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Just think how depressing things would be right now if @dmorey, @RafaelStone12 and the rest of the #Rockets basketball ops guys hadn’t gotten at least a LITTLE “cold feet” and slapped that top-4 protection on those picks/swap!
@BimaThug Pick swaps are such chaos
Nope. Under the new lottery rules, the bottom *3* teams all have identical odds of getting each of the top 4 picks. The only difference is where they’d slot OUTSIDE the top-4.
Draymond has tied his career-high with 16 DIMES.. we're just in the 3rd Q! #PhantomCam
📲💻: NBA LP
No. Recent changes in the lottery rules increased the number of actual LOTTERY picks from 3 to 4. So they’d actually have to win a lottery pick to keep their own pick. Even going 0-82 would not have guaranteed them keeping their pick.
Same is true in 2024 & 2026, without a swap!
@BimaThug if they wind up with the worst record is it guaranteed they keep their pick?
Current lottery odds (with the league’s 3rd worst record):
1st: 14.0%
2nd: 13.4%
3rd: 12.7%
4th: 12.0%
5th: 14.8%*
6th: 26.0%*
7th: 7.0%*
*lose pick, drop to MIA’s
If the NBA Draft Lottery were tomorrow, no team would have a better chance than the #Rockets at getting the 1st overall pick (14%, tied with MIN & DET). Still only a 52% shot they keep their own pick, however.
New #Rockets at #TXSN - Free fall continues as Rockets drop 10th straight game https://t.co/Tuf3OMrVq7
Rockets losing streak extends to 10 in loss to the Raptors https://t.co/G9aqf1WLq6
Victor Oladipo snaps slump, but Toronto extends Rockets’ skid to 10 https://t.co/N76zYukXCh
PJ Tucker & John Wall talk where the team is at after suffering their 10th straight loss.
Off day tomorrow. We are back with you Sunday at 6:30 against Memphis.
@HoustonRockets I #Rockets
#Rockets fall to the Raptors 122-111 to extend their losing streak to 10 games.
Here was Stephen Silas after the loss
Despite the loss to the Raptors, #Rockets Head Coach Stephen Silas saw some positives in tonight's game
Once again John Wall says it's frustrating that he, Eric Gordon, and Victor Oladipo don't get calls when you consider how often they drive to the rim. He says he was told by one official the the drive when he got stepped on should've been called an offensive foul
