re: Current Tanking Standings(Will be updated every other night)

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If we don't win these next 2 I don't see anyway we get to 30 wins.

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ya...23 games left...only 9 against teams out of playoff contention -- 4 of those in the next 4 games....big stretch for the tank right here.

...the other 5 are Boston, Utah, Sacramento, Denver, Utah (all better than us, imo).

Must lose game tonight

Somehow, I don't think that'll be an issue

I'm gonna update this every other night because most teams play every 2 nights anyway

Gotta lose the easy ones like tonight to really lead this team into first round pick

We've gone from tied for 9th to sole possesion of 9th.

1) Milwaukee 12-47 .203
2) Philly 15-45 .250
3) Orlando 19-43 .306
4) Boston 20-40 .333
5) New York 21-40 .344
6a) Sacramento 21-39 .350
6b) Lakers 21-39 .350
6c) Utah 21-39 .350
9) New Orleans 23-37 .383
10) Cleveland 24-37 .393
11) Detroit 24-36 .400 (EC 9th Seed )
12) Denver 25-34 .424
13) Minnesota 30-29 .508
14) Memphis 34-25 .576

Not trying to be a killjoy, but like most bad/young teams, we play MUCH better at home and we have a lot of home games against bad road teams coming up. Here are 8 very winnable upcoming home games.

Milwaukee .178 on road
Denver .379 on road
Memphis (Good match up for Pels and we're 3-0 vs. the Grizz this season)
Boston .266 on road
Utah .233 on road
Sacramento .285 on road
OKC (could be fighting for position or resting starters)
Houston (could be fighting for position or resting starters)

We should win at least 5 of these if not all 8. Throw in being due a win or 2 on the road and we get 6-10 more wins, or 29 to 33 wins. If you project the wins of every team in the 8 spots beneath based on current winning percentage, the 3 teams tied for 6th (6-8) project out to 28.7 wins. If that holds and the wins I'm projecting holds, that means we're 9th at worst/best or 6.1% of a top 3 pick. AD is not going to keep having bad games and now that Tyresus has risen, the tank doesn't stand a chance.

During the Suns game, one of the commentators said we were 12-10 before jrue went down. That makes us 11-27 since. Jrue really that big of a difference maker?

The franchise

I think Jrue made a pretty big difference. Just more competence and more complete game.