TNJazz wrote:bkohler wrote:Watching that game made me wonder what it would take or a team to grab both of them.. could someone like OKC unload everything to have a core of Scoot/VW moving forward.
I had that same thought. One would have to come via luck off the lottery, but what might it take to also secure the other pick? Pipe dream, but...
I'm not convinced that when the lottery happens, Utah will be in the mix. Not sure how the NBA would feel about UT getting the rights for that, from a marketing point of view. When Lebron was drafted, how convenient was it that Cleveland just so happened to get that first pick and of course the Patrick Ewing to the Knicks is legendary. Not sure the league would love Utah being the team that gets a mega talent like that... There are a couple of NBA radio guys who have stated that Utah should get that pick, or at least they feel they are deserved as this is the first tank job ever and with few exceptions they have always been a decent to good team.
Win the lottery, figure out a way to use all the capital they have recently acquired to get both and build around that!
There are also always some surprise lottery teams each year; I wonder If you could get some of the teams that might think they're competitors to give up unprotected firsts for this year just in case one of them falls to the lottery and moves up. Heck even the T-wolves with some really bad injury luck could fall out of the play-in and into the late lottery where there's a non-zero chance they get the #1.
Could you get a team like the Pacers, Magic or Kings to give up their 23 for one of our vets + one of our future assets. If I were Ainge I would be doing all I can to get more lottery tickets.
