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Question : A thought just occurred to me , and pardon me if it has already been discussed on this board . . . . but dont the Nuggets own the Bobcats unprotected 2009 first rounder ? If so and the Bobcats win the lotto . . . . .

Nene / Griffin / Melo / Smith / Billups . . . . . . . . . .

No further words are needed . . . . . . .

it's protected 1-15, and will get less and less each year.

we will not be getting a first round draft pick for this draft unless we trade for one.

HAHAAHAHH NO way in hell we are going to get the number 1 pick this year.

As eathy said....the pick is very much protected(the Bobcats aren't THAT stupid). Lotto protected this year, 1-12 in 2010, 1-10 in 2011, 1-8 in 2012, 1-3 in 2013, and then unprotected in 2014.

It'll take a lot of luck and a lot of Charlotte sucking for us to get that pick when it's anywhere near the top 5(let alone #1). Most likely to happen is the Cats have a similar season next year to what they did this year, and we get a pick in the 13-17 range.

That wouldn't be bad at all though. If that's the case, maybe we'll be able to package it with our own pick, and then move up into the 5-8 range....and get a pretty good player. Next year's draft should be better than this year's too.

^^^^What they said