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Originally Posted by mac222b
If we draft 1-6 I'll be pleasantly surprised. Fully expecting 7 or 8 unless we start to tank in earnest. JJB and Devin sitting is a start. Possible trades in the works? Too much to ask?
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100% agree. I predict we'll end up 6th, which gives us a 34.1% of drafting 7 or 8. It's not really pessimism as much as it's just our track record and theirs.
With 31 games left and Conley and maybe even Booker out for the rest of the season, I find it difficult to believe that we'll be able to out-tank Suns and Grizz unless we develop some injuries or trade away some talent. We're just not as terrible as those teams and we actually have a competent coach and a rookie that can rattle off 15-18 points in a row. We can certainly pull off 3-5, but I think 6 is about as good as we can do and hope the 7-14 teams don't win the lottery so we get bumped down a spot.
Nets +2.0 (17th hardest schedule)
Grizzlies +2.0 (24th hardest schedule)
Phoenix +1.0 (7th hardest schedule)
Dallas === (26th hardest schedule)
Kings -0.5 (10th hardest schedule)
Orlando -1.0 (25th hardest schedule)
Hawks -1.5 (17th hardest schedule)