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Re: Draft Lottery 2025 Tonight @ 7pm TSN 

Post#441 » by PushDaRock » Mon May 12, 2025 11:35 pm

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S ID wrote:lesson? always go for the play-in

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We aimed for the playin based off this stretch right here.

we out tanked the spurs at the end and they got 2nd :rofl:


lol can't even get mad to see karma get served
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Post#442 » by canada_dry » Mon May 12, 2025 11:35 pm

The league did the same thing with the pelicans and AD in the Zion draft. Should not be a surprise.

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Re: Draft Lottery 2025 Tonight @ 7pm TSN 

Post#443 » by Duffman100 » Mon May 12, 2025 11:35 pm

djsunyc wrote:good news...a lot of comparable players in the 6-12 range. now we leave it up to our scouts and predraft process and take the best upside guy. i trust them.


Yeah if you assume Ace and VJ are ahead of the 6-12 range

It really flattens out after the top 4.
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Post#444 » by ItsDanger » Mon May 12, 2025 11:35 pm

Cue the conspiracy theories now. Don't blame them either. Can't believe Dallas got 1st. This stinks.
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Re: Draft Lottery 2025 Tonight @ 7pm TSN 

Post#445 » by Madvillainy2004 » Mon May 12, 2025 11:35 pm

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Lazy wrote:TWO said we shoulda tanked like Washington and Utah


Yea I’d rather have the 5th or 6th pick than the 9th. What’s there to argue?


Even with all our injuries we were never going to out tank those 2 scrub teams.


We traded Siakam and didn't even get a real player back lmao IQ barely played, Scottie missed tons of time too. I guess we could've traded Poeltl and RJ? Like it gets to a point.
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Re: Draft Lottery 2025 Tonight @ 7pm TSN 

Post#446 » by ArthurVandelay » Mon May 12, 2025 11:35 pm

I’ve never been one for the draft conspiracy theories but after this year I think they have a way to rig it. I use to roll my eyes at this suggestion but no more.

Dallas from 11 to 1
Spurs from 8 to 2
Philly keeping their pick

Just too much going on there with the outside story lines to believe in coincidence.
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Post#447 » by sofargone » Mon May 12, 2025 11:35 pm

spurs who we fought to stay behind in the last weeks got top 2 :lol:
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Post#448 » by XTC » Mon May 12, 2025 11:35 pm

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Regret what? A play in team won the lottery 2 years in a row :lol:


exactly these pro-tankers aren't making sense at all.....they're acting like Wizards or Jazz just won the lotto, not the Mavs/Spurs


They're delusional. They have no concept of integrity. They'll continue making this place a cesspool for another year.


I'd rather be picking #5 than going on fake runs during the end of the season.

If you're almost mathematically eliminated what do these fake wins accomplish?

Higher draft pick >>>>>>>> moral wins
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Re: Draft Lottery 2025 Tonight @ 7pm TSN 

Post#449 » by ForeverTFC » Mon May 12, 2025 11:36 pm

Spurs got the ammo they need to trade for Giannis
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Re: Draft Lottery 2025 Tonight @ 7pm TSN 

Post#450 » by PushDaRock » Mon May 12, 2025 11:36 pm

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Literally lol. I know tankers are gonna look at Philly moving up and use that as their reason why we should have tanked harder but they are way more examples in this draft alone as to why tanking isn’t the answer lol


lol probably would have needed all the play-in teams to get into the top 4 for them to pipe down


The Mavs won a play-in game lmfao that's about as treadmill as it gets. The flattened lotto odds just makes it impossible. And other nba shenanigans lol


League sending a message, try to win and get rewarded lmao
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Post#451 » by M3tro » Mon May 12, 2025 11:36 pm

beanbag wrote:Love to obsess about tanking all year long only to also believe the draft lottery is rigged. I'm a serious person.


Except the team with the worst record finished 5th.

Is 5th better than 9th??
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Re: Draft Lottery 2025 Tonight @ 7pm TSN 

Post#452 » by canada_dry » Mon May 12, 2025 11:36 pm

djsunyc wrote:good news...a lot of comparable players in the 6-12 range. now we leave it up to our scouts and predraft process and take the best upside guy. i trust them.
Its not "good news" lmao

Why is drafting 9th instead of 6th good? The scouting could do the same good work and be earlier in the draft and less chance of missing out on guys...

We don't have to sugarcoat everything

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Post#453 » by ontnut » Mon May 12, 2025 11:36 pm

Risk101 wrote:How high can we move up with Quickly and the 9th pick?

8th? lol.
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Post#454 » by Zeno » Mon May 12, 2025 11:36 pm

Kon is the man but I don’t think he is still on the board at 9.
When will we just change the name of 25 of the 30 teams to the Washington Generals?

Please advise….

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Post#455 » by littlerock2277 » Mon May 12, 2025 11:36 pm

Man unbelievable they need to change this lottery format. Let us see how Dallas jumped into the 1st spot, how the spurs and Philly jumped into top3.

I am sorry those 3 franchises are the last teams that deserve top picks.
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Re: Draft Lottery 2025 Tonight @ 7pm TSN 

Post#456 » by Childs » Mon May 12, 2025 11:36 pm

Risk101 wrote:How high can we move up with Quickly and the 9th pick?


The 11th.
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Post#457 » by canada_dry » Mon May 12, 2025 11:36 pm

Also TWO is dead. Never tell me about tanking again.

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Re: Draft Lottery 2025 Tonight @ 7pm TSN 

Post#458 » by XTC » Mon May 12, 2025 11:36 pm

sofargone wrote:spurs who we fought to stay behind in the last weeks got top 2 :lol:


Tanking doesn't matter shhhhhhhh...

We wona game vs the Celtics when they rested their stars, and we're going to have a top 4 defense next year.

:lol:
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Re: Draft Lottery 2025 Tonight @ 7pm TSN 

Post#459 » by ash_k » Mon May 12, 2025 11:37 pm

Just wasted a season, instead of seeing that Frontline of 2 All-stars and Yak under a pressurized situation to seal the fate of your poor coach one way or the other.
Rigged what!? Dallas had a chance not 0.0 chance, that's why they call it "lottery".. I had my money on the Jazz and Spurs
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Re: Draft Lottery 2025 Tonight @ 7pm TSN 

Post#460 » by traps#10 » Mon May 12, 2025 11:37 pm

At least we won a championship in our lifetime

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