Blazers lose both coin flips

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    SharpesTriumph Well-Known Member

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    SharpesTriumph, Apr 22, 2024
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    In a sense the GS flip could be worse to lose than ours, only a 25% chance both us and Charlotte are outside top4 where that flip matters.

    But GS is dead last unless they move into the top4. Think I'm rooting for them to get 4th.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Apr 22, 2024
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    Why do the Blazers have such bad luck
     
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    We tanked the flips?!?
     
    SlyPokerDog, Apr 22, 2024
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    Reverse tanked
     
    Chris Craig, Apr 22, 2024
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    The GS pick is actually affected more so than our own. The coin flip lost us .1 to Charlotte which is pretty irrelevant, where as the GS pick dropped a spot.
     
    Sheldon Shape, Apr 22, 2024
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    It's relevant if both Charlotte and Portland fall out of the top 4, in which case our pick slots one spot lower.
     
    B-Roy, Apr 22, 2024
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    Correct, and approx 25% of the time that'll be the case
     
    SharpesTriumph, Apr 22, 2024
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    Brandon Roy will fix it all.
    He's going again isn't he?
     
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    Isn’t it supposed to be a shit draft anyway?
     
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    Yeah we should just give our picks to team that needs them
     
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    Moving down from a coin flip from 3-4 cost them a tenth of one percent. 13.3 % chance instead of 13.4%.
    No real difference.
     
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    It's only one of a thousand ping pong ball.... But if neither team gets a top4 pick Charlotte picks first.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Apr 22, 2024
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    Technically it's 1/1000 combination of ping pong ball numbers as they don't actually have a thousand ping pong balls.
     
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    Imagine how bad it would be, if we were actually losing out on something.
     
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    That’s what happens when you intentionally lose games. It’s called karma.
     
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    Bad habits die hard...
     
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    The 1st and 2nd pick in this draft are worthy. Actually the first 4 players taken might be pretty good. Are they Wenby? No, But then how many players have been that good over the last 30 years?
    Basketball is still a team sport. Last I checked the best teams win games and compete for rings.
     
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