03-28-2025, 05:23 PM
(03-28-2025, 04:50 PM)F Gump Wrote: The Mavs were NEVER getting to the 8th or 9th lottery seed, no matter what.
It's incredibly hard to "move up" much in the Tank Race, because the teams in front of you are typically tanking too. (Some look like they arent, but that is often deceptive, and they reel off a slew of consecutive losses once some team gets close.)
The did have a possible shot at 11, but more likely 12-13, and that hasn't changed. But the play-in has the potential to change things unexpectedly if some team makes the actual playoffs who wasn't slotted to do so. Including Dallas.
If the Mavs not only make the play-in but get into the playoffs - robbing themselves of a lottery pick - I'm going to break my cranium banging my head against the wall. So I hope that doesn't happen.
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