The Knicks finished the season 33-49.  The Trail Blazers finished 32-50.   Thanks to the Knicks 33rd victory, and a few tie-breakers, they ended up getting the 9th ranking, which is where their pick (traded to the Bulls in the Eddy Curry trade) ended up.

However, had they ended 32-50, not only would they have jumped "ahead" of Charlotte and Sacramento in the "rankings", but they would have been tied with Portland.  And, in theory, had as much a chance as the Portland did of winning the lottery.  Portland did win the lottery.

Conclusion:  Eddy Curry's tip-in to win the last game of the season against the Bobcats is difference between the Bulls have Oden and having the 9th pick.

Irony: The same Curry that brought the Bulls so close to Oden kept them from him.



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[May 23, 2007 5:14 PM]  |  link  |  reply
stopmikelupica said

Obviously I know it's faulty logic, I just want to make Bulls fans suffer a bit with this post....

[May 23, 2007 5:29 PM]  |  link  |  reply
Brian said

Oh my. I hope the jokers at Blog-A-Bull don't see this.

[May 23, 2007 5:47 PM]  |  link  |  reply
Seth said

I was in an absolutely shit-awful mood until I read this.

[May 23, 2007 5:49 PM]  |  link  |  reply
Rickhouse said

Yeah i wrote that same thing yesterday i think. Tough for the Bulls, but whatever.

[May 23, 2007 9:09 PM]  |  link  |  reply
rickhouse said

I was in a shit-awful mood until i remembered that the Bulls won 16 more games then the Knicks. In the words of the immortal X-Pac: "Suck it."


(I'm sorry i really couldn't help myself)
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