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[exodus]

He reminds me of that movie Dumb and Dumber. Just when you think he couldn't say anything more stupid he rises to the occassion and surpasses himself.

Quite an impressive display of ignorance and pig headedness at the same time. That world inside his head must be a very strange place.

[Lascar78]

sorry. I really don't mean to. I've done it once before. My intent is not to discuss politics, just to laugh at Diesel.

So sorry to whoever likes the president, didn't mean to go there.

[AHF]

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Exactly. Except for BK doesn't make factually false statements. That's why I tend to liken Diesel to George W. Bush. Completely wrong, and sticking to his story. Hell he's even got the avatar

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BK has gotten things factually wrong, too. Remember him getting our second round pick round last year about this time?

[Lascar78]

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Remember him getting our second round pick round last year about this time?

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Either you forgot a word or I'm not following what you're trying to say.

Do you mean that he didn't know that we had a second rounder? I'm confused

[exodus]

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Do you mean that he didn't know that we had a second rounder? I'm confused

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He didn't know that we would get the first pick of the second round. He thought that since we didn't win the lottery that we would get the 2nd pick in the second round.

Definitely a Diesel moment.

[Diesel]

Here's what you did.

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The REAL/EXACT odds you are trying to calculate are a lot higher than 12.6%. They are 35.4%.

75% x 72.6% x 65% = 35.4%

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Your 75% comes from 25% chance of getting first.

Your 72.6% comes from 27.4% chance of getting second.

Your 65% comes from 35% chance of getting third..

Did they not???

From that you calculated 35.4%.

Well,

The same holds true for the predraft calculations no?

75% (1st), 88.5% (2nd), and 82.3% (3rd)

Is your math wrong or what?

[Lascar78]

you're so clueless it's hilarious!

Everyone in this thread is 100% right but you, FYI

[Diesel]

Words of Lascar...

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You're not looking at an average, you're looking at exact numbers:

-THE ODDS THAT PORTLAND WOULD FINISH AT #1 IN THE 2006 NBA DRAFT WERE EXACTLY 25%

-THE ODDS THAT PORTLAND WOULD FINISH AT #2 IN THE 2006 NBA DRAFT WERE EXACTLY 21.5%

-THE ODDS THAT PORTLAND WOULD FINISH AT #3 IN THE 2006 NBA DRAFT WERE EXACTLY 17.7%

-THE ODDS THAT PORTLAND WOULD FINISH AT #4 IN THE 2006 NBA DRAFT WERE EXACTLY 35.8%

Notice how they add up to 100%?

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AHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

So you did 100-25-27.4-35=12.6%

Too funny! That number has no meaning whatsoever.

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Like I said, it's based on your math!

[Lascar78]

you are so clueless.

My 4 add up because the odds are 100% that Portland would get the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th pick, and that is exactly what those odds are. Therefore the 4 odds add up to 100%.

Now why don't you explain why your 4 odds add up to 100%.

[drzachary]

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Words of Lascar...

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You're not looking at an average, you're looking at exact numbers:

-THE ODDS THAT PORTLAND WOULD FINISH AT #1 IN THE 2006 NBA DRAFT WERE EXACTLY 25%

-THE ODDS THAT PORTLAND WOULD FINISH AT #2 IN THE 2006 NBA DRAFT WERE EXACTLY 21.5%

-THE ODDS THAT PORTLAND WOULD FINISH AT #3 IN THE 2006 NBA DRAFT WERE EXACTLY 17.7%

-THE ODDS THAT PORTLAND WOULD FINISH AT #4 IN THE 2006 NBA DRAFT WERE EXACTLY 35.8%

Notice how they add up to 100%?

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AHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

So you did 100-25-27.4-35=12.6%

Too funny! That number has no meaning whatsoever.

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Like I said, it's based on your math!

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Ahh, but wait?

100+25+27.4+35=186.4%

There was a 186.4% chance that Portland was going to get the fourth pick.

My math is 'based on' Lascar's as much as yours, in the sense that I have used the same numbers and there are operators applied to them.

[Diesel]

100%??

Your numbers were based on a preliminary average.

However, when using the exact numbers, shouldn't the percentage still come up to 100%??

[Lascar78]

my numbers used no average