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Once again... Why pull the balls in the back? Just reeks of bs. Ugh...
Definitely. Who wouldn't wanna watch that? It's not like we know what combinations of numbers each team has
Once again... Why pull the balls in the back? Just reeks of bs. Ugh...
In 25 years the worst team has gotten the first pick 4 times...in 25 years it never occurred that this system doesn't help the worst teams like it should, NBA you are the worst.
It's bad news for us that we got the fourth pick, but we didn't get cheated. The same thing happens every year. It was always just wishful thinking to expect a top 2 pick anyway. But it could work out well for us that Washington got the fifth pick. That's the lowest pick they possibly could have gotten which means that pick is likely available for the right price. I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but I think in this draft picking #4 and #5 would be better than having just the #1 pick or the #2 pick. I think Griffin and Rubio will be great players, but I don't think they're as far ahead of the field as most seem to. If Thabeet and Jennings are both available at 4 and 5, I'd consider that best-case scenario for us. We'd get a PG and a dominant defensive player.
Unlike conspiracy theorists, I don't think we got cheated at all. The Clippers are the last team Stern would want to see get the first pick. Not only are they one of the worst run franchises in sports they clearly tanked at the end of the season which is exactly what this lousy lotto system is meant to eliminate.
We didn't tank; we just sucked and needed a first or second pick to breathe new life into our franchise. So in essence the lotto system rewarded the team that did exactly what the NBA wants to discourage and punched in the gut the team that needs the pick.
No consipracy, the lotto system simply needs to be abandoned. It has proven to be a failure.
In 25 years the worst team has gotten the first pick 4 times...in 25 years it never occurred that this system doesn't help the worst teams like it should, NBA you are the worst.
No, that was actually precisely why they set the system up -- so the very worst team did NOT get the top pick every year. Bakc when they did, teams were REALLY tanking. Unapologetically. And they were 100% right to do so. When Houston tanked to get Hakeem, they gave themselves 15 years of greatness. They put in the lotto to discourage teams from going after the #1 like that. So in many ways its probably worked out kind of perfect on that front. Not so perfect if you are the worst team of course, and legitimately so.
If Thabeet and Jennings are both available at 4 and 5, I'd consider that best-case scenario for us. We'd get a PG and a dominant defensive player.
If that actually does come to pass, I wouold agree -- that would be a great haul. But I have doubts that Thabeet is going to get past OKC.
If that actually does come to pass, I wouold agree -- that would be a great haul. But I have doubts that Thabeet is going to get past OKC.
Take this for what it's worth, but Jerry Reynolds was not high at all on Jennings...nor with Tyreke Evans (turnovers, outside jumper).
how is jennings not going to be available? aren't the top three griffin, rubio, and thabeet?
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I said that Thabeet would likely be sucked up by OKC, nothing about Jennings. Jennings in fact has long been my fallback at #4 -- on potential at least. But the other poster's proposal was that we trade for Washington's #54 pick as well, and then snag Jennings and Thabeet. Sounds good ot me, and if Thabeet slips we can pull it off. But OKC might very well take Thabeet and make it impossible.
yah, i was reading the quote you had quoted, sorry. a few other comments on here (along with what you just said) puts jennings at 4, but he's slated to go much later than that, no?
It's time for a little philosophy lesson ladies and gents:
"A very old Chinese Taoist story describes a farmer in a poor country village. He was considered very well-to-do, because he owned a horse which he used for plowing and for transportation. One day his horse ran away. All his neighbors exclaimed how terrible this was, but the farmer simply said 'Maybe'.
A few days later the horse returned and brought two wild horses with it. The neighbors all rejoiced at his good fortune, but the farmers just said 'Maybe'.
The next day the farmer's son tried to ride one of the wild horses; the horse threw him and broke his leg. The neighbors all offered their sympathy for his misfortune, but the farmer again said 'Maybe'.
The next week conscription officers came to the village to take young men for the army. They rejected the farmer's son because of his broken leg. When the neighbors told him how lucky he was, the farmer replied 'Maybe'......" - Reframing, by Bandler.
The bottom line is, that we know nothing. We think we know, and so we're dissapointed over our "knowledge" of our misfortune. The #4 pick in the draft could be the greatest thing that ever happened to this franchise. Maybe.
What we do know is what happened in the past and what I see is that the Kings have had POS luck too many times and this looks to be no different.