The Official Lotto Results Thread
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Dan Gilbert is the last guy I want to see with 2 top 4 picks. F*** him and his whole franchise. They couldn't build around lebron and they sure as hell will mess this one up too. Man I'm so sick of this. Please god let us be much improved next year so we can start a playoff run and never have to deal with this horse**** ever again. I hate the lottery!
If we didn't have bad luck we wouldn't have any at all.
I think the important thing to remember though is the young core is already in place here. This pick was/is gravy. Nice to have the gravy, but not nearly as devastating as it would have been to have been picking #7 the last few years.
Ironic KJ was there and we got #7, as back in day we always seemed to end up picking #6 or #7, and in 1987 famously selected Kenny Smith at #6 just ahead of the local boy, KJ who went #7 to Cleveland.
I think the important thing to remember though is the young core is already in place here. This pick was/is gravy. Nice to have the gravy, but not nearly as devastating as it would have been to have been picking #7 the last few years.
Ironic KJ was there and we got #7, as back in day we always seemed to end up picking #6 or #7, and in 1987 famously selected Kenny Smith at #6 just ahead of the local boy, KJ who went #7 to Cleveland.
Worst lottery luck ever? Very possible.
Bright sides:
- Minnesota has no need for Derrick Williams with Michael Beasley and Wes Johnson already at that spot. Could our #7 + next year's #1 + Cisco and Whiteside get us to #2 this year? Keep in mind, we're dealing with David Kahn. In the words of Minnesota great Kevin Garnett, anything is possible.
- We could be the Clippers, who essentially traded the #1 pick and Baron Davis for....Mo Williams and Jamario Moon. Blake Griffin and Kyrie Irving would have been frightening together. Too bad Sterling is cheap as dirt.
Bright sides:
- Minnesota has no need for Derrick Williams with Michael Beasley and Wes Johnson already at that spot. Could our #7 + next year's #1 + Cisco and Whiteside get us to #2 this year? Keep in mind, we're dealing with David Kahn. In the words of Minnesota great Kevin Garnett, anything is possible.
- We could be the Clippers, who essentially traded the #1 pick and Baron Davis for....Mo Williams and Jamario Moon. Blake Griffin and Kyrie Irving would have been frightening together. Too bad Sterling is cheap as dirt.
I'm not certain what should be done with this pick.
With all the players withdrawing from the draft, the 7th pick is going to net us a 2nd tier prospect. That doesn't mean that the prospect we pick up couldn't become the best player in the draft, but it's less likely.
Players like Jordan Hamilton, Alec Burks, Kawhi Leonard, ect. All three could turn out to be all-stars, but there are question marks about all of them, as well as any player we'll likely to see available come draft time.
Perhaps we go with a European player, or trade the pick to facilitate an AI deal, or maybe trade the 7th pick for two later picks.
I need to sit down and think about the teams in front of us and see if there is any chance that a bigger named player could drop to us. An hour after last year's draft, I posted that I felt there was about a 15% chance that Cousins might fall to us, with Minnesota taking Wes Johnson. Fortunately, for us, that is what happened.
I need to see if there is any chance something good could come out of the teams that happen to be picking in front of us.
With all the players withdrawing from the draft, the 7th pick is going to net us a 2nd tier prospect. That doesn't mean that the prospect we pick up couldn't become the best player in the draft, but it's less likely.
Players like Jordan Hamilton, Alec Burks, Kawhi Leonard, ect. All three could turn out to be all-stars, but there are question marks about all of them, as well as any player we'll likely to see available come draft time.
Perhaps we go with a European player, or trade the pick to facilitate an AI deal, or maybe trade the 7th pick for two later picks.
I need to sit down and think about the teams in front of us and see if there is any chance that a bigger named player could drop to us. An hour after last year's draft, I posted that I felt there was about a 15% chance that Cousins might fall to us, with Minnesota taking Wes Johnson. Fortunately, for us, that is what happened.
I need to see if there is any chance something good could come out of the teams that happen to be picking in front of us.
this is the updated mock from mynbadraft.com
http://www.mynbadraft.com/2011-NBA-Mock-Draft
http://www.mynbadraft.com/2011-NBA-Mock-Draft
Have you gotten a chance to see Vesley? If you have I would like to know what you think of the kid.
What kind of package would it take to get Iguodala? Isn't he making near max money? We would have to send them some of our bigger contracts to make the deal work. I would love to get Iguodala I just wonder if Philly would be interested in a package that involves Garcia or Beno.
What kind of package would it take to get Iguodala? Isn't he making near max money? We would have to send them some of our bigger contracts to make the deal work. I would love to get Iguodala I just wonder if Philly would be interested in a package that involves Garcia or Beno.
...not if you understand how the lottery works. Had we "lost" the coin flip, we would have been assigned the same combination of numbers that Utah got assigned -- one of which turned up for the third pick. None of those balls have team logos on them. The coin flip was used to determine which combination of numbers would go to which team. Unless you'd rather have the 7th pick than the 3rd pick, we effectively lost the coin flip.