orangello
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Beating the Kings is doubly good because now GSW own the tiebreaker.
GSW Draft Pick Watch
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Beating the Kings is doubly good because now GSW own the tiebreaker.
Stifle Tower
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Except tiebreakers don't matter in terms of the lottery. In the event that teams finish with the same record, each tied team receives the average of the total number of combinations for the positions that they occupy. Should the average number not be an integer, a coin flip is then used to determine which team or teams receive the extra combination(s). The result of the coin flip is also used to determine who receives the earlier pick in the event that neither of the tied teams wins one of the first three picks via the lottery. If multiple teams finish tied, the chances are added together and then split evenly. A coin flip determines the seeding.
But not to fear, GS gets a couple of shots at another win this week: a rested Warrior squad will take on the Jazz, who play in LA the night before, and then GS travels to Sacramento on Saturday. After that, their schedule gets pretty tough for the next 14 games: they'll be lucky to win 3-4 of those.
That doesn't really help the Jazz. Head-to-head tiebreaker matters in playoff qualification and seedings, but not the draft. In the draft order, ties are broken using the highly advanced "coin flip" methodology.
Stifle Tower
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But I did win the tiebreaker with Kenwood!!! 
Minny is at .500 now. We need a substitute team to slip below the Warriors. Maybe Phx will oblige. Warriors are 10th worst right now. I'd rather see them take a loss. They're starting to play better overall.
I think 8 or 9 should be good enough to get us one of the big 3 SF's (MKG, Barnes, or Miller) or 1 of the 2 big SG's (Beal/Rivers). Hopefully the teams in front of the Warriors are hungry for big men, because this draft is loaded with PF's.
Jazz4ever
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Detroit, Washington, Sacramento, NO, Phoenix, Charlotte, NJ (maybe), all are pretty weak at PF. I put maybe down for NJ given Humphries may return, or any number of things that could happen with this franchise and the Dwight Howard fiasco.
I could see Miller slipping to 8th or 9th. Beal and Rivers will be there.
Davis, Drummond, Robinson, Kidd-Gilchrist, Barnes... Hopefully teams bite on Sullinger, PJIII, and Moultrie.
Davis, Drummond, Robinson, Kidd-Gilchrist, Barnes... Hopefully teams bite on Sullinger, PJIII, and Moultrie.
Gyp Rosetti
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God I hate Sullinger. He's so freakin' fat and out of shape.
This must be sarcasm.
Chargers Jazz Angels
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I still think it is a little early but this would be my mock up to the gsw pick
Charlotte - Davis gotta go BPA and the need him. Biyombo and Davis are going to rule the paint.
New Orleans - drummond and okafor are going to be impressive.
Washington - Robinson does everything blatch refuses to do.
Detroit - jones III I was going to put Barnes here but the need pf badly.
Toronto - Barnes although I think they will look long and hard at mkg here but shooting is a premium in the nba.
New jersey - mkg BPA and fills a need. Wouldn't be that great with Howard who takes up a lot of space inside.
Sacramento - Sullinger they would want jones III better fit but this is also a need not sure how he bangs with cousins.
New York - Lamb a lot of directions ny could go but lamb will be a good fit in ny.
Utah - q miller best fit but not BPA. I could see Neal get a long look also if he is still on the board.
Charlotte - Davis gotta go BPA and the need him. Biyombo and Davis are going to rule the paint.
New Orleans - drummond and okafor are going to be impressive.
Washington - Robinson does everything blatch refuses to do.
Detroit - jones III I was going to put Barnes here but the need pf badly.
Toronto - Barnes although I think they will look long and hard at mkg here but shooting is a premium in the nba.
New jersey - mkg BPA and fills a need. Wouldn't be that great with Howard who takes up a lot of space inside.
Sacramento - Sullinger they would want jones III better fit but this is also a need not sure how he bangs with cousins.
New York - Lamb a lot of directions ny could go but lamb will be a good fit in ny.
Utah - q miller best fit but not BPA. I could see Neal get a long look also if he is still on the board.
Gyp Rosetti
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No, not at all. Have you seen him? He makes Al Jefferson seem like a Mr. Universe contestant.
Got to side with Cyrone on this one. He's a plodder, but he's not fat. Unathletic? Overrated? Maybe, those, but he's not a pillsbury.
That was a tweet from Draftexpress about him. 12.1% body fat isn't skinny, but it isn't fat. I would assume it has gone down from that since we are halfway through the season.
orangello
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Here are some interesting tweets to consider:
timkawakami Running schedule #'s: GSWs currently in 11th draft slot, but road-heavy finish should change that. Yep, trending towards 8th slot... and...
timkawakami And all GSW fans know that their 1st-rounder is only protected 1-thru-7. Could dip to 5/6 slot, but would need steep fall & a lot of help.
timkawakami Running schedule #'s: GSWs currently in 11th draft slot, but road-heavy finish should change that. Yep, trending towards 8th slot... and...
timkawakami And all GSW fans know that their 1st-rounder is only protected 1-thru-7. Could dip to 5/6 slot, but would need steep fall & a lot of help.
Jazz need to lose their next 2 to Golden State and beat any bottom feeder team that is buffing the 5-7th slot.
Stifle Tower
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That's why we need them to stay in that 10-12 range as long as possible. One team that could defintely move up is Sacramento. They've played a ton of away games so far and have a 9 game home stand coming up in March. It would be easy for them to make up 3-4 games quickly on the Warriors. With Lopez back, NJ could also start winning a few more games. Let's just hope other teams start tanking to get a better pick as the season starts winding down.