11sanchez11 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Suns move into 1st! Well tied with the Hawks and Mavs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoleINGout Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Celtics joining the discussion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11sanchez11 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I looked through the teams that have a reasonable chance of getting the #1 pick and counted how many games they have left against teams that won't be trying to get in the playoffs (so the Hornets and every team with a worse record than the Hornets) and here's how many they have: Magic - 11 Mavs - 10 Bulls - 10 Kings - 9 Grizzly - 9 Hawks - 6 Suns - 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDez Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 There's no way the Suns finish with a bottom-3 record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11sanchez11 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, DirtyDez said: There's no way the Suns finish with a bottom-3 record. Quote According to basketball-reference.com, who simulate the rest of the season 7,500 times, the Suns have a 56% chance to finish with the worst record in the league (Gooooooooo SUNS!), just ahead of Sacramento. If we lose both games to the Mavs and Hawks I would almost guarantee we finish with a top-3 worse record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDez Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 32 minutes ago, 11sanchez11 said: If we lose both games to the Mavs and Hawks I would almost guarantee we finish with a top-3 worse record. They shouldn't lose to those teams if everyone is playing. Payton will have some practices under his belt and Booker should be 100%. From everything I've read they're committed to winning games down the stretch. No "strategic resting" according to McDonough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11sanchez11 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 24 minutes ago, DirtyDez said: They shouldn't lose to those teams if everyone is playing. Payton will have some practices under his belt and Booker should be 100%. From everything I've read they're committed to winning games down the stretch. No "strategic resting" according to McDonough. I don't know why you would have confidence in winning those games. Payton came from one of those teams, he' not changing anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDez Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 18 minutes ago, 11sanchez11 said: I don't know why you would have confidence in winning those games. Payton came from one of those teams, he' not changing anything. Payton is replacing what was the worst PG situation in the league. Even if he's only average it's still a big upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalCowboyzRule Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 41 minutes ago, DirtyDez said: Payton is replacing what was the worst PG situation in the league. Even if he's only average it's still a big upgrade. Payton is a big upgrade, I agree with you, but we also have one of the hardest schedule's remaining. We still have Golden State 3x, Cleveland 2x, LAC 2x, OKC 2x, New Orleans 2x, Boston, Houston, Utah, Miami. That's 15/23 games left that even if we went all out to try and win, will be very difficult to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devils1854 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Atlanta has a 6 game road stretch in March at Milwaukee, Utah, Sacramento, Golden State, Houston, and Minnesota. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Come on NBA...take away Dallas' 1st rounder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDez Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 On 2/22/2018 at 10:48 AM, DirtyDez said: There's no way the Suns finish with a bottom-3 record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devils1854 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 http://www.tankathon.com/remaining_schedule_strength 3.Atlanta .542 Six Toughest Opponents-Hou, GS(x2), Tor, Bos, Min Six Easiest Opponents-Pho, Orl, Sac, Chi, Lal, Cha 4.Phoenix .534 Six Toughest Opponents-Hou, GS(x3), Bos, Cle Six Easiest Opponents-Dal, Atl, Orl, Sac, Mem, Cha 14.Sacramento .507 Six Toughest Opponents-Hou, Gs(x2), Bos, Min, SA Six Easiest Opponents-Pho, Dal, Atl, Orl, Mem, Bro 19.Dallas .487 Six Toughest Opponents-Hou, Tor, Cle, Min, Ind, Por Six Easiest Opponents-Pho, Orl, Sac, Mem, Bro, Chi 22.Orlando .485 Six Toughest Opponents-Tor(x3), Bos, SA, Was Six Easiest Opponents-Pho, Dal, Atl, Sac, Mem, Bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11sanchez11 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 if you add the losing streaks of the worst 9 teams they would have lost 45 games w/o a win hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWood21 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Of the bottom 8 teams, all of them have at least a 3 game losing streak. Of those 8, four of them have a 5+ losing streak. Orlando has the best record over the last 10 games at 4-6. But yeah, there's no tanking going on in the NBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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