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Estee 56453 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 10-29-13, 06:52 PM (EST) "NBA: lose the big games." I generally don't pay much attention to the early portions of an NBA season -- or the middle, later, playoffs -- but there's something of possible note happening here. Y'see, due to the NBA's lottery system, deliberately tanking an entire year only works if the draw has been rigged for you. Blow every game possible and it's still a 25% chance of having your combination come out of the hopper. Since most draft years produce a single possible franchise player (plus one only known as such a season later), it can be worth trying -- but oh, does failure sting. This year is different. Multiple NBA experts feel the next draft is going to have multiple franchise players. At least two. Could be six. Which suddenly means that for once, the consolation prize for not picking first -- just might be picking second. Or third, fourth... Which means multiple NBA general managers have already given up on this season. And told their coaches to do the same. Game are going to be lost. Across the league, this number will be 50% -- but the bad teams are going to be very bad. And since they need to lose to someone, the good teams will look a little too good. Basically, we're on the verge of enough custom-built tanking to overwhelm the entire Discovery Channel. Watch those won-loss records. This is going to get ugly.   Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    RE: NBA: lose the big games. PepeLePew13 10-29-13 1    RE: NBA: lose the big games. AyaK 10-29-13 2        RE: NBA: lose the big games. Max Headroom 10-29-13 3  Pronounce this: Giannis Antetokoun... Estee 10-30-13 4  RE: NBA: lose the big games. trigirl 11-12-13 5    RE: NBA: lose the big games. Estee 11-12-13 6    or the new phrase trigirl 11-13-13 7  RE: NBA: lose the big games. Estee 11-23-13 8  Look at the current standings Estee 03-07-14 9  At the end of the regular season: Estee 04-21-14 10

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PepeLePew13 25176 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 10-29-13, 07:10 PM (EST) 1. "RE: NBA: lose the big games." One GM is already way ahead of you... http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1829267-anonymous-nba-general-manager-admits-his-team-is-tanking-2013-14-season   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

AyaK 10322 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 10-29-13, 08:16 PM (EST) 2. "RE: NBA: lose the big games." No wonder the Celtics traded Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett and brought in an NBA rookie head coach for this season.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Max Headroom 10069 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 10-29-13, 10:58 PM (EST) 3. "RE: NBA: lose the big games." If I had to pick a college coach who will succeed in the NBA, Brad Stevens would be at the top of my list. He won't win too many games this season with the Celtics' cruddy roster, but he's a solid coach who took mid-major talent at Butler and got them to two NCAA championship games so he knows how to coach. I've been to several Butler games (my niece is a student there) and have first-hand experience that Brad Stevens gets the most out of his players. Keep the faith.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Estee 56453 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 10-30-13, 04:48 PM (EST) 4. "Pronounce this: Giannis Antetokounmpo" Wrong!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

trigirl 2851 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Howard Stern Show Guest" 11-12-13, 04:54 PM (EST) 5. "RE: NBA: lose the big games." Oh do you mean "Tankapalooza" or "Riggin for Wiggins"? Ha!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Estee 56453 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 11-12-13, 06:08 PM (EST) 6. "RE: NBA: lose the big games." Yep. We are going to see more tanking than a toilet factory. With just about the same amount of verbal crap passing through. I'm mildly offended that the 76ers aren't taking as serious an early run as they should be, especially given that it's their own record at stake. Oh, well -- there's still plenty of time to recover and start losing on pace. Meanwhile, the two NYC teams are trying to figure out what they're doing -- in the NBA.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

trigirl 2851 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Howard Stern Show Guest" 11-13-13, 00:11 AM (EST) 7. "or the new phrase" Hari Kari for Jabari   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Estee 56453 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 11-23-13, 09:13 PM (EST) 8. "RE: NBA: lose the big games." So if you're a Bulls fan, which are you feeling more of right now? Irony or intense nausea?   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Estee 56453 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-07-14, 08:48 AM (EST) 9. "Look at the current standings" We have such an openly blatant parade of tanks (with every last driver swearing it's actually a race car), FAUX News just declared the entire situation as Obama's fault.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Estee 56453 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 04-21-14, 04:22 PM (EST) 10. "At the end of the regular season:" Milwaukee finished with the worst record in the East at 15-67: Philadelphia didn't quite manage to catch up with a 19-63. Now, if they can just hang onto their own picks... If everyone picked in inverse order of record, with most standing trades accounted for, the lottery portion of the draft would look like this: Milwaukee Philadelphia Orlando Utah Boston LA Lakers Sacramento Detroit Cleveland New Orleans Denver New York (Note that the Knicks don't actually have this pick: it can go to Denver or Orlando, depending on how the lottery comes out.) Minnesota Phoenix Basically, if you're in the top six, get lucky with player health, and have any idea what you're doing, you're probably okay. That last category leaves some of the teams in this draft out, but... On a related note, new commissioner Adam Silver says he wants to push the minimum draft entry age to 20. That'll be a big change to several lives. It'll mean two years of trying to remain remotely interested through college instead of one. Y'know, if they're careful about it, the junior schools just might get into position for a big tournament push of their own.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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