2017 Pick Watch (Sac Swap Rights, LAL pick)

sixerswillrule · Post #1901 » by **sixerswillrule** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:42 pm

The teams behind Sac need to start winning.

Embiid P · Post #1902 » by **Embiid P** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 3:50 am

Looks like the Mavs will pull it out against the Heat.

Post #1903 » by **CoreyGallagher** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 3:50 am

Dallas should hold onto this win. Winnable game tonight for the Kings, tho.

JojoSlimbiid · Post #1904 » by **JojoSlimbiid** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 3:55 am

Maybe we do get a first rounder. Go Mavs!!!

Negrodamus · Post #1905 » by **Negrodamus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 3:57 am

JojoSlimbiid wrote:Maybe we do get a first rounder. Go Mavs!!!

Wouldn't they have to win out?

76ciology · Post #1906 » by **76ciology** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:14 am

Watching the Kings now. Really think they're much better without DMC. Skal is playing well so far

Post #1907 » by **CoreyGallagher** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:18 am

Yeah, Skal looks really good.

Embiid P · Post #1908 » by **Embiid P** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:32 am

Wolves building their lead before the half.

Post #1909 » by **Sixerscan** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:34 am

Negrodamus wrote:
JojoSlimbiid wrote:Maybe we do get a first rounder. Go Mavs!!!

Wouldn't they have to win out?

Thunder are currently at pick 19 and on pace to go 47-35. Mavericks are currently 24-35. So yeah.

It's just incredible how gross it was to even pretend like that pick was a possibility. And if it was it makes the trade look even dumber because Nerlens would have to literally be the best basketball player in NBA history to force such a turnaround.

eagereyez · Post #1910 » by **eagereyez** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:53 am

Sixerscan wrote:
Negrodamus wrote:
JojoSlimbiid wrote:Maybe we do get a first rounder. Go Mavs!!!

Wouldn't they have to win out?

Thunder are currently at pick 19 and on pace to go 47-35. Mavericks are currently 24-35. So yeah.

It's just incredible how gross it was to even pretend like that pick was a possibility. And if it was it makes the trade look even dumber because Nerlens would have to literally be the best basketball player in NBA history to force such a turnaround.

Colangelo cares a lot about appearances.

Embiid P · Post #1911 » by **Embiid P** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:01 am

Aaaand the Kings are coming back now.

phifans · Post #1912 » by **phifans** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:11 am

Sixerscan wrote:
Negrodamus wrote:
JojoSlimbiid wrote:Maybe we do get a first rounder. Go Mavs!!!

Wouldn't they have to win out?

Thunder are currently at pick 19 and on pace to go 47-35. Mavericks are currently 24-35. So yeah.

It's just incredible how gross it was to even pretend like that pick was a possibility. And if it was it makes the trade look even dumber because Nerlens would have to literally be the best basketball player in NBA history to force such a turnaround.

Not that makes much difference but I think Hawks sits at 19th right now with 9 full games ahead of Mav.

Post #1913 » by **Sixerscan** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:23 am

phifans wrote:
Sixerscan wrote:
Negrodamus wrote:
Wouldn't they have to win out?

Thunder are currently at pick 19 and on pace to go 47-35. Mavericks are currently 24-35. So yeah.

It's just incredible how gross it was to even pretend like that pick was a possibility. And if it was it makes the trade look even dumber because Nerlens would have to literally be the best basketball player in NBA history to force such a turnaround.

Not that makes much difference but I think Hawks sits at 19th right now with 9 full games ahead of Mav.

You're right. They're a game behind the thunder so it's pretty much the same story.

The real funny part is that directly behind the Hawks are the teams like the pacers and bulls who are hovering around .500. So the protection was perfectly crafted to look as good as possible without having an actual chance of conveying. If it was only top 15 or even top 17 there may have been a chance for that pick to be something beyond a lead line of a press release.

Eyeamok · Post #1914 » by **Eyeamok** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:30 am

Sixerscan wrote:
Negrodamus wrote:
JojoSlimbiid wrote:Maybe we do get a first rounder. Go Mavs!!!

Wouldn't they have to win out?

Thunder are currently at pick 19 and on pace to go 47-35. Mavericks are currently 24-35. So yeah.

It's just incredible how gross it was to even pretend like that pick was a possibility. And if it was it makes the trade look even dumber because Nerlens would have to literally be the best basketball player in NBA history to force such a turnaround.

Once upon a time when we lived in a world with less communication. He could get away with saying something like that that, and no one would challenge him. Give enough reporters access to the team and they would spin this trade anyway he liked. But now though the magic of the internet his trades and words can be picked apart by the public at large. And when he is found to be disingenuous and spewing his own particular brand of BS it is visible of all to see.

Embiid P · Post #1915 » by **Embiid P** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:42 am

Wolves are going to win. Aside from the Knicks losing by 1 to the Raps, it has been a good night overall for the tank.

phifans · Post #1916 » by **phifans** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:49 am

Sixerscan wrote:
phifans wrote:
Sixerscan wrote:
Thunder are currently at pick 19 and on pace to go 47-35. Mavericks are currently 24-35. So yeah.

It's just incredible how gross it was to even pretend like that pick was a possibility. And if it was it makes the trade look even dumber because Nerlens would have to literally be the best basketball player in NBA history to force such a turnaround.

Not that makes much difference but I think Hawks sits at 19th right now with 9 full games ahead of Mav.

You're right. They're a game behind the thunder so it's pretty much the same story.

The real funny part is that directly behind the Hawks are the teams like the pacers and bulls who are hovering around .500. So the protection was perfectly crafted to look as good as possible without having an actual chance of conveying. If it was only top 15 or even top 17 there may have been a chance for that pick to be something beyond a lead line of a press release.

I can easily imagine Mavs end up being the 18th. They play better and better with season goes on and Cuban is a genious to know how to set the protection of this pick. If we still had 30 games left I can definately see a chance Mavs past ahead of the inconsistent Hawks but right now it maybe too late ...

LloydFree · Post #1917 » by **LloydFree** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:56 am

CoreyGallagher wrote:Yeah, Skal looks really good.

Yeah, but we really had to have Korkmaz...

Unbreakable99 · Post #1918 » by **Unbreakable99** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:48 pm

I want the Pelicans to lose and somehow get in the top three in the lotto just to show how awful a trade that Vlade did to trade Cousins.

LloydFree · Post #1919 » by **LloydFree** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:52 pm

Unbreakable99 wrote:I want the Pelicans to lose and somehow get in the top three in the lotto just to show how awful a trade that Vlade did to trade Cousins.

I want them to get into the top 3, to knock the Celtics and Lakers out of the top 3.

Negrodamus · Post #1920 » by **Negrodamus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:26 pm

LloydFree wrote:
CoreyGallagher wrote:Yeah, Skal looks really good.

Yeah, but we really had to have Korkmaz...

What did he do? His stats look uneventful. I will never regret not taking Skal after he essentially gave up on Kentucky.