Official New Jersey Nets #1 pick Status Thread..........

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Love it as well. I would not be surprised if the Nets start shooting in the Toronto hoop.
 
It is ok. I'd rather have the Nets enter the lottery as the 5th worse team as opposed to the 4th worst since it seems like the worst team drops to get the 4th pick a lot of times.
 
Armon Johnson leading the Nets to defeat! What a guy! The backbone of our rebuilding program! Thanks Armon for moving up our pick!
 
I am so sick of the perception that the NBA lottery is rigged- it is overseen by team representatives, all with incentives to win the lottery, overseen by the accounting firm Ernst & Young (one of the big 4 in the accounting world, who wouldn't allow their reputation to be horribly damaged by rigging a lottery).

Excerpt from the link below:

"The actual Lottery procedure will take place in a separate room prior to the national broadcast on ESPN with NBA officials and representatives of the participating teams and the accounting firm of Ernst & Young in attendance.

Following the drawing, team logo cards will be inserted into envelopes marked 1 through 14 by an Ernst & Young representative. These envelopes then will be sealed and brought on-stage, where the announcement of the Lottery results will be made by NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver. A second representative from each participating team will be seated on-stage. Neither the Deputy Commissioner nor the team representatives will be informed of the Lottery results prior to the opening of the envelopes.

Read more: http://www.insidehoops.com/nba_draft_lottery.shtml#ixzz1tCTPKFhU
 
The NJ-TOR game is like the UW-WSU game a few years ago when they had one or two wins between them. They called it the Road Apple Cup.
 
cavs hornets lose. if LA beats Sacramento odds for us will be

43.9% chance at 6
30.5% chance at 7
4% chance at 8
.1% chance at 9
total 78.5% chance of keeping the pick
 
Charcoal Filtered said:
LA is supposedly going to rest everyone.
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The Kings have a 9 point lead, but it's only the 2nd quarter. Should we root for a Kings win or loss?
If they win, they'll tie the Nets for 5th.
 
I am rooting for Sacramento to win.

It gives us a chance at the #5 and only gives NJ a 3% additional chance of hitting the 1-3.
 
Darkwebs said:
The Kings have a 9 point lead, but it's only the 2nd quarter. Should we root for a Kings win or loss?
If they win, they'll tie the Nets for 5th.
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doesn't make a huge difference. reduces odds of keeping the pick slightly while adding a longshot chance at the 5th pick.

would be (very roughly pending the flip)

5th 13%
6th 40%
7th 19.4%
8th 2.2%
 
Turning on the GS/SA game. Patty Mills is leading the Spurs in scoring. If Golden St wins, they are #8 and will probably lose thier pick to Utah. If they lose, they are tied with Toronto and will be praying they win a coin flip.
 
lol noticed NJ and Sac tied for 5/6 last year too. should have seen this coming : )
 
crowTrobot said:
doesn't make a huge difference. reduces odds of keeping the pick slightly while adding a longshot chance at the 5th pick.

would be (very roughly pending the flip)

5th 13%
6th 40%
7th 19.4%
8th 2.2%
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Just showed Bourne and Buchanan your numbers..... They were impressed! But The HCP is still confused!
 
Speaking of which... It's offseason. When will you be dropping by? My yard needs work!!
 
HCP said:
Just showed Bourne and Buchanan your numbers..... They were impressed! But The HCP is still confused!
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meh, nothing too insightful. those percentages are just an average of what the odds would be for either winning or losing the flip for 5/6 as taken from last year's chart - where the exact same thing happened (NJ/Sac tied for 5/6).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_NBA_Draft
 
e_blazer said:
There's a good explanation of the situation with the Nets' pick on Blazers Edge:

http://www.blazersedge.com/
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Technically there's a minuscule chance that the Blazers could end up with the 9th and 14th picks...the absolute worst case if they retain both picks. At that point you figure the franchise really is cursed.
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if 12, 13, & 14 win the lottery at that point you figure the lottery is fixed : )
 
Geez, if the NJ pick is between picks 5 or 6 that is pretty damned big drop off from say (5) Drummond to (6) Barnes for example.
 
Boise Blazer said:
Geez, if the NJ pick is between picks 5 or 6 that is pretty damned big drop off from say (5) Drummond to (6) Barnes for example.
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obviously we want NJ to win the flip, but even if they do we would still only have a 26% chance at the 5th pick. so it really isn't "between" 5 and 6 at this point.

you could say the flip is between a possible 5/6/7 for the winner and a possible 6/7/8 for the loser.
 
crowTrobot said:
obviously we want NJ to win the flip, but even if they do we would still only have a 26% chance at the 5th pick. so it really isn't "between" 5 and 6 at this point.

you could say the flip is between a possible 5/6/7 for the winner and a possible 6/7/8 for the loser.
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Good point. Thanks for pointing that out.
 
crowTrobot said:
obviously we want NJ to win the flip, but even if they do we would still only have a 26% chance at the 5th pick. so it really isn't "between" 5 and 6 at this point.

you could say the flip is between a possible 5/6/7 for the winner and a possible 6/7/8 for the loser.
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Basically, I'm not as excited about this pick as I was. I'd have rather ended up 4th/5th with the risk we'd lose the pick, and have to wait until next year. I'm not sold on anyone after the Top-5. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure several players taken after the Top-5 will be solid, but I just don't have faith in our talent evaluators to find one of those guys.
 
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