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Here are the 14 teams in 2008 NBA Draft Lottery who did not qualify for the 2008 NBA Playoffs. Each team will be assigned a certain number of combinations out of 1,000. The third column below lists the number of combinations each team will have in the NBA Draft Lottery. The three columns on the right list the percent chances that teams have at getting one of the top three picks.
2008 NBA Draft Lottery Probabilities

• Team Record /Chances/ 1st Pick/ 2nd Pick/ 3rd Pick
  Miami 15-67 /250 /25.00% /21.47% /17.72%
  Seattle 20-62 /199/ 19.90%/ 18.78%/ 17.07%
  Minn. 22-60 /138 /13.80% /14.24% /14.54%
  Memphis 22-60 /137/ 13.70%/ 14.16%/ 14.48%
  New York 23-59 /76/ 7.60% /8.44% /9.47%
  L.A. Clips 23-59 /75/ 7.50% /8.33% /9.37%
  Milw. 26-56 /43/ 4.30% /4.93% /5.77%
  Charlotte 32-50 /28/ 2.80%/ 3.26%/ 3.87%
  Chicago 33-49 /17 /1.70% /2.00% /2.40%
  N.J. 34-48 /11/ 1.10%/ 1.30%/ 1.57%
  Indiana 36-46 /8 /0.80% /0.95% /1.15%
  Sac 38-44 /7 /0.70% /0.83%/ 1.01%
  Portland 41-41 /6 /0.60% /0.71% /0.87%
• G. State 48-34/ 5/ 0.50%/ 0.59% /0.72%

 This whole week has been great in Austin. On Monday i got to go and play the video games they hade there like Halo 2 and NBA 2k8 (Got spanked by some Professional gamers...... That were girls). On Wedsday i got to see "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanomo (I think that's how you speel it) Bay". Verry funny movie, Kumar is the best! "Man you're barely Brown" Hahahaha! Also There was so many slimmy's (Girls) from different states, My head was constantly turning from all the shortys (girls).

 Then finally the reason why SXSW is the ISH......THE MUSIC.

I saw so many bands play that i never even heard of, to go along with some artists i have heard off (Ice Cube, Valejo, N.E.R.D) I had so much fun( Except for the hangover i currently have right now) I'm already looking forward to next year, as SXSW gets beter and better every year.

If you have any quetions about the events that go along during SXSW, or just wan't to hear a few great stories.....Hit me up.

List updated each week.

Top 5 list for Jan 23rd - Jan 29th

( ) = last weeks rankings

    (1)  1)Kobe Bryant/Los Angeles Lakers - Yup as much as I hate to do it, he deserves it. Leading his team to a 26 - 11 record and putting up solid numbers again (28Ppg - 5Apg - 6Rpg) his numbers should increase some with the loss of up and coming Andrew Bynum. If the Lakers win the division, Kobe DESERVES his 1st MVP award.

• Last weeks avg's - 32PPG, 5PPG, 6APG
• Key game of the week - Vs Denver Nuggets (19Pts, 5rebs, 11ast, 2 stl)

  (2)  2)Kevin Garnett/Boston Celtics - Is leading the resurgence of the Boston Celtics with Ray Allen and Paul Pierce. Numbers are down a bit (19Ppg - 10Rpg - 4Apg - 1.5Bpg) but is the main reason why the Celtics started 30 - 4. He's MVP material in my book.

• Last weeks avg's - 19 PPG, 9RPG, 6APG
• Key game of the week - Vs New York Knicks (20pts, 13rebs, 7ast)

(NR) 3) Dwight Howard/Orlando Magic - Nicknamed "Thunder". Howard's abilities and powerful physique have thus drawn attention from fellow NBA All-Stars. Tim Duncan once remarked. He is so developed... He has so much promise and I am glad that I will be out of the league when he is peaking." Hvaing a career year as well (22PPG, 15RPG, 2.5BPG)

• Last weeks avg's - 18PPG, 14RPG, 3BPG, 2SPG
• Key game of the week - Vs Detroit Pistons (23Pts, 8Rebs, 3Stls)

(NR) 4) Lebron James Is having another great year (30Ppg, 8Rpg, 7Apg) has the Cavs at 8 - 1 in January and to think he just turnred 23 years old. His future is looking bright and when Cleveland finally decides to put some Talent around him then watch out. I see multiple titles in his future.

• Last weeks avg's - 35PPG, 7APG, 7RPG, 2SPG
• Key game of the week - Vs Memphis Grizzlies (51 Pts, 8rebs, 9ast, 3stl)

(4)  5)Chris Paul/New Orleans Hornets - Putting up career numbers across the boards(22Ppg - 4Rpg - 10Apg - league leading 2.8Spg) One of the up and coming Pg's in the league who is deserving of this spot. He has put this team on his back, and could carry them deep in the playoffs.

• Last weeks avg's - 14PPG, 5RPG, 11APG
• Key game of the week - Vs Millwaukee Bucks (16Pts, 7rebs, 10ast)

• Steve Nash
• Dirk Nowitzki
• Baron Davis
• Brandon Roy
• Yao Ming

 I can't wait for this game, after the Lakers took the 1st two game's the Suns have a chance to take one back in LA on Thursday night. A tragedy came upon the Lakers as Andrew "Bynumite" Bynum (Nickname made up by the lovely lakers fans on the CBS message boards) is out for 8 weeks with a injured left knee. With Bynum out the Lakers got outrebounded by the SuperSonics but came away with a OT victory. Hopefully the Suns can take advantage of the liabilty on offense that is Kwame Brown.

The key matchup IMO is Boris Diaw Vs Lamar Odom. Odom lead the team in rebounding and put up 7 assits, but did little of anything else which could mean that Odom is not to comfortable starting at the 4 with such a mediocre player like Brown at the 5. Hill is close to recovery but is still expected to miss another week or so. after missing the Utah game, Steve Nash and Shawn Marion came back to help beat the Millwaukee Bucks in Phoenix for the 20th consecutive time, 122-114, on Saturday night. So that's where the two teams pretty much are right now.

Phoenix Suns (26 - 11, 2nd in pacific)
Los Angeles Lakers (26 - 11, 1st in pacific)

Pg - Steve Nash
Sg - Raja Bell
Sf  - Boris Diaw
Pf  - Shawn Marion
C  - Amare Stoudemire

 
Pg - Derek Fisher
Sg - Kobe Bryant
Sf  - Luke Walton
Pf  - Lamar Odom
C  - Kwame Brown

See you at the game!