Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
The battle of the 25-32s! We have the exact same record as the Orlando Magic right now, which tells you one obvious thing: a loss tonight makes us the sole holder of the 8th spot that we currently share with Orlando, which comes with a 5.3% chance at the number one overall pick, and a 24% chance of a top 4 pick in general.
Orlando has won 5 of their last 6, beating Milwaukee, Minnesota, Brooklyn, Atlanta, and Indiana. Their only loss in that stretch came against OKC, which I think is a loss that absolutely nobody could criticise too hard given how the Thunder have looked this season. Overall, they're looking pretty impressive at the moment and some of those victories have been commendable no matter which team did them: beating Milwaukee by 20 would be an impressive feat if Golden State did it, let alone Orlando.
Meanwhile, we've lost 7 of our last 10, and our draft pick is looking shinier every day. What I'm looking forward to is the day that Gentry decides he's actually allowed to sit AD, and then the games will be even better because we can go back to watching our regular lineup filled with players who actually want to be here play, and play hard, the way we saw before he complained his way back onto the court.
Kenrich has been averaging 14/9/3 over the last 8 games or so, and has done so on 49/40 splits, which is impressive and fun. Combined with his grit and hustle, I hope he gets another bunch of minutes tonight so we can watch him play some more.
Let's go and have fun!