The Official Race to the Playoffs/Lottery Thread

[The Boshpit!]

This thread will keep track of where the Raptors stand on their position to make the playoffs and their position in the lottery. I'll update this every week or 2 until the end of the season.

Updated as of: February 7th, 2009

Next update: February 16th, 2009

Playoff Race

Team| Record| Winning%| GB| GB/Playoffs

| 39-9| .813| --| --
| 42-10| .808| --| --
| 37-12| .755| 3.5| --
| 29-20| .592| 11.5| --
| 26-21| .553| 13.5| --
| 26-22| .542| 14.0| --
| 24-24| .500| 16.0| --
| 24-28| .462| 18.0| --
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| 23-27| .460| 18.0| 0.0
| 22-28| .440| 19.0| 1.0
| 21-28| .429| 19.5| 1.5|
| 20-31| .392| 21.5| 3.5|
| 19-30| .388| 21.5| 3.5|
| 19-33| .365| 23.0| 5.0|
| 10-40| .200| 31.0| 13

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Lottery Ball Race

Team| Record| Winning %| Games Ahead

| 10-40| .200| --
| 11-40| .216| 0.5
| 11-39| .220| 1.0
| 12-38| .240| 2.0|
| 13-36| .265| 3.5
| 16-35| .314| 5.5
| 17-31| .354| 8.0
| 19-33| .365| 8.0
| 19-30| .388| 9.5
| 20-31| .392| 9.5
| 21-28| .429| 11.5
| 22-28| .440| 12.0
| 23-27| .460| 13.0
| 27-21| .563| 18.0


Raptors currently picking 8th in the draft
Raptors are currently 5 games out of the playoffs

Draft Sites:

NBADraft.net
NBA Draft Express

[TorontoBaller]

Nice work... This HAS to be stickie'd

Oh... and it may be too soon.

But good work.

[Carnage]

Ladies and Gentlemen, it has BEGUN...

[Dr Octagon]

Ladies and Gentlemen, it has BEGUN...

Indeed.

[5DOM]

man we suck.

[99 Problems]

Countdown to the lottery..

[Jay240]

Nice work... This HAS to be stickie'd

Oh... and it may be too soon.

But good work.

Yes sticky it and it's not too soon. I keep track of the play-off seeding and how many games we're back all season long.

We need more threads like this.

[BlackIce]

Nice work... This HAS to be stickie'd

Oh... and it may be too soon.

But good work.

Yes sticky it and it's not too soon. I keep track of the play-off seeding and how many games we're back all seaon long.

We need more threads like this and less "Trade Bosh, Bargs and JO for 5 first round picks" or whatever nonsense that gets concocted.

I swear I just made a Draft Thread but w.e this one should be stickyed as well. Here's hoping we keep losing

[apollo_33]

i cant believe we are doing worse than the knicks who have al harrington as their franchise!!!!

[The Boshpit!]

I also made it to put into perspective that we are only 3 games out of the playoffs. Reading this board you would think we are 10 or 11 games out but we still have plenty of time to turn this season around. It's also interesting to keep track of where we stand in the lottery just in case this season does get out of hand. No need to deal Bosh, Bargs and Jose yet, we have seen how well this team can play and hopefully we can make a push for that 6th or 7th seed.

[BlackIce]

I also made it to put into perspective that we are only 3 games out of the playoffs. Reading this board you would think we are 10 or 11 games out but we still have plenty of time to turn this season around. It's also interesting to keep track of where we stand in the lottery just in case this season does get out of hand. No need to deal Bosh, Bargs and Jose yet, we have seen how well this team can play and hopefully we can make a push for that 6th or 7th seed.

Whats the point? Another first round exit? Rather get a 4-8 pick and get someone like Jennings or Harden or even DD (potential, young, needs to improve but def. not Gerald Green 2.0), then make a push next year. The worse thing we can be is mediocre, rather be horrible or great. Mediodre leads to a treadmill team going nowhere.

[Tom Baker]

Nice thread, Boshpit.

And yes, I respect your authoritah!

[99 Problems]

This should be updated.. At this point I don't even think the 'treadmill team' term applies anymore.. We've fallen off and become a disaster..

[LittleOzzy]

Wow fantastic thread, I wish you would keep updating this.

[Morena R]

Nice thread you should keep on updating this

[The Boshpit!]

*Updated as of January 4th

I'll try to update this thread once a week if I can.

[LittleOzzy]

Thanks for updating the thread.

[Headliner]

TEAM _______________WIN_____LOSSES_______Winning %______Games Played

1. Oklahoma ________7________33____________0.175 ____________40
2. Washington_______7________31____________0.184 ____________38
3. LA Clippers_______ 8________30____________0.210____________38
4. Sacramento_______10_______30___________ 0.25_____________40
5. Golden State______11_______29____________0.275____________40
6. Memphis __________11_______27____________0.289____________38
7. Minnesota_________11_______26____________0.297____________37
8. Indiana____________14_______25____________0.358____________39
9. Charlotte__________15_______24____________0.384____________39
10. Toronto_________16_______24__________0.4___________40
11. New York__________15______22____________0.405____________37
12. Chicago____________17______22____________0.435____________39
13. Milwaukee_________19______22____________0.463____________41
14. Philly______________18______20____________0.473____________38
15. New Jersey________19______20____________0.487____________39
16. Miami______________21______17____________0.552___________38

The Race is on...Many of us are in the Tank mode to get the best player available, so i decided to bring back the Lotto Watch thread. It's been a few years but its go time.

[ansoncarter]

get dell curry's kid

roko can put on weight and guard other teams 2

[Gold Chain]

Wow......I don't think one person including me would have called in September that we would be talking about getting a lottery pick after 41 games or so.

I think we will "Maple Leaf" our chances and start beating every team handily in March and finish the year on an 8-1 finish and hence finishing 1 or 2 games out the playoffs and far from the lottery.