I'm all for tanking and I'm keeping a close look at draft position.... Memphis Tanking and Cleveland Tanking
Tuesdays game will have essentially a 3 game swing. If we loose, we'll be 1 game back. If we win, we'll be 1 game up with the tie breaker locked up (or essentialy a 2 game lead).
Well said. Since the Nurkic trade, CLE has fallen into a virtual tie with BOS, trailing all of GSW, SAS and HOU and MEM has fallen to the 7th seed in the West. I doubt if it happens, but I'd LOVE to see one of the 37-36 teams in the East catch and pass MEM. MIL seem to be the only one that has a chance. BNM
Here are the Blazers projected playoff odds from the top 3 sites as of 3/27/2017: ESPN's NBA BPI Playoff Odds: Projected Record = 40-42 Change = +1 win Odds of Making the Playoffs = 71.3% Change = +21.7% Projected Finish = 8th FiveThirtyEight.com 2016-17 NBA Predictions: Projected Record = 40-42 Change = No Change Odds of Making the Playoffs = 83.0% Change = +23.0% Projected Finish = 8th Basketball-Reference.com Playoff Probability Report: Projected Record = 39.4-42.1 Change = +0.5 wins Odds of Making the Playoffs = 57.0% Change = +21.1% Projected Finish = 8th Consensus: Projected Record = 40-42 Change = No Change Odds of Making the Playoffs = 70.4% Change = +22.9% What a difference one night makes! With DEN falling at home to NOP and the Blazers taking care of business in LA, we are now, for the first time since I started this thread, the unanimous choice to grab the 8th seed in the Western Conference. In the 22 days since I started this thread, the consensus odds of the Blazers capturing the 8th seed have gone from 24.1% to 70.4% (+46.3%) and our projected final record has jumped from 36-46 to 40-42. On March 5th none of the three sites had us getting the 8th seed. Now all three do. Great jobs guys! But that can all be undone if we don't take care off business on Tuesday night against DEN. We have finally caught DEN. Now it's time to start pulling ahead. BNM
Too easy. All three sites currently have us at <1%. There has been no change since I started tracking our playoff odds. BNM
If we beat Denver Tuesday, we effectively get a two game lead on them by sealing the tie breaker. After that, only chance Denver has is if Damian or Nurk go down with a season ending injury.
Ok. .000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001%
My fear is Nurk is going to try too hard on Tuesday and potentially disrupt our groove. Hope I'm wrong, but I'm sure he's chomping at the bit to prove something vs his old team.
If that starts to happen, Dame and Stotts will rein him in. As enthusiastic as Nurk can be, he does seem to look to Dame for guidance. He loves playing with a strong leader. And if he starts to get out of hand, Terry can set his ass down and let him calm down for a few minutes until he gets his head on straight. That said, I do expect him to go at Jokic with everything he has. I don't think he as any strong animosity for Jokic, but I think he wants to show Denver's front office, their fans and especially Mike Malone what they gave up on. BNM
Honestly, I would be disappointing in Nurk if he tried anything less. I think most driven players want to show those who cast them aside it was a big mistake. I think he will come out a little crazy, settle down, and take them to town.
LOL. It's been on my mind for a couple weeks, and now that we caught them, it's kind of freaking me out!
My fear is that the people in the arena catch an incredibly serious case of Nurkic fever. By the time this game is over 20,000 people might be speaking only Bosnian.
1) Now "only" need to go 6-3 to make it to .500 2) +/- improved to -1.0 - there's a chance! 3) Still 11th in Ortg. 4) Improved to 23rd in Drtg, 8th worst. Sounds bad, but we were 3rd worst, so huge improvement. Only 0.5 pts worse than "championship contender" Cleveland.
