don't look now but cavs have actually won 20!!!

[BruceK]

That was certainly a clutch loss tonight. Glad they knew not to come through when it counts

[Orenthal]

These fucks know how to get me excited DRUMMOND at THREE. Make e0 poop himself.

[OldDawg]

These fucks know how to get me excited DRUMMOND at THREE. Make e0 poop himself.

Lets trade up to #3 and draft Drummond and end all doubt.

[Orenthal]

Might not have to do any trading. The Bulls resting players should beat us easy...

GO NO AND SACTOWN!

[Kingpin74]

Bulls still need to win tonight to get home court in a potential Finals matchup with the Spurs (and the Spurs don't play until 10:30). I'm sure they'll rest a few guys more than normal but I don't see them jeopardizing the game.

[CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07!]

Now, now. If the past has shown me anything, it's that the teams that openly tank are not rewarded on lottery night. Play your guys and lose the right way, and the Lottery Gods will reward you.

Tim Duncan ring a bell?

[rebelwithoutaclue]

Now, now. If the past has shown me anything, it's that the teams that openly tank are not rewarded on lottery night. Play your guys and lose the right way, and the Lottery Gods will reward you.

Tim Duncan ring a bell?

They lost David Robinson and Sean Elliot for most of the season with legitimate injuries and still didn't end up with the worst record? How is that tanking?

[CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07!]

David Robinson was ready to return with 20+ games left. They held him out in order to tank. Its the most well-known tanking job since the lottery began.

[Madre Hill, Superstar]

Might not have to do any trading. The Bulls resting players should beat us easy...

The Bulls won't be the only ones 'resting'. Gee, Thompson, and Jamison all played less than a half last night, Irving didn't even make it a whole quarter before getting a permanent seat on the bench. I got a loge seat to watching the Luke Walton, Donald Sloan, & DJ Kennedy Show. Fan Appreciation Night was faaaaaaaaaaaan-tastic.

[Larvell Blanks]

Might not have to do any trading. The Bulls resting players should beat us easy...

The Bulls won't be the only ones 'resting'. Gee, Thompson, and Jamison all played less than a half last night, Irving didn't even make it a whole quarter before getting a permanent seat on the bench. I got a loge seat to watching the Luke Walton, Donald Sloan, & DJ Kennedy Show. Fan Appreciation Night was faaaaaaaaaaaan-tastic.

Which loge? Was in one last night as well. Was rather dissappointed they didn't do full contact musical chairs for that Kia

[Orenthal]

Might not have to do any trading. The Bulls resting players should beat us easy...

The Bulls won't be the only ones 'resting'. Gee, Thompson, and Jamison all played less than a half last night, Irving didn't even make it a whole quarter before getting a permanent seat on the bench. I got a loge seat to watching the Luke Walton, Donald Sloan, & DJ Kennedy Show. Fan Appreciation Night was faaaaaaaaaaaan-tastic.

This is one of those frequent times I enjoy another individuals misery. Resting our "star" players adds an order of magnitude to the certainty. Plus I wanna get a good look at guys like Manny Harris and whatever his name is in some key regular season gametime. We have alot hinging on this!

[CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07!]

I just want to know which pop radio station they stole DJ Kennedy from.

[Madre Hill, Superstar]

Which loge? Was in one last night as well. Was rather dissappointed they didn't do full contact musical chairs for that Kia

Our corporate one is on the lower level in the corner behind the Cavs' bench. We have a great view from there and the company springs for the Heineken, so I try grabbing it whenever there's an event.

[Orenthal]

Cavaliers and NO doing good work so far...

[OldDawg]

Kings beating the Lakers at half. Kings could get win #22.

[OldDawg]

Dang. We finished a game back of the 2nd slot. Now we need the luck of the ping pong balls.

[StewieG]

Well thank Christ we beat the Thunder.

