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oh look...Josh Hart isn't guarded the way Dame is. Neither is Norm Powell. That's because they are better at offense than Dame

 

I see you how tackle logic when you don't have stats to rely on.

 

I want to bad to point this out. Dame is the absolute target every single second of every game he is on the court for the defense they are playing against.
Every whiteboard in every opponents locker room has DAMIAN LILLARD circled in red as the person they must stop and make someone else beat you.
That is when he is playing of course.

 

no...that is what I do when I'm responding to wut?-logic

 

We need Anthony Davis to get back ASAP, so the Lakers can have the best chance at beating the Pelicans in their two upcoming games. We need the Spurs to get red hot right now. The ideal situation for the rest of this season for us is that we lose out getting under Sac and Indy for the fifth spot and the Spurs pass the Pelicans and keep them out of the playoffs. Even though it gives them some better lottery odds I'd like to see the Pelicans end up with the 8th worst record in the league.

 

You do realize they play the Houston Rockets twice at home. There is no way they drop both those games let alone one.

 

I get all this but math seems to suggest we’ll make the play-in unless we start forfeiting games. We’re gonna win some of these easy games.

 

Math says that we have a ~25% chance of making the play-in games.
http://www.playoffstatus.com/nba/westernstandings.html

 

We're going to be putting inferior talent out there in these "easy games" so I don't think there's a good chance at all that we make the play ins. I think if we win another game you'll see McLemore and Winslow being sat for the rest of the season. This team has obviously told Dame that they aren't making the play ins and are playing for a pick (Dame's words) so we'll either lose all of our remaining games playing the guys who barely beat the Pistons without Grant or we'll make those adjustments and lose without those two veterans.

Oh and the Rockets are putting out way better lineups than we are right now. They're playing Wood, Porter, Gordon, Green, Tate, Sengun and Schroder all big minutes. Obviously they'll want to be a team with the 14% chance at the first pick but slipping to that fourth worst record really doesn't hurt too bad statistically and the fifth worst record is completely out of reach. So I think they'll play their talented young guys who are a better unit than what we're running out there right now and if we win against them, like I said, I think we'll see even more guys sitting for us. Only our games against the Spurs are games where the team has to be worried about us ending up with better lottery odds than them. So yeah, the two games against Houston and the two against OKC aren't games where are opponents will be trying to win but their management won't be as desperate for a loss as ours is.

 

That's a good chance for a team that is actively trying to lose.

 

Dame never said we were playing for a pick. If the Rockets lineup is so good, why are they last in the conference? Our "inferior talent" has been developing chemistry on the floor and beat the Pistons with Bey, Cade, and Bagley. Jerami Grant sucks and would not have helped them win. You say we'll keep sitting more guys but I believe we have to have 8 active players. I'm hoping for a good lottery pick, I get it, but I think there's a very good chance we'll make the play-in for the reasons I stated.

 

Spurs, Pels, & Lakers are 4-6 over their last 10

Clippers and Rockets are 3-7

Blazers and Kings are 2-8

OKC is 0-10, but Presti knows how to tank

 

The assertion when looking at the Pistons roster that "Grant sucks and would not have helped them win." in a four point game is so very you. Great job on that take. So we're clear on what Dame said... in an interview right after the surgery he said that if we have a chance to make the playoffs that he would come back when ready but he wasn't returning at all this season if we were going to be playing for a pick. Then on Draymond Green's podcast Dame said that his progress was going great and that he was feeling better than he has in years and then said there was no way he was coming back to play this season. Just put the two statements together and it's pretty clear the team has told Dame that they're playing for a pick. You don't have to do that deductive reasoning though because in preparation to try and lose the game against Detroit the team pulled Josh Hart, just like they pulled Ant, just like they pulled Nurk. They will pull more guys if they need to. As far as dressing eight guys, we dressed twelve last game so I think we could definitely pull Justice and BennyMac. If we get one more win, I'm pretty sure at least one of those two will be sitting going forward.

 

Thank goddess that TNT picked up NHL games this year. The very BEST post season in sports! Because this NBA season has been kinda blahhh…..

 

TNT will be broadcasting regular season baseball as well. Every Tuesday night.

 

Kyrie cleared for home games. Bad news for the rest of the East.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiret...leared-To-Play-In-Home-Games-Beginning-Sunday