming both WASH and GS will lose their remaining games which will put us in a tie with them for 3rd worst record. Top 5 pick isnt the question, its top 4 this year. New jersey and Minnesota have the 1st and 2nd worst record. We want the 3rd or 4th pick and were tied with 3 other teams. So 3 teams are trying to get 2 spots. 66% chance of us grabbing the 3rd or 4th pick.
Yah those are great odds, and the reason I was hitting refresh on my iPod 500 times to follow the Dubs vs. Jazz. No such luck though, the Warriors are lucky to have even won as many games as they have. Do you guys think there is any chance they beat Portland who is Roy-less right now. The Pacers might be our only hope if they can just let Washington beat up on them, still don't see that happening though. I want the best for my team, and I really hope lady luck finally smiles on us (position wise). We can only get a Reke type player who negates droppng like we did every so often.
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