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2025-2026 Tank Race Prediction Contest and Current Results Thread

A lot of ego for guys in his position, I’d say it’s kind of typical. Probably felt a lot better to have a mic drop moment than some non-answer.

Truthfully, I think the whole situation is kind of screwed because of the two half tank years. We really have only tanked for one year, but it feels like 3. The half tank years may even feel worse because you had to quit half way through instead of having reasonable expectations before the season.

I see why people are impatient, whether that be fans, FO people, or players. But we kinda got one year of tanking for the price of 3.
I think its the ego mixed with the face and his mannerisms. It feels like fake confidence/ego.

He apparently got Danny to chill on drafting Fears so I feel somewhat indebted to him lol.

We have commitment issues.
 
Right now I think Was, Bkn both finish below us. I also think 1-3 of Phx/NOP/Sac/Bos/Ind will finish below us on accident or with a stealth tank. I think we are okay I guess. I prefer to lock in at #3.

I think Charlotte is actually solid if they have decent health.
Washington is a better team than us. They're very close to being legit decent.
 
Right now I think Was, Bkn both finish below us. I also think 1-3 of Phx/NOP/Sac/Bos/Ind will finish below us on accident or with a stealth tank. I think we are okay I guess. I prefer to lock in at #3.

I think Charlotte is actually solid if they have decent health.
My current expectations is the 6th pick. I think we end up with the 4th or 5th worst record and get passed by one or two teams in the lottery.

We're probably like 8th worst record by the all star break and then get more aggressive about losing.
 
We need Cody to start instead of Svi....but that's a hard ask when we're winning and AA had to get his mic drop moment in. I bet AA felt awesome in that moment though, worth losing a FRP.
Whats the context of the mic drop moment here?
 
On one hand OKC has so many picks still that I doubt they care about the preserving a late first round pick, I'm sure they are much more interested in the small possibility of a lottery pick.
Which is why they will be quite cozy to wait and see what happens. If they don’t get a great pick, fine. It is about the potential for something higher. Right now I’d wager it’s still comfortably in the top-20.
 
With the Pelicans injury history I'm thinking ATL is feeling really, really good about that Queen trade right now. Could be a tank contender without trying.
 
I can't believe Dumars allowed Jeff Weaver to trade an unprotected 2026 pick for Derik Queen, what in the world.

"Don't pull the thing out, unless you plan to bang" Jeff Weaver says as he takes out another mortgage on his home to gamble on startup IPOs.
 
Yeah, true, but it's looking even better now than it did in June. It wasn't a stretch to see both Bucks and Pelicans reaching the playoffs, after all.
I dont think I saw a single person predict the Pelicans to make it past the 9th or 10th seed.
 
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