I watched Holmgren the other night and he didn't impress me that much. Sure, he has some skills from playing and being taught all his life, but he's so thin and all legs he's going to get man handled in the pro's. I hope he's doesn't get injured much. He could be another Porzingus type but he was bigger coming in.
These tanking games are just painful to watch. The NBA should just allow teams to email a white flag emoji to their opponent and save the travel expense. I guess when it’s tanking team vs tanking team they could flip a coin or something.
also, Lakers open up a 2.5 game lead on the Pels for 9th seed; and the Spurs are only 1 game behind the Pels for the 10th seed....and the Spurs lead the season series 2-0 right now with 2 games left between the two teams by the way, IIRC the play-in formula correctly, right now it looks like it will be the Clippers vs Lakers in a loser-go-fishing game in the first round of the play-in. That will be intense
So the format is changed? Last year it was 9 v 10 loser went home, winner plays loser of 7 v 8 and the loser of that third game goes home or if you want to look at it in a positive way 7 v 8 winner gets the seventh seed while the loser plays the winner of 9 v 10 and the winner of that game gets the eighth seed. I thought that was still the format.
2022 NBA PLAYOFFS FAQ: NBA Play-In Tournament The NBA Play-In Tournament will include teams with the 7th through 10th-highest winning percentages in each conference and take place April 12-15. From NBA.Com: Q: How will the Play-In Tournament be structured? At the conclusion of the regular season but before the first round of the playoffs, the team with the 7th-highest winning percentage in each conference will host the team with the 8th-highest winning percentage in a Play-In Game (the “Seven-Eight Game”). The winner of the Seven-Eight Game in each conference will earn the No. 7 seed. The team with the 9th-highest winning percentage in each conference will host the team with the 10th-highest winning percentage in the “Nine-Ten Game”. The loser of the Seven-Eight Game will host the winner of the Nine-Ten Game in a Play-In Game, and the winner of that game in each conference will earn the No. 8 seed.
The loser of the seven versus eight game does not go fishing. They host the winner of the nine versus 10 game. The loser of that game goes fishing, and the winner is the 8th seed.
So @wizenheimer the Lakers and Clippers wouldn't play each other first as of right now. The Clippers would play the Wolves in the 7/8 game and the Lakers would play the Pelicans in the 9/10 game.
What if we traded pelicans pick for grizzlies’s lakers and jazz picks. Then use Jazz pick, Keon, and bledsoe for Grant. Then use the lakers pick for spurs’ Celtic and raptors pick. Use Celtic pick, 2nd round pick, and TPE for Harrison Barnes. Then we still have our pick and raptor pick to get quality young talent Dame/simons Hart/ingles/pick? Grant/little Barnes/Winslow/MLE?/lottery? Nurk/Watford/eubanks/pick?
but Clippers and Lakers are 8 and 9 right now so yes, it looks like the Clippers and Lakers will play each other for a loser go fishing as was originally stated.
So your just assuming that the positions will stay the same, the Clippers will lose the 7/8 game and the Lakers will win the 9/10 game setting up a win or go home game between the two teams? If so that's a helluva lot of assuming.
Since 2010 - 2021 Team that have tank during this time period and that have won titles are just a couple. Most NBA Wins Since 2010 - Champs or Chumps https://champsorchumps.us › records › most-nba-wins-s... Cleveland & GS - both tanked during this time period and won tiles.
