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Sixers Lose, Can Finish No Lower than 7th

While fans of playoff teams are eying first round matchups and suiting up for the playoff run, we're planning golfing trips and arranging to pick our kids up from elementary school.  Although I don't have kids or any golfing excursions in the foreseeable future, you get the point -- the offseason is almost here and it's *almost* about damn time.  With tonight's loss, and the Knicks victory against the Wizards, we're basically cemented into the 7 spot.  We'll know for sure in the next two days.  Houston just put Sacramento out of reach, so pray for a bunch of help from the ball-picker.

Big games out of Jason Kapono and Jodie Meeks kept this game close.  Big games out of Jason Kapono and Jodie Meeks kept this game close.  I said that twice so you could do a double-take but continue reading.  I'm all about being considerate.  As Jordan tweeted (still my least favorite word, followed closely by "vestibule"), the Princeton Offense apparently takes 78 games to learn, which I can only assume is correct since he runs the blog, is a year older than me, and lives in Las Vegas, a town known for its booksmartiness and sobriety.  Jordan Sams and Eddie Jordan need a chalk session and everything would get straightened out in a jiffy.

Dwyane Wade did what he did at the end of the game to salvage a loss for the Sixers and there's not much else I can say about the game other than we hit more shots than normal and still didn't play any defense.  Sounds like an Eddie coached team if I've ever heard of one, and I have.

Anyway, this is my last recap of the season, and as you've clearly noticed if you have read any of my posts (thanks Tanner), I haven't exactly brought the house down with my stat-wrangling and spreadsheets with fancy equations.  While I like referring to advanced stats in baseball, our sport is so far behind that I don't think most of the information is worth paying much attention to.  Either that, or I'm far too lazy/busy/lazy/a college student/metrosexual to actually dig deep for information. I think we've got a great balance of writers here at Liberty Ballers. Jordan puts a ton of work in to this site that goes mostly unnoticed, Derek's a phenomenal addition that makes us appear more smarter (see what I did there?), Tanner appeals to avid rap music fans that stumble onto this site accidentally, and I don't know exactly what I bring but I think it's different and hope somebody out there appreciates it.  It's been cool writing recaps for you guys even though most of the time they weren't actually recaps, and hope to break out a bunch of new features during the offseason to make this site more fun, hip, cool, and other words that generally mean the same thing.  Podcasts, Vlogs, and *Live Blogging of the NBA Draft by Mike and Tanner at MSG on June 24th* (winkity wink Jordan) could be in the site's future and it's definitely something to think about. 

Wednesday is the last game of Eddie Jordan in Philadelphia and the last game of this wash of a season.  Jordan's got the Thread n' Cap so treat him well and let's ride this baby off into the sunset.  I'll see you next year, recap friends.

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1. Did EJ really get his braces off?
2. Great job with the recaps MB. Doing half the games really kept me fresh.

by Jordan Sams on Apr 12, 2010 10:21 PM PDT reply actions  

1. I don’t know
2. I thought your douching device kept you fresh.

/vaginal humor’d!

by Michael Levin on Apr 13, 2010 5:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

BTW Clips lost, leaving the door open for a tie in 7th.

by Jordan Sams on Apr 12, 2010 10:25 PM PDT reply actions  

Eddie Jordan’s constant wide open mouth expressions, makes me feel like EJ was the Kraken, a monster released to devour our basketball innocence & souls…

Or maybe I watched too much Clash of the Titans?

by MojoPharoah on Apr 13, 2010 1:01 AM PDT reply actions  

If we lose to the Magic and Detroit beats Minnesota, we increase our chances at the #1 pick by 0.9%.

If we beat the Magic and the Clippers lose to the Lakers then our chances decrease by 0.7 to 0.8%.

THIS IS WHAT’S AT STAKE.

(I’m far too lazy to figure out the chances for a top 3 pick)

by yosoysean on Apr 13, 2010 2:25 AM PDT reply actions  

Brian broke down the possibilities well (which range from12.5% chance of top 3 pick to 18.9% chance of top 3 pick):
http://www.depressedfan.com/basketball/sixers/narrowing-possibilities.php

It also could be the difference between drafting 5th and 8th, even without winning the lottery, which is substantial.

by Derek Bodner on Apr 13, 2010 5:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

I’m locked in on Wesley Johnson. He’s the only guy outside of WTF-cuz who could make a serious impact for them (IMO.) I doubt he slides to 7, so it would be great if they can sneak up to 6th.

http://www.phillyarena.com - Philly sports forum/blog

by tk76 on Apr 13, 2010 5:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

I’m glad there’s people out there who are less lazy than I am. Everything would be half-assed otherwise.

by yosoysean on Apr 13, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

The lack of any print about Stefanskis job even being in timey wimey wibbly wobbly trouble is disconcerting

by jemagee on Apr 13, 2010 7:51 AM PDT reply actions  

I’ve got a sneaking suspicion Easy Ed gets one more year by throwing Jordan under the bus (not that he doesn’t deserve that sub-bus spot). Which is ironic since he’s the one who pushed for Jordan to come in the first place.

by dweebowitz on Apr 13, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

I’ve enjoyed your write-ups, good humor to help fight off depression about a miserable team.

by Tron79 on Apr 13, 2010 9:28 AM PDT reply actions  

Thanks Tron, I look forward to your movie. Give Jeff Bridges a kiss for me.

by Michael Levin on Apr 13, 2010 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

i think he’s tron from chappelle’s show not the movie – just my opinion

by Tanner Steidel on Apr 13, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

He’s Mega Tron

by jemagee on Apr 14, 2010 6:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

you are all right

by Tron79 on Apr 14, 2010 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

and yet all wrong

by jemagee on Apr 14, 2010 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions  

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