User Blog: cornelturk Posts made by cornelturk on We Need to
Lose Tonight cornelturk Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:46:57 -0400 <p>In 34
years of being a Blazers fan, I have never rooted for the
Blazers to lose...until tonight. By virtue of Philadelphia and
Toronto winning tonight, Portland can accomplish three things by
losing: 1) Eliminate the need for a coin flip to determine the
draft lottery seeding between Toronto, Philadelphia, and
Portland for the 10-12 lottery seeds. Portland would guarantee
the #10 spot in the draft lottery. 2) Although it is still
mathematically possible, there would be less than a .001 percent
chance of Portland landing the #13 pick and thus having to
convey it to Charlotte. Losing means Portland virtually
guarantees keeping its pick. 3) Portland's chances of landing a
top three pick slightly increase and, more importantly, Portland
has a great chance of landing the #10 pick (87%) as opposed to
falling to #11 or #12. I definitely want the 750 BEdger kids to
have a blast tonight, but we could