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2024-2025 Tank Race

fishonjazz said:
You kidding me? That would be awesome. If we win the lottery and get Flagg and then the NBA does something to discourage tanking after that then we are talking best case scenario. I hate tanking. But I really want us to get Flagg. In the situation you are worried about we get Flagg and an end to tanking.
Hooray.
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The championship at-all cost crowd never stops to amaze me. I think a good number of those folks would be extremely happy if their favorite team was awarded the championship via the executive order. Mission accomplished! It's like the entire idea of competing hard, playing by the rules, always trying to be your best is completely alien to them: they just want the card deck to be stacked as much as possible in their favor.
 
jazznik said:
The championship at-all cost crowd never stops to amaze me. I think a good number of those folks would be extremely happy if their favorite team was awarded the championship via the executive order. Mission accomplished! It's like the entire idea of competing hard, playing by the rules, always trying to be your best is completely alien to them: they just want the card deck to be stacked as much as possible in their favor.
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lol ok Karen
 
bopahull said:
If you flip a coin and it winds up tails 5 times in a row what's the odds it will wind up heads on the next flip? 50% is the answer. The odds the lottery will be won by the worst team is 14% that doesn't change because it's about time for it to happen.
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This is true and not true. Each flip is a 50% odds. However, the odds of getting, lets say 10 tails in a row, is 1/1024. Similarly, the odds each time are 14%. The longer it goes without the number 1 picking the more likely it is going to happen. Changing the coin flipping analogy to 14% odds. It would be a 1/34 million chance to not have the number one pick happen in 10 straight drafts.
 
kcgar said:
This is true and not true. Each flip is a 50% odds. However, the odds of getting, lets say 10 tails in a row, is 1/1024. Similarly, the odds each time are 14%. The longer it goes without the number 1 picking the more likely it is going to happen. Changing the coin flipping analogy to 14% odds. It would be a 1/34 million chance to not have the number one pick happen in 10 straight drafts.
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Gambler's fallacy - Wikipedia

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kcgar said:
Yeah, I was wrong. The longer it goes the closer it gets is definitely a wrong statement. I should have just said that prior to the first pick, there is a 1/34 million chance of the number 1 spot not getting the pick in 10 straight drafts. Each pick is not dependent on any of the previous. My bad.
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Even though I understand it, it still doesn't feel right, lol.
 
I left on a trip to Argentina for a week and missed a bunch of games. Just caught up. I was concerned watching them in close succession because we had the Wizards, a slumping Grizzlies team, the 76rs, amongst other "easier" teams.

Now that I caught up and we went 0 - 7 or should I say 7 - 0, I am stoked.
 
Jazz - Wiz Wednesday night. Biggest game of our season.

Must-lose game at the crib.

Can we pull off the L? After just getting fined for sitting everyone alive a few weeks back?
 
bigmike said:
Jazz - Wiz Wednesday night. Biggest game of our season.

Must-lose game at the crib.

Can we pull off the L? After just getting fined for sitting everyone alive a few weeks back?
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I honestly think we can chill on the tanking aggressiveness. And if the last two games are any indication, we probably don’t have to pull too much **** to lose most games.
 
Beginning to think that the Jazz either think that there's a super-big difference between the 5th and 6th best prospects in the class or they're paranoid that they'll somehow start winning and fall to 4th or (who knows how, at this point?) even 5th in the lotto odds.
 
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