[OldDawg]

Final standings by suckitude ... draft slots:
Pos Team (wins)
1. Bobcats (7)
2. Wizards (20)
3T. Cavs (21)
3T. Hornets (21)
5T. Kings (22)
5T. Nets (22)
7T. Raptors (23)
7T. Warriors (23)

Wizards won their last 6. They had room to stop tanking. They were a virtual lock at 2. If it got close, they could go back to tanking.

I don't mind our ping pong ball situation.
"What's not to like?"

[scrambler]

We did a great job at the end of the year....at one point we climbed all the way to 6th worst and we get back to a tie for 3rd...nice. Who has the tie breaker us or New Orleans? I'm pretty sure they beat us once, I forget if we played them more than that.

[CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07!]

No tie breaker, we split the balls from the 3rd and 4th slots with NO.

[plincoln]

So the Cavs and Hornets split ping pong balls, and a coin flip determines which one picks first if neither gets a top-three pick. Given the Wikipedia page referenced earlier - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Draft_Lottery - we can figure out the odds that the Cavs end up at any given draft slot:

1st: 13.75%
2nd: 14.15%
3rd: 14.45%
4th: 16.25%
5th: 30.8%
6th: 10.0%
7th: 0.6%

The 5th slot is the single most likely, but there's still better than a 42% chance of landing in the top 3 (and almost 59% in the top 4). So don't count on the Unibrow, but we're looking at a very high pick in a deep draft....

[JCoz]

Is that right, we can still fall to 7th?

[rebelwithoutaclue]

Is that right, we can still fall to 7th?

They're tied for 3rd so if 3 teams jump them in the lottery, which necessitates a coin flip with Sac'town that they lose, yes they could fall to the 7th in an extremely unlikely scenario.

[StewieG]

Calling my shot...I think we end up with Bradley Beal at 3. Which I would be totally fine with.

[OldDawg]

So the Cavs and Hornets split ping pong balls, and a coin flip determines which one picks first if neither gets a top-three pick. Given the Wikipedia page referenced earlier - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Draft_Lottery - we can figure out the odds that the Cavs end up at any given draft slot:

1st: 13.75%
2nd: 14.15%
3rd: 14.45%
4th: 16.25%
5th: 30.8%
6th: 10.0%
7th: 0.6%

The 5th slot is the single most likely, but there's still better than a 42% chance of landing in the top 3 (and almost 59% in the top 4). So don't count on the Unibrow, but we're looking at a very high pick in a deep draft....

I am with you:
We have a 42.65% chance to pick before the 4th spot (1,2,3).
We have a 41.4 % to pick below 4 (5,6,7)

[jclvd_23]

Looks like we won the coin flip per Dan's twitter

@cavsdan Sent @cavnick to NYC for coin flip. Cavs won the flip! What's not to like?!!

[Ziner]

If that kid pulls it off again we need to build a statue

[Nicastro13]

is there a date set for the lottery draw?

[OldDawg]

is there a date set for the lottery draw?

Yeah, lets gets ready for the next Clevefan meltdown.

[rebelwithoutaclue]

Looks like we won the coin flip per Dan's twitter

@cavsdan Sent @cavnick to NYC for coin flip. Cavs won the flip! What's not to like?!!

They actually won 2 coin flips. Once with NO so that now the lowest the Cavs can drop is 6th (instead of 7th) and they also won for the Lakers pick which is now 24 instead of 25.

[StewieG]

I love that kid.

Oh, and I'm pretty sure the draft lottery is May 30.

[OldDawg]

Looks like we won the coin flip per Dan's twitter

@cavsdan Sent @cavnick to NYC for coin flip. Cavs won the flip! What's not to like?!!

They actually won 2 coin flips. Once with NO so that now the lowest the Cavs can drop is 6th (instead of 7th) and they also won for the Lakers pick which is now 24 instead of 25.

We are not done winning games of chance regarding the lottery...
Davis
Davis
Davis

Davis and Kyrie.

My goodness. Season ticket sales would blow up!

[bookelly]

What's not to like?