The Official Around the NBA: March 2019 edition

Oh, of course not. And Paul George isn't re-signing with OKC.

 

Lakers have a 1% chance at Zion and a 0% chance at KD.

You do a good job of pretending to be a delusional Laker fan.

 

Even if they lose all games until the end of season they will not have better than 7th best odds to be no. 1 which will be like 7.5% chance.

They won't be worse than Phoenix, Cleveland, New York, Chicago, Atlanta or Memphis.

Probably will not be worse than Dallas, Washington or New Orleans either, I think they will end with 5-6 more wins and be like 36-46.

 

Because he is paid to. This is a job and they are pros.

 

There was a probability predictor done that said they had something like a 9% chance of making the playoffs before last night's loss. That loss pushed them down to < 5% I believe. They won't be mathematically eliminated for a few more games but the likelihood is getting extremely small.

 

There is another game between Clippers and Lakers due on 6th of April though by that time I would expect playoff chances to be gone for Lakers.

 

Hes paid to simply be on the roster.

Until hes not.

 

Honestly, not that it has any chance of happening but I think a LeBron, Durant, Zion combo wouldn't be that great anyway. They all pretty much play the same position and probably couldn't all 3 be on the court effectively at the same time.

 

Lebron's getting too old to play PG for a whole game. His defense has fallen off big time this year too. I mean I understand why Laker fans would get excited about that but I just think they'd have trouble maximizing all 3 of their abilities.

 

The #1, #2, #3 all have the same chance at 14%.
A difference of 6.5% between #7 and the top 3, does not seem to be much of a difference.
RJ Barrett isn't too shabby either.

Bottom line is I am enjoying that they lost to the Clippers, but I will be rooting for them big time against Denver

 

I guess you could look at it that way, but I think it is expected (and rightfully so) that players give full effort. Trades are part of the business and a reality.

 

KD will not go to the Lakers just because of LeBron.

 

I think it is VERY likely Zion ends up in New York, Chicago or LA. Call me crazy....but I'm looking for some kind of prop bet that allows me to put money on those large market teams. #DavidStern

 

Just got off the phone with a good friend in Orange County that isa huge laker fan and knows several office personnel too. He is convinced the Lakers will purposely dive into the lotto fro a shot a you know who.
It wouldn't surprise me one bit to see that franchise end up with the first pick in the draft?

 

For you conspiracy theorists...

This will be the Lakers 6th year in a row not making the playoffs. Of the previous 5 lotteries their pick hasn't been #1.

Since the "Frozen Envelope" in 1985 the Knicks have been in the lottery 15 times since and the highest pick they've gotten is #4.

But yeah, those other years don't count right?

 

You'll let me know where I mentioned anything about other years not counting. Even said, "call me crazy..." so it's not like it was something I believed was set in stone.

 

I know, eventually though a team like the Lakers is going to get the #1 pick again and everyone is going to lose their minds.