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This is basketball purgatory. Not a good place to be. Too bad to do anything in the playoffs, to good to get a good pick. No thanks.
 
Stevenson said:
This is basketball purgatory. Not a good place to be. Too bad to do anything in the playoffs, to good to get a good pick. No thanks.
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So you must think, what 25 teams are in purgatory?
 
Stevenson said:
This is basketball purgatory. Not a good place to be. Too bad to do anything in the playoffs, to good to get a good pick. No thanks.
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Lol purgatory, if we make the playoffs that shows free agents we are real close to contending. With our HUGE cap space we will have this summer, it's almost better than having a pick in the 10-14 range.
 
Scalma said:
Not when everyone on the team is young.


Am I losing my mind here?


Tanking is bullshit. Doesn't work. No thanks to that!
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Exactly! We have 11 players still on their rookie contracts. ELEVEN! We're carrying a roster with three rookies, two second year players (one starter) , three third year players (two starters), and three fourth year players (one starter). Four of our five starters are on their rookie deal. All of our starters are 25 or younger.

WE DO NOT NEED MORE YOUNG PEOPLE. We need experience!
 
Stevenson said:
This is basketball purgatory. Not a good place to be. Too bad to do anything in the playoffs, to good to get a good pick. No thanks.
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If our five starters were at their ceiling, then maybe this would be a big deal. All five of our regular starters are 25 or younger. Nine of the ten players who have started even a single game this year are 25 or younger (Kaman started two games early in the season). We are playing better than .667 ball in the last 22 games.

This is a team of 11 Luke Skywalkers, 1 Han Solo (Ed Davis), 1 Obi-Wan (Henderson), and 1 Yoda (Kaman). If we had more Obi-Wans, I'd be inclined to agree we need an influx of youth. But we got that last summer. We got a metric fuckton of youth. We do not need more youth.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
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@IND
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@DET
@GSW
@OKC
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All 15 of these games occur in our next 22, and we could very easily lose any and every one of them. Let's not buy our playoff tickets yet.
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I disagree. The likelihood, in the NBA, that we lose all 15 of those games is virtually zero, making it not very easy to lose any and every one of them. I would say it is much more likely we go around .500 than it is that we go .000. Although I wouldn't punch a playoff ticket yet, the true critical games will be the ones against other teams fighting for a playoff spot - and teams below .500. Also, Memphis losing Gasol just helped that a little bit.

It would also be a good idea to look at the schedules of the teams we are competing against for the last playoff spots.
 
ThugginPaulyGAllen said:
I disagree. The likelihood, in the NBA, that we lose all 15 of those games is virtually zero, making it not very easy to lose any and every one of them. I would say it is much more likely we go around .500 than it is that we go .000. Although I wouldn't punch a playoff ticket yet, the true critical games will be the ones against other teams fighting for a playoff spot - and teams below .500. Also, Memphis losing Gasol just helped that a little bit.

It would also be a good idea to look at the schedules of the teams we are competing against for the last playoff spots.
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Very likely and very easy are too completely different things. Our players are too good for it to be likely to lose them all, but it would certainly be easy.

Also, note that I identified only 15 out of 22 games. Do you honestly think that there's a near .000 chance that we go 7-15 over a 22 game stretch? Or are you just commenting on the likelihood of me picking the specific 15 games?
 
Stevenson said:
This is basketball purgatory. Not a good place to be. Too bad to do anything in the playoffs, to good to get a good pick. No thanks.
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Wait... I thought this was a team of young 20 year olds in their first season together. Did I travel through time again? What year is it? Did Kingspeed ever get his money? Is Trump president? Is Jar Jar supreme leader Snoke? Do these pants make my butt look big?
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
Wait... I thought this was a team of young 20 year olds in their first season together. Did I travel through time again? What year is it? Did Kingspeed ever get his money? Is Trump president? Is Jar Jar supreme leader Snoke? Do these pants make my butt look big?
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The pants are fine Fonz...what you need to lose are the adult diapers under them...they do make your butt look big:)
 
BlazerCaravan said:
If our five starters were at their ceiling, then maybe this would be a big deal. All five of our regular starters are 25 or younger. Nine of the ten players who have started even a single game this year are 25 or younger (Kaman started two games early in the season). We are playing better than .667 ball in the last 22 games.

This is a team of 11 Luke Skywalkers, 1 Han Solo (Ed Davis), 1 Obi-Wan (Henderson), and 1 Yoda (Kaman). If we had more Obi-Wans, I'd be inclined to agree we need an influx of youth. But we got that last summer. We got a metric fuckton of youth. We do not need more youth.
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What we really need is a Tauntaun to keep the guys warm while they rest on the bench.
 
I just want us to win half our games and barely miss the playoffs. Best of both worlds. I predicted this team would end the season about .500, but for awhile thought I was being way too optimistic. Now it's looking closer to reality, but .500 would be a big accomplishment.
 
Sinobas said:
I just want us to win half our games and barely miss the playoffs. Best of both worlds. I predicted this team would end the season about .500, but for awhile thought I was being way too optimistic. Now it's looking closer to reality, but .500 would be a big accomplishment.
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Best of both worlds is making the playoffs and having somebody else's lottery pick.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
If our five starters were at their ceiling, then maybe this would be a big deal. All five of our regular starters are 25 or younger. Nine of the ten players who have started even a single game this year are 25 or younger (Kaman started two games early in the season). We are playing better than .667 ball in the last 22 games.

This is a team of 11 Luke Skywalkers, 1 Han Solo (Ed Davis), 1 Obi-Wan (Henderson), and 1 Yoda (Kaman). If we had more Obi-Wans, I'd be inclined to agree we need an influx of youth. But we got that last summer. We got a metric fuckton of youth. We do not need more youth.
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Awesome analogies!
 
Sinobas said:
I just want us to win half our games and barely miss the playoffs. Best of both worlds. I predicted this team would end the season about .500, but for awhile thought I was being way too optimistic. Now it's looking closer to reality, but .500 would be a big accomplishment.
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A replay of 2007-08 basically; I can get behind that but I kinda want to make the playoffs to say we didn't miss them just because of last summer.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
A replay of 2007-08 basically; I can get behind that but I kinda want to make the playoffs to say we didn't miss them just because of last summer.
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It may sound good, but I think just winning 40 games would be a similar moral victory. What does it mean to make the playoffs anyway? In many years, teams have gotten in being below 500.
 
Playoffs are definitely not a given, but....

Houston is nose-diving,
Memphis just lost Gasol for the season,
Utah is up-and-down,
and Dallas is a box of chocolates.

Since the Kings are tanking, we only need to finish ahead of ONE of the above teams to make the playoffs.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
Playoffs are definitely not a given, but....

Houston is nose-diving,
Memphis just lost Gasol for the season,
Utah is up-and-down,
and Dallas is a box of chocolates.

Since the Kings are tanking, we only need to finish ahead of ONE of the above teams to make the playoffs.
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The battle between Portland, Memphis, Dallas, Portland, Utah, and New Orleans (I think they're gonna make a push) for the 5-8 seeds is gonna be interesting.
 
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