2012 NBA Draft Lottery

[Spence]

I knew it. I knew as soon as this Dwight Howard business stretched into this offseason that people would be dreaming up one crazy scheme after another that allows their favorite team to get Howard in a hideously one-sided trade.

Please please please knock it off. It's not happening. Orlando is not trading Dwight Howard to Washington for Kevin Seraphin and the third pick in this draft. Please stop it. Please. Just don't do it anymore

Think about something else. Anything else. Stop this madness now.

[mohammed10]

What would you think of use trading the #3 pick to Portland for their #6 and #11?

Ernie could use 6 on Barnes and 11 on PJ3 - assuming they are both still on the board

[Nivek]

What would you think of use trading the #3 pick to Portland for their #6 and #11?

Ernie could use 6 on Barnes and 11 on PJ3 - assuming they are both still on the board

I think that would be a terrible trade, especially if those were the picks at 6 & 11.

[Higga]

What would you think of use trading the #3 pick to Portland for their #6 and #11?

Ernie could use 6 on Barnes and 11 on PJ3 - assuming they are both still on the board

I think that would be a terrible trade, especially if those were the picks at 6 & 11.

Agreed. I'd rather just stay at 3 and take whoever is left between MKG and Beal. I really don't like Barnes and PJ3.

[mohammed10]

What would you think of use trading the #3 pick to Portland for their #6 and #11?

Ernie could use 6 on Barnes and 11 on PJ3 - assuming they are both still on the board

I think that would be a terrible trade, especially if those were the picks at 6 & 11.

Fair enough...was just floating a thought.

My personal preference is to take Beal over MGK and have a Wall/Beal backcourt for the forseeable future...

[Nivek]

I should have left out the word "especially". I don't want PJ3 or Barnes. I think there will be worthwhile players at 6 & 11. At this point, I'd prefer to just stay put at 3 and pick whichever is left from MKG and Beal (or pick between them).

[mohammed10]

I should have left out the word "especially". I don't want PJ3 or Barnes. I think there will be worthwhile players at 6 & 11. At this point, I'd prefer to just stay put at 3 and pick whichever is left from MKG and Beal (or pick between them).

Fair enough...The Ted is already on record as stating that Wiz are not trading the pick

[Nivek]

I should have left out the word "especially". I don't want PJ3 or Barnes. I think there will be worthwhile players at 6 & 11. At this point, I'd prefer to just stay put at 3 and pick whichever is left from MKG and Beal (or pick between them).

Fair enough...The Ted is already on record as stating that Wiz are not trading the pick

I think Ted is sorta like Arenas -- when he says something, he means it at that moment. Whether he means it later...maybe, maybe not.*


* -- I mean this when referring to things Ted says about his plans for the Wizards, not everything he says. With Arenas, it was everything he said.

[TheKingOfVa360]

Us getting the number 3 pick is a blessing in disguise. Hopefully the Bobcats will take Drummond then we can choose between MKG and Beal. I love MKG's motor and he is a Kentucky guy who would be great on the fast break with Wall but the fact that he can't shoot scares me. Beal could be another Michael Redd or a bust because of his lack of size. His shooting is what we need but you never take need over talent so the pick should be MKG. We can find a bunch of role playing shooters in free agency and hope our current players become better outside shooters. With that said I will be happy with either MKG or Beal and upset if we draft anyone else.

[Severn Hoos]

Anyone see this from the Wiretap article about how disappointed Anthony Davis was with the Hornets winning the Lottery?

Davis, who was raised in Chicago, grew up rooting for Jordan and the Bulls.

So let's see - Anthony Davis was born March 11, 1993. Michael Jordan played his last game for the Bulls on June 14, 1998.

Yeah, those first 5 years were so formative in his psyche - maybe he should be a Wizards fan, since he surely saw more games from Jordan in Blue & Bronze than in a Bulls uni....