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Re: The Official 2016-2017 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (8-33, #1 on 1/17)
« Reply #1350 on: January 19, 2017, 10:36:36 PM »

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Re: The Official 2016-2017 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (8-33, #1 on 1/17)
« Reply #1351 on: January 19, 2017, 10:43:12 PM »

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I'm not getting my hopes up. We could still get corked in the lottery. I don't get why we don't get lucky in it. I'm still stewing over Cleveland winning the #1 overall pick. It got them James and Love. Which then led to Durant joining the Warriors.

Re: The Official 2016-2017 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (8-33, #1 on 1/17)
« Reply #1352 on: January 19, 2017, 10:54:25 PM »

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I'm not getting my hopes up. We could still get corked in the lottery. I don't get why we don't get lucky in it. I'm still stewing over Cleveland winning the #1 overall pick. It got them James and Love. Which then led to Durant joining the Warriors.
its ironic that the lottery system ended up ruining the NBA. Who would have thought.

Re: The Official 2016-2017 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (8-33, #1 on 1/17)
« Reply #1353 on: January 19, 2017, 10:55:56 PM »

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We are getting Markelle this time. Mark my words.

Re: The Official 2016-2017 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (8-33, #1 on 1/17)
« Reply #1354 on: January 19, 2017, 11:46:04 PM »

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Serious question. If we didn't own these 3 picks in a row, would Brooklyn be considered Exhibit A of how "tanking" is ruining the league, and how we need lottery reform?




Re: The Official 2016-2017 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (8-33, #1 on 1/17)
« Reply #1355 on: January 19, 2017, 11:50:08 PM »

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Serious question. If we didn't own these 3 picks in a row, would Brooklyn be considered Exhibit A of how "tanking" is ruining the league, and how we need lottery reform?

I think fans would be pretty suspicious of the Thad Young trade. Other than that, though, it's hard to argue tanking. It's a lack of talent. They tried to improve in free agency but struck out.


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Re: The Official 2016-2017 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (8-33, #1 on 1/17)
« Reply #1356 on: January 20, 2017, 12:11:23 AM »

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Serious question. If we didn't own these 3 picks in a row, would Brooklyn be considered Exhibit A of how "tanking" is ruining the league, and how we need lottery reform?

Definitely by some, but even worse we'd be seeing never-ending multi-thread arguments about whether Brooklyn or the Sixers were tanking it better.

Re: The Official 2016-2017 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (8-33, #1 on 1/17)
« Reply #1357 on: January 20, 2017, 12:14:57 AM »

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Serious question. If we didn't own these 3 picks in a row, would Brooklyn be considered Exhibit A of how "tanking" is ruining the league, and how we need lottery reform?

I think fans would be pretty suspicious of the Thad Young trade. Other than that, though, it's hard to argue tanking. It's a lack of talent. They tried to improve in free agency but struck out.

Pretty much.  They've just made a lot of bad moves and haven't been able to attract talent.  They did sign both Lin and Booker to reasonable contracts.  While both are decent vets, they're clearly not going to move the needle much without other established talent on the roster.

If they had traded Lopez for future picks before/during last season or before this season started, that would have certified them as a team dedicated to tanking.  The Process Lite.

Re: The Official 2016-2017 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (8-33, #1 on 1/17)
« Reply #1358 on: January 20, 2017, 12:53:27 AM »

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Miami won again! Great for the pick...

Re: The Official 2016-2017 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (8-33, #1 on 1/17)
« Reply #1359 on: January 20, 2017, 01:01:21 AM »

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Re: The Official 2016-2017 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (8-33, #1 on 1/17)
« Reply #1360 on: January 20, 2017, 03:44:15 AM »

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Wolves somehow win vs the Clippers, they actually came back from behind down 10 points and managed to claw back.

Kris Dunn and Town were very, very good.
"We are lucky we have a very patient GM that isn't willing to settle for being good and coming close. He wants to win a championship and we have the potential to get there still with our roster and assets."

quoting 'Greg B' on RealGM after 2017 trade deadline.
Read that last line again. One more time.

Halfway thru season: Nets have won 8 games and project to win 17 games & #1 pick
« Reply #1361 on: January 20, 2017, 04:01:09 AM »

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It just dawned on me that we are favorites to get the #1 NBA draft pick this year.
8 wins, 33 losses.
Looking at 16-18 wins and the worst record in the league.

'It's great but yeah there's still 43 games to go'.

Yeah there are but this week was
pretty significant moment for our top 3 chances because we are now 5 wins clear of the nearest two worst teams (the Heat and the Suns).

With half of the season done, we have a 5 game buffer on securing the best lottery odds.

To see this unfolding as a Celtics fan is pretty special.
To think we'd be seeing this day when Danny made the Pierce/KG trades is just so satisfying and rewarding for being patient with the rebuilding process.

It makes me appreciate what a basketball Genius Danny Ainge is too.
"We are lucky we have a very patient GM that isn't willing to settle for being good and coming close. He wants to win a championship and we have the potential to get there still with our roster and assets."

quoting 'Greg B' on RealGM after 2017 trade deadline.
Read that last line again. One more time.

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TP. I don't think any of us really expected this much separation from the pack at this point, but it certainly is great.

The trade value of this pick is certainly as high as can be at this point, too, and combined with the Rudy Gay injury, I seriously wonder if Sacramento might actually consider trading Cousins at this point, especially due to the fact that Philly is playing better and can swap picks with them if they land lower than Philly in the lottery.

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Having a good team, fun to watch, competing for a top seed in the east while looking at a lottery pick with the best odds for #1 is something all NBA fans can't do. Definitely exciting ! And just for that Danny deserves recognition.

But don't rely on #1 pick too much, or you could be disapointed in the end...

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this is so amazing... they have10 losses in a row. I never thought the Nets picks would end being so insanely good when the deal was made.

As a side note, the bottom team has only 25% of winning the 1st pick- whereas the % of being 4th are 35.7. The good news tho is that you are guaranteed to be in the top 4.