We are currently 3-12, tied for last in the Western conference. This season couldn’t have started any worse.

We get Ja back in 10 games, on Dec 23rd at Atlanta Hawks. Meanwhile Luke Kennard will be reevaulated after first week of Dec, Tillman is ‘week-to-week’, and Smart is 2-4 weeks out as of today. Clarke is estimated to come back in March, and Adams is out for the season.

That means at worst, we will have these three guys back 4 weeks from now when Ja returns. We have a 9 day break between Dec 2nd and 11th with no games - did I miss something?

Possible scenario:

The next 10 games:

• vs Wolves
• vs Jazz
• @ Mavericks
• @ Suns
• vs Mavericks
• @ Rockets
• vs Rockets
• @ Thunder - Kennard back
• @ Pelicans
• vs Pacers
• @ Hawks - Ja Morant back, Smart back

Being realistic, we probably go at best 2-8 out of these ten games. I would guess we will end up 5-20 by the time Ja, Smart and Kennard are all back.

If we assume Tillman is back within 1-2 weeks from then, we would need to go 35-22 in the remaining games to finish with 40 wins, which might hopefully be enough to squeeze into the play-ins.

Do you see this happening? Is it even worth trying for?