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spycam1 said:
Sounds like the name of a movie.
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"Confused and Uncomfortable"
- A romantic movie about a girl that has to choose between her hometown farm boy and a fancy New York charmer while she's being stalked by a creeper.

Starring
Reese Witherspoon as the girl
John C. Riely as the stalker
 
GlassEater said:
GS won, but it won't be enough. Detroit, Sacramento and Toronto all look like they're playing for pride...and winning. GS is going to wind up #6.
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none of the teams you mentioned have a winning record in their last 10.

i'm not that worried about pride. these are all bad teams. detroit's "playing for pride"? they have lost 6 of their last 10, and three of their wins were against washington, cleveland and charlotte. sacramento's "playing for pride"? they've lost 6 of their last 8. toronto's "playing for pride"? they've won three in a row (including washington and charlotte at home), but before that had lost 6 of 8 as well.

these are bad teams, who occasionally win by accident against mostly bad teams. none of these teams are going to suddenly turn into juggernauts just to piss us off.

it'll be close, but i think we keep the pick.
 
The new Golden State ownership wants so badly to erase the perception that they are a mismanaged franchise doomed to always return to losing. How epically incompetent would they look if they had to give up the 8th pick when it was top 7 protected? Bill Simmons would love to add that to his article.

There's no way management wants to win another game for the rest of the season. It shouldn't be as hard as it is to lose in the NBA.
 
theNBAnerd said:
none of the teams you mentioned have a winning record in their last 10.

i'm not that worried about pride. these are all bad teams. detroit's "playing for pride"? they have lost 6 of their last 10, and three of their wins were against washington, cleveland and charlotte. sacramento's "playing for pride"? they've lost 6 of their last 8. toronto's "playing for pride"? they've won three in a row (including washington and charlotte at home), but before that had lost 6 of 8 as well.

these are bad teams, who occasionally win by accident against mostly bad teams. none of these teams are going to suddenly turn into juggernauts just to piss us off.

it'll be close, but i think we keep the pick.
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Detroit won today
 
Eleven games in the NBA today, and ten of them could affect the Jazz' playoff chances or lottery hopes:

Pistons at Hawks (more losses for the Pistons!)
Grizzlies at Heat (although there's little chance the Jazz could catch the Grizzlies, so this one only has limited impact on the Jazz)
Wizards at Nets (love to see NJ lose one of their remaining winnable games)
Cavs at Raptors (ditto - Toronto has won three straight and a loss here would be great, if unexpected given Cleveland's status)
Blazers at Mavs (would help the Jazz chasing Dallas into the playoffs...alternatively root for Mavs if you hope for the Jazz to miss the playoffs)
Bobcats at Bucks (only relevant in case Jazz miss the playoffs, in which case they'd want Milwaukee to finish ahead of them)
Hornets at Spurs (who wins doesn't really matter - only impact is that SA's next two games are against Jazz so maybe I'd just as soon keep them happy for now)
Suns at Nuggets (Jazz technically chasing both for playoffs, but two games behind Denver, so better for them to lose)
Warriors at Jazz (rooting for Jazz, but I won't judge anyone who hopes for them to lose this one as this game affects BOTH draft picks)
Rockets at Lakers (Jazz chasing Rockets for playoffs, so I guess I have to root for the Lakers...maybe I should rethink this Jazz in playoffs thing because rooting for the Lakers feels dirty)
 
mct said:
The new Golden State ownership wants so badly to erase the perception that they are a mismanaged franchise doomed to always return to losing. How epically incompetent would they look if they had to give up the 8th pick when it was top 7 protected? Bill Simmons would love to add that to his article.

There's no way management wants to win another game for the rest of the season. It shouldn't be as hard as it is to lose in the NBA.
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So you're saying that the new GSW ownership wants erase it's previous perception of mismanagement and losing by..... losing more games?

I know what you're saying that they would value the pick to help rebuild (as would every team in the lotto) but I was just being a jerk. But also pointing out that losing for a better pick doesn't always work.
 
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