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loserX wrote:Isn't it obvious? ;)

Basically, the Jazz traded a pick to Philadelphia. That pick is top-22 protected in 2009, and so on. (That pick has also since been traded to Minnesota.)
New York previously owed a pick Utah. That pick was also top-22 protected in 2009, by New York, unprotected in 2010.

In 2009:
1) If Utah's pick is 23rd or later, and New York's is 23rd or later:
Minnesota gets the better pick, Utah keeps the worse pick, New York gets nothing.
2) If Utah's pick is 23rd or later, and New York's is top-22:
Minnesota gets Utah's pick, Utah gets nothing, New York keeps New York's pick.
3) If Utah's pick is top-22 (regardless of where New York's pick is, from the way it's worded):
Minnesota gets nothing, Utah keeps Utah's pick, New York keeps New York's pick.

In 2010:
1*) In case 1 above, all debts are already satisfied. Utah keeps Utah's 2010 pick, New York keeps New York's 2010 pick.
2*) In case 2 above, Utah's debt to Minnesota is already satisfied. Utah keeps Utah's 2010 pick, Utah gets New York's 2010 pick.
3*) In case 3 above:
---3A) If Utah's pick is 16th or later, Minnesota gets the worse 2010 pick, Utah gets the better 2010 pick.
---3B) If Utah's pick is top-15, Minnesota gets nothing, Utah keeps Utah's 2010 pick, Utah gets New York's 2010 pick.

In any case where Minnesota has not received a pick by 2010, the protections for 2011 and after are delineated. Minnesota gets the pick if it falls outside the protected zone in any of the years from 2011 through 2013...if it never does, Utah keeps them all and INSTEAD sends a 2nd round draft pick, and cash.

shrink wrote:Hey loserX, how about we trade UTA the pick for Deron Williams, just to clear things up?

deeney0 wrote:I always figure the Collins can do some sort of Wonder Twins transformation to become a solid basketball player.