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Tonite on "Who Wants It Less" aka Tank Watch - And Then There Were Two

May 13th
Draft					MAGIC
Position		WINS	LOSSES	GR	NUMBER	REMAINING SCHEDULE
12	Pacers	33	36	3	Eliminated	Bucks	Lakers	At Raps
11	WHIZ	32	36	4	Eliminated	At Atl	At Atl	Cavs	Char
10	PELLYS	31	38	3	Eliminated	At Dallas	At GSW	Lakers
9	Kings	31	38	3	Eliminated	At Mem	At Mem	Jazz
8	Bulls	29	40	3	2	Raps	At Nets	Bucks
7	Raps	27	42	3		At Bulls	At Dallas	INDY

Games of Interest Tonight - Just One - Raps in Chicago.

Bigger than than the Flint Mega Bowl.
A Raps loss ends the calculated run to the best possible draft slot the Raps could get before the weighted lottery ping pong balls drop in Adam Silvers basement office.

Are the Raps ready for it ?

Listed as OUT tonight are Kyle, Fred, OG, Pascal, Boucher, Watson, Baynes and Hood.

Wayne Embry and Alex McKechnie are both suiting up tonight and Wayne may start.


Seventh Place ..There can only be one.

[planetmars]

So who's getting the triple double tonight?

[DanH]

So who's getting the triple double tonight?

Stanley Johnson will fulfill his destiny as the thorn in the side of Raptors fandom.

[TrueTorontoFan]

So who's getting the triple double tonight?

lol.. luckily it seems we have locked up the 7th

[planetmars]

lol.. luckily it seems we have locked up the 7th

Not quite yet. Bulls are 2 wins ahead of the Raps.

If Bulls go 0-3 and Raps go 3-0, Raps take the 8 seed.
If Bulls go 1-2 and Raps go 3-0, we tie, and use a coin flip to decide who gets the extra ball / draft position.
If Bulls go 0-3 and Raps go 2-1, we tie, and use a coin flip to decide who gets the extra ball / draft position.

So if the Raps lose tonight, they get the 7th seed. If they win, the Raps could still tie with the Bulls. Head 2 Head does not matter for lottery seeding.

[TrueTorontoFan]

Not quite yet. Bulls are 2 wins ahead of the Raps.

If Bulls go 0-3 and Raps go 3-0, Raps take the 8 seed.
If Bulls go 1-2 and Raps go 3-0, we tie, and use a coin flip to decide who gets the extra ball / draft position.
If Bulls go 0-3 and Raps go 2-1, we tie, and use a coin flip to decide who gets the extra ball / draft position.

So if the Raps lose tonight, they get the 7th seed. If they win, the Raps could still tie with the Bulls. Head 2 Head does not matter for lottery seeding.

basically if the bulls win tonight its all good and the bulls will want to win tonight because they don't have their own pick... don't forget that.

[golden]

basically if the bulls win tonight its all good and the bulls will want to win tonight because they don't have their own pick... don't forget that.

What a disaster for the Bulls new front office coughing up 2 first-round picks and don't even make the play-in? Yikes.

[planetmars]

basically if the bulls win tonight its all good and the bulls will want to win tonight because they don't have their own pick... don't forget that.

Yup, if Bulls win its definitely a lock.

Let's assume:
Bulls go 1-2 (with their win against Toronto).
Raptors go 2-1 (with their loss to Chicago).

Bulls will finish the season 30-42.
Raptors will finish the season 29-43.

[planetmars]

What a disaster for the Bulls new front office coughing up 2 first-round picks and don't even make the play-in? Yikes.

And they gave up WCJ who's a former lottery pick (7th pick in 2018). I mean Vuc is an all-star, but that was a stupid haul to get him.

[A.I]

And they gave up WCJ who's a former lottery pick (7th pick in 2018). I mean Vuc is an all-star, but that was a stupid haul to get him.

The Magic did well for themselves. Question for them is can they actually rebuild successfully.

[TrueTorontoFan]

What a disaster for the Bulls new front office coughing up 2 first-round picks and don't even make the play-in? Yikes.

well they are going to cough it up either way unfortunately for them.

[TrueTorontoFan]

The Magic did well for themselves. Question for them is can they actually rebuild successfully.

well I think they have a huge shot at a top 4 pick... and If they get suggs or Davion Mitchell or both then they are in a GOOD place .. I don't think they will want someone like Mobley.

[golden]

And they gave up WCJ who's a former lottery pick (7th pick in 2018). I mean Vuc is an all-star, but that was a stupid haul to get him.

Bulls also gave up a big chunk of cap relief in the form of Otto Porter's expiring contract. That's valuable currency to a lot of teams.

[SkywalkerAC]

Pretty wild that we thought about the best we could would be to finish 7th and that's exactly where we're at, and we even got some competitive basketball out of the deal and seemingly avoided the true stink of losing.

[LJ2]

What's really going to be wild is if the Raps get back to the top of the mountain after a single down year as opposed to GSW, who are going on two down years in a row.