2023-24 NBA (Playoffs!) Thread: end of bench player on Knicks roster feeling self-conscious about not having crippling, season-ending injury (30 Viewers)

[Zeppelin]

The draft lottery is a ****ing joke

 

[pollardsvision]

I hope this doesn't seem hyperbolic, but are the 2024 Indiana Pacers the greatest team in NBA history?

 

[identikit]

Pacers 12 fouls in the first half

Knicks 5

 

[identikit]

Stephan A, I'm listening

 

[Desert_Power]

2-13 from 3. Ouch

 

[General Malaise]

Portland tanking for the 7th pick is very on brand.

 

[Desert_Power]

Also, the lottery sucks.

 

[msudaisy26]

That Harden Nets-Houston trade is an all-timer

Best part is Philly gave two 1st round picks to get Harden because they messed up the original Simmons offers.

 

[msudaisy26]

I love the fact the NBA claims the lottery is good to help tanking, but they probably have the worst tanking problem in all of sports.

 

[msudaisy26]

7 minutes left in the third right now. If the Pacers just took 24 second violations for the rest of the game they would still win this game.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

I hope Philly fans enjoy watching TJ McConnell swing a Playoff series.

Gfy

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Hornets, pistons and blazers fans should just remember that this top 10 is a crapshoot the likes of which we may have never seen before. The projected first round has been jumbled and revised an insane amount over the past year. So I wouldn’t worry too much about where you are picking.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

I hope Philly fans enjoy watching TJ McConnell swing a Playoff series.

I love tj and would root for the pacers just for him even if they would be in the worst conference finalist In history

 

[msudaisy26]

Hornets, pistons and blazers fans should just remember that this top 10 is a crapshoot the likes of which we may have never seen before. The projected first round has been jumbled and revised an insane amount over the past year. So I wouldn’t worry too much about where you are picking.

That is true, but back to back years we had the worst possible outcome. The lottery is stupid.

 

[msudaisy26]

I like McConnell, but I really thought he was like 41 and out of the league 3 years ago.

 

[dickey moe]

This is gross.

 

[msudaisy26]

If there was ever a game to advocate playing to a final score after 3 quarters, this is the game.

 

[Anarchy99]

That Harden Nets-Houston trade is an all-timer

Best part is Philly gave two 1st round picks to get Harden because they messed up the original Simmons offers.

Trust the process.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Hornets, pistons and blazers fans should just remember that this top 10 is a crapshoot the likes of which we may have never seen before. The projected first round has been jumbled and revised an insane amount over the past year. So I wouldn’t worry too much about where you are picking.

That is true, but back to back years we had the worst possible outcome. The lottery is stupid.

I would like someone to figure out the odds of having the worst record and getting the fifth pick two straight years.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

I guess it’s not that crazy since they had a 47.9% chance each year

 

[pollardsvision]

Doug McDermott is getting minutes. That's how you know it's a real Mother's Day Massacre.

 

[identikit]

Enjoying every moment of this

 

[Kev4029]

I love the fact the NBA claims the lottery is good to help tanking, but they probably have the worst tanking problem in all of sports.

Both things can be true. Finding the next All-NBA player in the draft is key to reversing your fortunes as a franchise, and when that player can play 75% of the team's minutes, their value magnified. How many teams have won a title without a definite top 5 player?

There is nobody in baseball that can individually change a franchise (see the Angles of the last 10 years). In the NFL and NHL, a top flight QB and goalie make a huge difference, but otherwise, it takes a lot of big pieces.

 

[Zow]

Doug McDermott is getting minutes. That's how you know it's a real Mother's Day Massacre.

Legit nice guy though.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Hornets, pistons and blazers fans should just remember that this top 10 is a crapshoot the likes of which we may have never seen before. The projected first round has been jumbled and revised an insane amount over the past year. So I wouldn’t worry too much about where you are picking.

That is true, but back to back years we had the worst possible outcome. The lottery is stupid.

I would like someone to figure out the odds of having the worst record and getting the fifth pick two straight years.

If history is any indication, the odds are 2/2.

 

[Desert_Power]

I love the fact the NBA claims the lottery is good to help tanking, but they probably have the worst tanking problem in all of sports.

You shouldn’t be able to win the #1 pick after being in the play in tournament. Even if everything were above board, that would not make any sense.

 

[Zeppelin]

I would like someone to figure out the odds of having the worst record and getting the fifth pick two straight years.

The worst team should never drop that far, it's ridiculous, should be no worse than dropping 2 spots

 

[Capella]

Mike Breen and Doris Burke constantly lobbying for foul calls for the Knicks is getting old.

Oh come on Mike Breen slander now??

