Official draft order for 2008

[VF21]

I'll post each announcement here to keep it in one convenient location.



Good luck, Kings!!!

14. Golden State Warriors

13. Portland Trail Blazers

12. Sacramento Kings

11. Indiana Pacers

10. New Jersey Nets

9. Charlotte Bobcats

8. Milwaukee Bucks

7. LA Clippers

6. New York Knicks

5. Memphis Grizzlies

4. Seattle Supersonics

3. Minnesota Timberwolves

2. Miami Heat

1. Chicago Bulls

 

[Merdiesel]

f'n bs.

 

[Fresno King]

Pffffbbtttt.

Oh well.

 

[nbrans]

Can't believe the Bulls are in the lottery. Unreal.

 

[Vlade4GM]

Nothing ever goes our way

 

[Big Cuz 15]

wow... kings r really unlucky.

 

[GeorgeofSacramento]

Twelfth, twelfth, twelfth.... If I say is often enough, maybe it will sound better.




Naw...


To keep hope alive, here's the 12th Draft Selections in the NBA for the last several years, plus (Selections of note after #12).
2007 - Thaddus Young
2006 - Hilton Armstrong (Quincy Douby)
2005 - Yaroslav Korolev (Francisco Garcia, Ronnie Price)
2004 - Robert Swift (Kevin Martin)
2003 - Nick Colluson (David West, Josh Howard)
2002 - Melvin Ely (John Salmons, Carlos Boozer, Smush Parker)
2001 - Vladimir Radmanović (Tony Parker, Gilbert Arenas, Mehmet Okur)
2000 - Etan Thomas (Jamal Magloire, Speedy Claxton, Michael Redd)
1999 - Aleksandar Radojević (Ron Artest, Andrei Kirilenko, Emanuel "Manu" Ginóbili)
1998 - Michael Doleac (Rashard Lewis, Brad Miller)
1997 - Austin Croshere (Scott Pollard, Bobby Jackson, Mikki Moore)
1996 - Vitaly Potapenko (Kobe Bryant, Predrag Stojakovic, Steve Nash, Jermaine O'Neal, Zydrunas Ilgauskas , Derek Fisher, Chucky Atkins, Ben Wallace)

 

[sactownfan]

god hates the kings... watch the lakers win it this year that would suck

 

[Gary]

What did you expect though.. We had a 1.5 chance or something to get a top 3.

Anyhow, With the Bulls moving up this might skew the big men available later on.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

thats what ya get when u try to win all the games when ur mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.

 

[tradepeja]

The little .017% that could.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

wow.. chicago.

 

[Vlade4GM]

Bulls don't deserve this. Bastards.

 

[Kingfanpaul]

damn lucky bulls. D'antoni should have gone to the bulls haha.

They already have a ton of talent.......so lucky.

 

[jon e]

makes me wish we tanked

 

[Dime Dropper]

Why are people mad? It's our own fault we're stuck in mediocre land. No one elses.

On another note, congrats to Chicago. They're going to be set with Beasley. Only thing that bothers me is I hate the Heat, and Wade and Rose in the backcourt is going to absolutely dominate.

 

[BLNINJA #81]

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Boooo!

 

[stevetaebo]

How many more times must the NBA rig the lottery. Anyone know who was the Bulls rep?

 

[Andriod_KiNg]

boooooooooooo.

 

[Dime Dropper]

Maybe if this happens for long enough, someone in the front office will finally get the fact that you need a star to rebuild. Stars generally don't come with the 12th pick, they more often come with a top 3 pick.

I'm not mad, because I didn't have hope we'd luck out. We never do.

 

[Dime Dropper]

How many more times must the NBA rig the lottery. Anyone know who was the Bulls rep?

No matter who moves up, the lottery is always rigged. Would you be saying that if we had got the top pick?

 

[IceColdKings]

NBA Draft Lottery 2008

1. Chicago Bulls
2. Miami Heat
3. Minnesota Timberwolves
4. Seattle Supersonics
5. Memphis Grizzlies
6. New York Knicks
7. LA Clippers
8. Milwaukee Bucks
9. Charlotte Bobcats
10. New Jersey Nets
11. Indiana Pacers
12. Sacramento Kings
13. Portland Trailblazers
14. Golden State Warriors

It's amazing the Chicago Bulls we're able to get the number one pick with a slim chance of one 1.7%. I have a feeling that whoever they pick will have a big impact on the team knowing that they already an ok team in the league.

 

[Vlade4GM]

No matter who moves up, the lottery is always rigged. Would you be saying that if we had got the top pick?

I would be saying it, but I wouldn't be upset about it

 

[piksi]

at least - we didn't lose a spot

 

[Rain man]

At least one silver lining- neither Rose or Beasley will play in the West!

 

[LPKingsFan]

At least one silver lining- neither Rose or Beasley will play in the West!

Good point.

 

[Dime Dropper]

Yeah, they lucked out. They have a great core now with Beasley/Deng/Hinrich to go along with Thomas, Gordon, Sefolosha, Nocioni. Great young team. They'll be there in a few years.

They could go with Rose, but I think Beasley is far better suited to them than Rose. I wish they would take Rose, because I think he will be a superstar and I would hate for Miami to get him.

 

[VF21]

IMHO some of you really need to get a grip. Whining about the lottery? Like you really expected the Kings to move up to a top 3 slot? And because we didn't, the lottery is rigged?

Yeah, right.

If you're that freaking cynical about the game, the league and everything else, why do you even bother to watch?



Be upset that we didn't lose more games. That at least would make sense. This other stuff is just silly.

 

[Dime Dropper]

Exactly. It's unrealistic and just silly to place all your hopes on winning a lottery. I said it all season, I wanted us to lose. In the middle is not the place to be, and I hope Geoff realises that sooner rather than later. We need a top pick. Hoping we luck out is not the way to get it.