ESPN NBA Forecast: 2016-17 West standings

[Collateral]

I don't see the Spurs being that high unless they can get big numbers from Kawhi and LA

I gotta stop counting out the Spurs every year

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Oh sh×t

I thought I owed you. I meant send me so I could pay you

Did these idiots win AGAIN?

WHAT THE FUKK

I know man. Here I was thinking it was gonna come down to that 26th win we went back and forth on and I was gonna have to root for the Warriors tonight

But nah, Lakers have now won 5 in a row over Grizz, Spurs, Kings, Wolves and Pelicans :jagfan: easily their best stretch of the season, all to screw me outta 25 bucks (50 really)

Then Im at least happy because their run pretty much guarantees Suns fall no further than 3rd pick, I want Jackson, its all good....but no, local sources now saying Suns are locked into taking Lonzo

So now Lakers basically aint getting Lonzo unless they win the lottery, and this is crazy...if anyone other than Nets or Suns wins the lottery, Lakers lose their pick completely, and ALSO lose their 2019 1st rounder

shyt's all fukked up

 

[ATearInMyEye]

Sabo is going to get exposed this season.

 

[SchoolboyC]

Still don't understand why everyone thought the Wolves were going to go from the lottery to 50 wins like nothing

The Thunder did it

That said I didn't think they would win 50, but I thought they could get in as a 6-8 seed

 

[CarltonJunior]

Me personally I didn't think their bench would be this bad and for their defense to make so little progress under thibs.

On top of that did anyone predict Kris Dunn being a bust?

I remember a lot of us thinking being the safest pick in the draft other than Simmons and possible ROY

 

[DlAMONDZ]

Still don't understand why everyone thought the Wolves were going to go from the lottery to 50 wins like nothing

OKC did it

 

[DoubleJ13]

The Thunder did it

That said I didn't think they would win 50, but I thought they could get in as a 6-8 seed

OKC did it

Thunder had some solid vets though who had been around to help lead all the young guys, Wolves vets are guys like Jordan Hill & Brandon Rush.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

The Rockets caught me off guard. I figured they were gonna be entertaining as hell, but mediocre.

 

[bl2k8]

Other than Houston that list is pretty damn good got a lot of teams win totals within 1 or 2.

 

[Houston911]

I know man. Here I was thinking it was gonna come down to that 26th win we went back and forth on and I was gonna have to root for the Warriors tonight

But nah, Lakers have now won 5 in a row over Grizz, Spurs, Kings, Wolves and Pelicans :jagfan: easily their best stretch of the season, all to screw me outta 25 bucks (50 really)

Then Im at least happy because their run pretty much guarantees Suns fall no further than 3rd pick, I want Jackson, its all good....but no, local sources now saying Suns are locked into taking Lonzo

So now Lakers basically aint getting Lonzo unless they win the lottery, and this is crazy...if anyone other than Nets or Suns wins the lottery, Lakers lose their pick completely, and ALSO lose their 2019 1st rounder

shyt's all fukked up

Wait

Why do Lakers lose 2019 pick?

 

[Bilz]

Wait

Why do Lakers lose 2019 pick?

Dwight Howard trade, but it only happens if they lose this one.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Wait

Why do Lakers lose 2019 pick?

Some stipulations with the Nash and Howard trades:

The L.A. Lakers will officially finish the season with the third-worst record in the league. That means that the Lakers will enter the 2017 NBA draft lottery on May 16 with a 47 percent probability of winning a top-three pick. That means the Lakers have a 53 percent probability of losing their 2017 pick and a 2019 first-round pick entirely.

The Lakers owe a first-round pick to the Sixers (via the Suns) due to the Steve Nash trade in 2012. That pick remains protected in 2017. If it lands in the top three, the Lakers keep it. The protections disappear in 2018: if L.A. does not convey its pick in 2017, Philadelphia will get the Lakers’ 2018 pick no matter where it lands.

The Lakers also owe a first-round pick to the Magic due to the Dwight Howard trade, also in 2012. That pick is legislated to be conveyed two years after the pick from the Nash trade goes out. However, a condition in that Howard trade holds that if the Nash pick (the one now owed to Philadelphia) isn’t conveyed by 2017, the pick owed to the Magic instead becomes two second-round picks.

Basically if they fall outta the top 3 and lose their pick this year, they owe another one to Orlando in 2019, but if they keep their pick then the 1st rounder to Orlando just becomes two 2nd rounders

 

[Bilz]

Some stipulations with the Nash and Howard trades:


Basically if they fall outta the top 3 and lose their pick this year, they owe another one to Orlando in 2019, but if they keep their pick then the 1st rounder to Orlando just becomes two 2nd rounders

It would be but there's no way the league would allow that kind of fukkery.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

It would be but there's no way the league would allow that kind of fukkery.

shyt would be insane, all for a few meaningless wins

Odds say its actually more than likely to happen

 

[CrimsonTider]

T-Wolves will win 50 games, Wiggins bout to show out