Schedule for seeding games

[KSF-ERIC]

Ok non ESPN/ABC/TNT/NBATV games will be in League Pass. I saw this.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Edit: just the non national games will air locally

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Games will be on radio too

 

[KSF-ERIC]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Did they, or did they just give us the schedule we essentially would have had had the season gone on?

 

[KSF-ERIC]

When you really look at that schedule, they’re all garbage teams? Which of those teams can handle Nurk/Whiteside/Collins?

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

When you really look at that schedule, they’re all garbage teams? Which of those teams can handle Nurk/Whiteside/Collins?

Is Stotts smart enough and hard-working enough to have the team running smoothly by the start of games?

 

[julius]

Does this mean none of the games will be on NBCSN?

 

[Stevenson]

You're saying that we would have had a top 5 easy schedule without the pandemic stoppage, right? But we wouldn't have had Collins, and only a very fresh, untested Nurk. Throwing out the 6 teams that aren't in Orlando leaves us with what we would have had. Everyone got what they would have had, not just us it seems. It doesn't look to me like they tried to weight the schedule against us. Its just what is left in these circumstances.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Does this mean none of the games will be on NBCSN?

The 3 non-TNT/ESPN/ABC/NBATV games will be on NBCSNW. All 8 will be on the radio

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I just wrote this on realGM and wanted to share it here:

True SOS is hard to calculate right now. 4 months off. People have literally grown older. No homecourt advantage. This is a completely new season and we have no idea which teams play best on neutral court and under these new conditions. Yes the 2019-20 record is staying on the board but when it comes to determining who is the best team in Orlando/Summer2020, truly everyone is 0-0. I expect lots of “upsets.”

 

[TBpup]

I have no issue with NOP having the easiest schedule for the Seeding Games. They had the easiest remaining schedule when play stopped so that is only fair.

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...Portland had something like the 4th easiest remaining schedule (someone will have the exact ranking) when play stopped, and the have the 5th most difficult schedule in the Seeding Games?

'Mr. Commissioner, your motivations are not subtle.'

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Shitty teams like the Kings may try really hard while the Clippers save their starters for the playoffs.

So let's hope this backfires and New Orleans has trouble.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I have no issue with NOP having the easiest schedule for the Seeding Games. They had the easiest remaining schedule when play stopped so that is only fair.

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...Portland had something like the 4th easiest remaining schedule (someone will have the exact ranking) when play stopped, and the have the 5th most difficult schedule in the Seeding Games?

'Mr. Commissioner, your motivations are not subtle.'

The bad teams that made our schedule easy aren’t coming to Orlando. What else could they do?

 

[Hoopguru]

The rest of the games will be covered locally, I assume?

Comcast is covering them all.

 

[TBpup]

The bad teams that made our schedule easy aren’t coming to Orlando. What else could they do?

They managed to give NOP the easiest schedule (fair). They could have done something similar instead of giving Portland one of the toughest. (not so fair)

 

[KSF-ERIC]

They managed to give NOP the easiest schedule (fair). They could have done something similar instead of giving Portland one of the toughest. (not so fair)

But we had already played a lot of those Orlando "basement" teams 3 or 4 times. Wouldn't have been fair to give us more. Our easy games were against teams like the Cavs and they will not be in Orlando.

 

[BonesJones]

 

[BonesJones]

The bad teams that made our schedule easy aren’t coming to Orlando. What else could they do?

They made the schedule based around those teams. There were good teams left on the Pelicans schedule that they didnt end up having to face. The Pelicans schedule got easier.

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm telling ya, we should have sat out. Fuck the NBA

 

[KSF-ERIC]

They managed to give NOP the easiest schedule (fair). They could have done something similar instead of giving Portland one of the toughest. (not so fair)

We’re playing the teams we had yet to play. It’s not like they added games against Raptors, Bucks, and Lakers. For us to have an easy schedule, Detroit, Minnesota, and Cleveland would have to be invited to Orlando. Tell me which teams we should be playing? More games against Wizards? We already played them twice. More games against Spurs and Kings? We already finished our season with them too. What exactly would you have done to make our schedule “easier”?

 

[KSF-ERIC]

AND- we don’t know strength of schedule anyway because we have no idea what any of these teams look like in August 2020! The Oct-March records don’t mean much. This is a new season. You know how when a new season starts, there are a bunch of surprises and disappointments? That’s gonna happen now.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Blazers fell three spots in CBS power rankings as a result of schedule.
"With the return of Jusuf Nurkic and Zach Collins, Portland looked like a decent bet to challenge for a playoff spot ... and then the schedule came out. The Blazers go from the 16th most difficult remaining schedule to the fifth-toughest during the restart, which makes their climb to the postseason that much steeper. You never want to count out Damian Lillard, but this will be a monumental task, particularly since Trevor Ariza opted out of the restart for family reasons."
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...-favorable-disney-schedule-bucks-lakers-stay/

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

From the Ringer,
give Blazers only a 5% chance of making the playoffs. "New Orleans leads the way because the Pelicans boast both the best-rated team of the bunch by advanced statistics and by far the easiest schedule. After opening the eight-game stretch against the Jazz and Clippers, New Orleans finishes with six consecutive games against sub-.500 teams."
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/6/29/21306311/nba-restart-schedule-odds

 

[James lamphear]

If New Orleans loose against Utah and the Clippers there first games and win ours it really will put new Orleans in a big hole to catch us.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

If we lose our first game against Memphis, are we essentially out of it right then?

 

[Hoopguru]

Getting pumped for sports again. We've got NBA playoffs, MLB playoffs, MLS, NFL & College football this early fall.
The NBA is a Marketing machine so don't be surprised to see some great additional features to help offset no fans.
Id love to see Dame and guys show the league, they should not have rigged the schedule in favor of the Pels.

 

[e_blazer]

If we lose our first game against Memphis, are we essentially out of it right then?

Not necessarily, but it certainly would hurt the cause. The Blazers have to finish in 9th place and within 4 games of the 8th seed in order to force a play-in. Giving the Grizzlies another game advantage, plus giving the Pelicans the 9th spot at least for the time being, would really hurt. OTOH, it would depend on what happens in the remaining 7 games.

 

[tester551]

I thought they were talking about possibly letting a WC team win the 8th seed in the EC.

What happened there?
Is it 3 EC teams fighting for 2 EC spots & then 6 WC teams fighting for 1 spot

 

[blazerkor]

I thought they were talking about possibly letting a WC team win the 8th seed in the EC.

What happened there?
Is it 3 EC teams fighting for 2 EC spots & then 6 WC teams fighting for 1 spot

Yeah, I guess mathematically that's the way it works out but I don't see a realistic way for Dallas to be out of the playoffs or really for Phoenix to get in. The important thing is, yes there will be 8 seeds from the West and 8 seeds from the East. I'm sure you know this but if the 9th place team at the end of the 8 "play in games" is within 4 games of the 8th place team then they (8th v 9th) play to see who gets the 8th seed. The 9th place team has to win two games to get in, while the 8th place team only needs to win one.