 

[Instinctive]

I love the fact the NBA claims the lottery is good to help tanking, but they probably have the worst tanking problem in all of sports.

You shouldn’t be able to win the #1 pick after being in the play in tournament. Even if everything were above board, that would not make any sense.

Eh. Losing the play in means not being in the playoffs. We literally just expanded it to include those 4 extra teams. Which have been a part of the lottery basically forever before now.

Poor Pistons, I guess, but this feels like exactly what the NBA intended - just being garbage all year doesn't mean high likelihood of a top 3 pick. Between the lottery and the playoffs, only 4 teams seemed like they were tanking, to me (Detroit, Washington, Portland, Charlotte) and you could argue Detroit and Washington both tried they just suck.

 

[Instinctive]

I would like someone to figure out the odds of having the worst record and getting the fifth pick two straight years.

The worst team should never drop that far, it's ridiculous, should be no worse than dropping 2 spots

Eh. If you're really gonna go be radical about it, I'm a fan of the 30-year wheel, and I'm intrigued by economist arguments like not having the draft and instead doing a cap budget for each team to go after rookies or something. Give more money to the bottom but more of a free market.

 

[msudaisy26]

Hornets, pistons and blazers fans should just remember that this top 10 is a crapshoot the likes of which we may have never seen before. The projected first round has been jumbled and revised an insane amount over the past year. So I wouldn’t worry too much about where you are picking.

That is true, but back to back years we had the worst possible outcome. The lottery is stupid.

I would like someone to figure out the odds of having the worst record and getting the fifth pick two straight years.

100 percent.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Hornets, pistons and blazers fans should just remember that this top 10 is a crapshoot the likes of which we may have never seen before. The projected first round has been jumbled and revised an insane amount over the past year. So I wouldn’t worry too much about where you are picking.

That is true, but back to back years we had the worst possible outcome. The lottery is stupid.

I would like someone to figure out the odds of having the worst record and getting the fifth pick two straight years.

If the worst record part is a given, it’s .479 * .479 = 22.9%.

 

[scoobus]

I like the draft lottery.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than the ********* the 6ers pulled with Hinkie.

 

[msudaisy26]

Hornets, pistons and blazers fans should just remember that this top 10 is a crapshoot the likes of which we may have never seen before. The projected first round has been jumbled and revised an insane amount over the past year. So I wouldn’t worry too much about where you are picking.

That is true, but back to back years we had the worst possible outcome. The lottery is stupid.

I would like someone to figure out the odds of having the worst record and getting the fifth pick two straight years.

If the worst record part is a given, it’s .479 * .479 = 22.9%.

That isn't right

 

[Major]

I like the draft lottery.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than the ********* the 6ers pulled with Hinkie.

Much better than the coin flip they used to use.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

I like the draft lottery.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than the ********* the 6ers pulled with Hinkie.

Gfy

 

[Zow]

Let’s go wolves.

 

[jhib]

Hornets, pistons and blazers fans should just remember that this top 10 is a crapshoot the likes of which we may have never seen before. The projected first round has been jumbled and revised an insane amount over the past year. So I wouldn’t worry too much about where you are picking.

That is true, but back to back years we had the worst possible outcome. The lottery is stupid.

I would like someone to figure out the odds of having the worst record and getting the fifth pick two straight years.

If the worst record part is a given, it’s .479 * .479 = 22.9%.

Yeah, lots of people acting like that was some crazy occurrence, but Atlanta getting the first pick this year was way more unlikely than Detroit getting #5 two years in a row. And Detroit getting at least one #1 pick over the two years wouldn't be much more likely (something like 26% chance) than getting two #5s.

 

[Zow]

Great start. Energy is back and Edwards looks great.

 

[mr. furley]

I hope this doesn't seem hyperbolic, but are the 2024 Indiana Pacers the greatest team in NBA history?

we've seen plenty of evidence in the past several days to indicate this is fact

 

[identikit]

Great start. Energy is back and Edwards looks great.

All 4 quarters, Wolves!

 

[Frostillicus]

Not much you can do when Aaron Gordon, Reggie Jackson, and Justin Holiday shoot 6-8 from 3.

 

[Frostillicus]

7-9

 

[identikit]

Oy

 

[msudaisy26]

This defense doesn't look like it did all year.

 

[Capella]

Nuggets may be done playing around.

 

[Frostillicus]

I can't read stats. That was FG. From 3 they're only 5-6.

 

[Frostillicus]

This defense doesn't look like it did all year.

Has everything to do with Denver waking up. Which is a real bummer.

 

[Frostillicus]

Turning this off. It's over.

 

[Zow]

Denver can’t miss.