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2025-2026 Tank Race Prediction Contest and Current Results Thread

SoberasHotRod

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I'm not sure if someone will be starting a Western Conference Prediction Thread (someone still should), but I thought it would be fun/sad/interesting to have a bottom 10 in the NBA prediction contest. I'll also be using this thread to post periodic updates to the tank race.

Please Post with #1 being the worst team/best lottery odds and #10 being the 21st best team in the NBA. If you post or edit your predictions after the season starts it will not count towards the contest.

Points will be totaled based on: 5pts - correct team in correct spot, 3pts - team within 2 spots of prediction, 1pt - team correctly identified in bottom 10
 
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Probably not my final guess, but will post something so people have a template for what I'm looking for:

1. BKN
2. NOP
3. UTA
4. WAS
5. CHA
6. PHO
7. SAC
8. BOS
9. POR
10. CHI
 
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Here are a few offseason power rankings bottom 10:
Yahoo:
1. UTA
2. CHA
3. BKN
4. NOP
5. POR
6. WAS
7. PHO
8. SAC
9. TOR
10. MIA

Tankathon:
1. UTA
2. WAS
3. BKN
4. CHA
5. POR
6. CHI
7. PHO
8. SAC
9. NOP
10. MIA

Draft King Win Total Over Unders:
1. UTA
2. WAS
3. BKN
4. CHA
5. PHO
6. POR
7. CHIC
8. NOP
9. TOR
10. MIA
 
I think the Jazz will be bottom 3. I don't think the Jazz can duck Brooklyn. It's going to be close with Washington again. I think the Tank Race probably looks like this right now:
1) BRK
2) UTA
3) WAS
4) PHI
5) CHI
6) PHX
7) BOS
8) CHA
9) TOR
10) IND
The sleepers here are Philadelphia (with PG and Embiid injured), Indiana (without Haliburton and Turner) and Boston (who gutted half their team).
 
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The other sleeper that people seem to be forgetting is Boston. Their starting lineup is probably going to be:
1 - Pritchard or Simons
2 - White
3 - Brown
4 - Hauser or Boucher
5 - Qeta

And they're probably going to trade Simons. They're coming for us.
 
1- BKN
2- WAS
3- UTA
4- CHA
5- NOP
6- SAC
7- POR
8- PHX
9- PHI
10- MIL


I think if Giannis misses 10-15 games pre-AS they may end up cooked early like Philly was last year. Its kind of tough. A lot of the bad teams could be kinda frisky if things break right.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
The other sleeper that people seem to be forgetting is Boston. Their starting lineup is probably going to be:
1 - Pritchard or Simons
2 - White
3 - Brown
4 - Hauser or Boucher
5 - Qeta

And they're probably going to trade Simons. They're coming for us.
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Boston and Indiana both own their picks this year and both would have great reason to tank. I think Boston is far more likely to be that despicable though.
 
Kevin Pelton Win Projections:

1. WAS 14.2
2. BKN 17.6
3. UTA 20.2
4. CHA 28.5
5. NOP 32.6
6. PHO 34.7
7. POR 35.8
8. CHI 38.0
9. PHI 38.4
10. SAS 40.1
 
You shouldn't overreact to preseason, but Toronto looked like the much better team vs Sacramento yesterday and Toronto plays in the East.
 
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