The New Jersey Nets, who are suiting up for Friday night’s loss against the Charlotte Bobcats, have famously kicked off the 2009-10 season with a historically bad 0-18 record.
The New Jersey Nets: A One-Sided Coin Toss
↵In the interests of beating a dead horse in new and interesting ways, let’s suppose that a team’s odds of winning a game are represented by a coin flip. The 7-10 Bobcats, for example, would be flipping a coin that is just slightly shaved/weighted on the tails (losing) side, but still provides for reasonable odds of coming up heads.
↵The odds of the Nets coming up with 18 consecutive tails with a regulation U.S. quarter are 1 in 262,144. In other words, they ain’t flipping with no regulation U.S. quarter. They are flipping a pencil. If it lands on its eraser, it’s a win. Everything else is a loss. If this continues for much longer, a Nets win will be as unlikely as a basketball landing on its feet. Basketballs don’t even have feet at all! Look it up if you don’t believe me!
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