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I can easily see Toronto and Jersey ending the season with the same record. Again, I'm kicking Toronto for getting swept in London.

But looking at the schedule I can easily see them being neck and neck for 5th/6th.
 
Someone said on the radio that New Jersey was thinking about shutting down D-Will for the year.
Anyone else hear this.
Is this true?
 
JazzSpazz said:
Someone said on the radio that New Jersey was thinking about shutting down D-Will for the year.
Anyone else hear this.
Is this true?
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They have shut him down for 3 games, and I imagine they eventually will shut him down. They have no shot at the playoffs, it is stupid for them to risk his wrist.
 
NJ loses! Yes!

Hey, Clint, Jazz don't have to draft Jimmer with the 5th pick or 8 or 10. They can get him with the 12th pick.
 
High Plains Drifter said:
Guys. We need NJ to win, win, win! How are we going to justify taking Jimmer in the top 5? Jazz fall to the 8-10 range and sweet lil' Jimmer is ours FOREVER!
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They had no problem justifying Hayward at 9 :)
So trust me KOC could justify Jimmer at 6 it with his nation leading scoring, Pete Marovich touch, and deep NCAA tournament run without their second best player.
 
Great comeback win by Indiana, but Sundiata almost brought NJ back at the end. It was nice to see Yata have a good game.

New Jersey will probably catch Detroit, but every winnable game they lose makes it more likely the Clippers and Charlotte can stay in front.
 
BENTLEY said:
I can easily see Toronto and Jersey ending the season with the same record. Again, I'm kicking Toronto for getting swept in London.

But looking at the schedule I can easily see them being neck and neck for 5th/6th.
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By "winnable" I mean home games against teams fairly close to a team in the standings or road games against lesser opponents. For example, Utah at home against New Orleans or @ Sacramento are "winnable" games. Utah at the Lakers or at home against San Antonio are likely losses, so I wouldn't count those as "winnable."

Obviously there will be upsets and I don't expect NJ to win all those games. But by comparison, they have a much easier schedule than Toronto, Detroit or the Clippers. I'm hoping Detroit stays in front of NJ - it could come down to their game on April 6th. Unfortunately, what we saw last year with NY is that the lottery teams just gave up - except for New York, where there was no incentive to lose. Just gotta hope Deron's wrist doesn't improve to the point that he comes back, starts hitting shots and New Jersey reels off 7-8 wins.
 
It's hard to know if the Nets will jump ahead of anyone, but now I don't feel so bad the Jazz lost to Detroit a few weeks ago.

DET "winnable" games: CLE, IND, IND, WAS, NJ, MIL, CHA, CLE, PHI (9 possible wins, but one of these is against the nets)

NJ "winnable" games: CLE, PHI, MIN, DET, TOR, CHA -- I guess I could include the Knicks in here and they play them twice. But I still don't see NJ beating the knicks.
(if I include both knicks games this makes it 8 possible wins but like I said one of these is against Detroit)

And Detroit has a 2.5 game lead already. Things are more optimistic than they might appear. It's probably all the losing the Jazz are doing - it's clouding people's vision. I think the nets could easily end up with the 5 worst record.
 
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