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2009 NBA Ping Pong Derby Set

The NBA held coin flips today to break ties in draft ordering for lottery and playoff teams alike. Betty over there is making sure no one slipped a lead bearing into the Clippers' balls in advance of the May 19 that will decide who gets Blake Griffin, who gets Ricky Rubio (maybe), and who gets the tissue box.After the...

Ping Pong Derby: Kings Pull Away

It's a supposed down draft in 2009, but that's what they said in advance of 2006 (no more high school kids) and 2008. Once you get beyond the top couple players of 2007, it's easy to argue that 2006 and 2008 beat that one on talent produced. All of this is to say that we won't know if this is a truly weak draft until...

NBA Ping Pong Derby Tightens Up

Oklahoma City has gone 3-3 over the past 11 days, a spell more surprising than Boston's falter, all told. It would appear that at 6-32, with the Thunder on pace for 13 wins, Philadelphia's futility record (9-73) is safe. Huzzah!But another facet of the winning attitude is that the Ping Pong Derby has tightened...

Thunder in a Ping Pong Class of Its Own

By this time last season, we knew a few things: Seattle and Miami were completely awful, and Boston had been darn good. At the extremes, the six-week mark is as good a time as any to take stock. So who's on track to keep the fingers crossed one night in May? Here's a look at the current status of the NBA's Ping Pong...

Wolves, Knicks (!!) Win Lotto Tiebreakers

We had two ties among the lottery ranks as of Thursday morning, but the league settled those late Friday. Minnesota and Memphis had been tied with the third worst record, and New York and the Clippers had shared 5th place in Bizarro World. The coin picked the Wolves and Knicks as victors in their flippin' wars.It means...