when can teams start making trades again?
if this was a normal postseason then teams not in the POs would be able to make moves.
i wonder if donovan mitc and gobert have patched things up.
when can teams start making trades again?
if this was a normal postseason then teams not in the POs would be able to make moves.
What if two teams finish wthin 4 games of the 8 seed? What if the 9 and 10 seeds are tied? Are they going by win percentage for teams that have played uneven amounts of games?
Bogdanovic had surgery, and will be out of action. Ingles is supposedly not coming back for this, although that would likely involve docked pay, and maybe a suspension next year. If he’s forced to attend, I can’t image him being very motivated.
They’re kind of a hot mess right now.
only the 9th place team would get the play in even if all 5 were within 4 games.
There are tie breakers to figure out who is higher just like in a regular season.
Only one team plays the #8. I imagine there are some sort of tiebreakers in place, but they haven’t announced them yet.
As always, if you don’t want to get screwed by a tiebreaker, make sure you’re not involved in one. If someone does go down on win % with an uneven # of games, it won’t be these 8 games, it will be the missed opportunities in the earlier 60 something games. As Bill Parcells famously said, “ you are what your record says you are”.
There's a virtual tie for 9th place right now, Spurs, Sac, NO at 36 losses, and Port at 37 losses.
The playoffs is imminently reachable, even with a .500 record in the 8 regular season games.
And then you beat Memphis 2 out of 3, and the playoff streak extends to 23.
There's real hope here..... just as long as two certain shooting guards get their minutes reduced!
Its not 2 out of 3 it is spurs would have to win 2 before Memphis wins 1. Or 9th seed has to win 2 before 8th seed wins 1.
oh, for sure. i'm expecting for conley and gobert to get moved tbh.
i think the spurs will play better basketball than they were.
bring demar off the bench so he stays hungry / motivated.
idc how young / raw the SL is... give forbes minimal minutes.
damn, all this reminds how much the spurs need a SF
i really think pop will light a fire under the team's ass. things (outside factors) are so different now.
Not sure Jazz will get their act together now. You know? Surgery, people starting to look outside franchise already by sound of it?
Not sure how this plays out.
1. we go and pull off some big miracle win/ knock someone out in a shock for the ages. That’s possible. More so if we got to a best of 7 with Pop.
2. just consolidate pick, possibility we move up or increase % likelihood of that happening.
We can’t move up, and can only move down if we play in to the playoffs. Any teams not playing in to the playoffs revert to their March 11 spot. We draft #11 or we make the playoffs and move down.
nope, all making the playoffs does is keep the streak alive and ensure the Spurs get thrashed by the Lakers
Yeah making playoffs just tank and get it over with.
Thanks for this explanation
Ah okay thanks for clearing that. Essentially 8th has to just win that first game and it's done, and if not they get a 2nd try to win game 2 and then game 3. Need to brush up on my college world series format.
Also I was wrong on there even being a 9th seed unless it finished within 4 games of #8.
Memphis has a 3-loss advantage over the Spurs so going 4-4 in the 8 games may not be enough.
Closer but no game 3. it is over after 2 games. 8 seed wins 1 or 2 and they are in. 9th seed wins both and they are in. possible out comes. 8 seed 1-0 in. 8 seed 1-1 in. 8 seed 0-2 out (9th seed in)
you are correct about 9th needed in to be within 4 games to make the PO. In the west I think there will be a play in as there are so many teams within 4 games.
So technically this is a playoff series.
Spurs once again making the playoffs.
So playoffs. Not RS.
Not exactly true in this case. Say, the Spurs match NO's record in the 8 games and they're fighting for 9th. SA would be half a game behind due to playing one game less, but they could hold the tie breaker with no way to make up for that one less game played. I'm sure they'll have something in place for such a scenario though.
No cupcakes in that group. Can't say I am at all optimistic about grabbing that eight seed...more worried about winning just enough to up our 11th pick, tbh.
I was wrong about that - based on some of the early reports calling Orlando a play-in tournament. It's not a mini-playoff, just a potential one or two game contest between #8 and #9, to determine the 8 seed. The 9 team would have to win two games, but the 8 team would only have to win one.
It would suck to wind up with a tied record for 8th, and drop to 9 on the tiebreaker.
No, it's not a playoff series. It's an 8 game continuation of the season, but just between teams that had a more or less legitimate shot at making the playoffs.
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