not OT, finally.
I'll go back to not caring about the NBA.
they should use a plinko board instead of the ping pong ball sucker.
PS-Miguel Cabrera is unreal.
They could actually have taken them with the higher pick? All a higher pick does is allows you to take someone better, or makes sure you don't have to hope other teams pass on those guys for you to have a shot at them.
Regardless, 4 years in the lottery and they still don't have a franchise player to show for it. They need to tank high enough to not lose the pick and get a top pick in NEXT year's draft, but they'll probably win just enough to get wasted by Miami in the Playoffs, or just miss it, and not have a draft pick to show for it, and forever be in the middle of the conference.
At last report, the most likely order would be Magic, Bobcats, Cavaliers then Suns for the first four. If I am not mistaken, the lottery actually has not been won by the team with the worst record since 2004, when - oddly enough - the Magic used this pick on some dude named Dwight Howard.
Trey has a good track record with long shots.
In retrospect they should've taken Wade, but hindsight is 20/20 and they were in good shape at the 2 at the time. I don't think they'd have won the title with Melo.
But they get paid the big bucks to know MORE than the fan on the street, not just as much. You're in the most talent rich draft of the last 25 years with a top pick and you come away with nothing, That's a problem. Frankly, if they weren't excited about Carmelo (who they didn't take because they had Prince...I mean, really) and they were going for a big guy they should have taken Bosh. He was thought to be up there, and less of a stretch at the time than Wade. Bosh might have meant they didn't need to trade for Sheed, or he'd have been a hell of a rotation in the front court. And when Ben left they probably would have kept playing for championships.
Looks like those $3.95 Stubhub tickets will be safe next year.
im actually taking tobias harris now. but still, those three guys with those picks? thats pretty good
Kyrie Irving, #1 pick this year and LeBron comes back as a FA. Hmmm
What makes you think Cleveland is where LeBron wanted to go?
OK, but it's not like he made an ultimatum, Eli Manning-style, that it was Cleveland or else.
I feel like your thinking is all over the place here. Patrick Ewing isn't from NYC, so why didn't the NBA rig the lottery to "keep him happy"? What about some other cases? How do you explain San Antonio, a small-market team, twice winning the lottery when franchise big men were available? Was there no conspiracy those years?
I'm no big fan of Stern's, but for every "fishy" lotto winner, I think you can find plenty that weren't.
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I don't see the Nerlens Noel hype and everyone thinks he'll go #1. Maybe when LeBron comes back in a few years as a FA he'll have an offensive game by then.
Well...Trey definetely isn't going #1 now. Not with Kyrie
Sucks he won't have anyone to play with though...
If he doesn't go #2 and Orlando takes McLemore...then Burke will likely slide unless (or until) someone trades up for him.
Really no one would need a PG until #7 Sacramento and they too could go with a wing player.
Obviously the Pistons fans would love to have him at #8.
IMO, if he doesn't go #2, he still goes Top 5 because someone will trade up for him. Hopefully Detroit.
I don't know how they would do it, but somehow I'd love to see Detroit come away with Burke and Shabazz Muhammed. Trade everyone not named Drummond, Monroe or Knight if you have to. Wishful thinking.
Trey won't make it past New Orleans at 6 if the Magic don't take him.
Greivis Vazquez had a very good year. Even led the NBA in assists, I think. I mean, it always depends who else is available, and whether or not they want to commit to Vazquez long-term (he can sign an extension to his rookie deal this offseason), but PG was not a weakness for New Orleans last year.
Unfortunately for Trey it could be a bit of a wait if Orlando doesn't take him, unless some team wisely trades up. But the Pistons could end up lucking out (if they'd even know what to do with the pick.)
and hes a smart player. But hes already 26 and is very likely near his ceiling as a player.
I also think that there is a cliff after the top 5 or 6 players in the draft, noel,mclemore,burke,porter,oladipo,bennett, so i doubt theyd reach positionally for a lower ranked player.
New Orleans runs a lot of screen roll as well, and they may be shopping eric gordon, their combo guard, so despite having Vasquez, I dont see them passing on Burke if hes there. But it does look like #2 or #6 for Burke unless there is a trade in there.
You guys deserve it for drafting Darko.
Oh, wait, she was enameled with Ducko. Nevermind.