The tank-a-thon is very much on at the bottom of the NBA. Sixers are among the group due to injuries rather than intentional plan, but hopefully will be better in the long run for it.
Negative trend for Sixers has been the free fall of the Lakers paired with a couple of Phoenix wins, placing the Lakers "ahead" in the race for #2. Our chances of Lakers being bumped during the lottery rise substantially if the Lakers finish 3rd worst, so pull for them to win some games and the Suns to never win.
Not surprisingly Sacramento also on a downward trend since trading Cousins. We want them to be as bad as possible to improve their lottery chances as we can swap our pick with them if they were to jump ahead of us.
Much like last year, best case scenario for the Sixers is to land both the #1 and #4 picks. Worst case scenario is more murky but would entail having only one pick, likely no lower than 8th.