Draft Lottery 2025 Tonight @ 7pm TSN

[artsncrafts]

The league just picking who makes the most money for them to give the top picks to, and then masquerading it as a lotto makes us all insane for watching or caring about this total bull product. The greed is insane. Capitalism is a monster, we are in the hunger games. Western civilization is on its last legs.

Bulls picked 12. Wouldn't the NBA move the bulls up? Huge market

I mean there are 3 teams out of 14 that have some insane reason to move up and they all did. No one was talking about "Imagine if the bulls won the lotto". For the team who traded Luka to the damn lakers to get 1, the team with the next face of the NBA they are trying to build a franchise around to get 2nd, and the huge market team with superstar and supporting cast already in place to get 3rd. Literally all the "narrative" teams moved up. The chances of what we have just witnessed to actually happen legitimately are staggering. This league continues to make us all look like idiots. The only thing that didn't hit was the "cooper is white so he go Utah" narrative.

Mavs pick is rigged but I dont understand why the league would keep helping out the Spurs for decades. They dont need any more help.

[everdiso]

A whole year of development tossed away for a 9th overall lmao.

Fuggin loser tank nation loser zhit.

Well deserved. Way to go masai.

[Pointgod]

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

You know we were games ahead of Philadelphia at the deadline right? The same Philadelphia team that just moved up to grab the third pick. We also dropped 2 spots last lottery as well. It just goes to show you that you either go all in for the tank or you try to compete and pray for luck like Atlanta and Dallas if you fall short. But no more half measures.

We also had one less win than the Spurs, who got the 2nd pick. It would have been better for us to win one more.

Sure but you can’t predict that, but you can be on the right side of the probability to stay in the top 5. No one in their right mind would choose a 52% chance for a top 4 pick over a 26% and 8.6% chance.

[youngRAPZ]

Khaman at 9 is really a blessing as we get to pay him less than at 7 if it happens.

1. Flagg
2. Harper
3. Bailey
4. Edgecomb
5. Johnson
6. Jakucionis
7. Fears
8. Queen
9. Maluach
10. Knueppel


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[SharoneWright]

I'd love the 4th pick too.

But I wouldn't want to gut our roster to get the 4-6th pick.

Happily gut our roster. Not in love with any of them.

Because you think the next shiny toy is "it" when in reality, it rarely is.

Nope. But I’m certainly not protective of any of our “assets”. Nobody fears our core four, and none of them are retained at value.

[bballsparkin]

Explain Sixers then. Only the Jazz were worse in their tanking ways.

can't make it too obvious

Can't have too many lousy teams in the East either. Dynasty in OKC? We talking about OKC? Nah.

[Zeno]

So…
Dallas…Flagg
Spurs…Harper
76ers…Ace
Hornets…VJ
Utah…Kon
Wiz…Tre
Pels…Fears
Nets no idea. I think we are getting one of Queen, Maluach or Jakucionis. That is my guess.

[Son Goku 25]

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.

Had a generational player but poor them can't have too many

[bballsparkin]

The Islanders really need that #1 pick too. Utah the new franchise owners. hehe

And the NYI were supposed to host the All Star Game but it got scrapped for the Olympic tourney they are doing.

So got rewarded for losing that AS weekend

I didn't know that.

[Pointgod]

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

You know we were games ahead of Philadelphia at the deadline right? The same Philadelphia team that just moved up to grab the third pick. We also dropped 2 spots last lottery as well. It just goes to show you that you either go all in for the tank or you try to compete and pray for luck like Atlanta and Dallas if you fall short. But no more half measures.

Philly had a whole bunch of injuries in the 2nd half, pretty much their entire starting 5 and their potential rookie of the year were all injured... Regardless your post was about the Jazz and wizards who have the league's worst teams on paper and tried mercilessly to tank, and still fell out of the top 4... Just goes to show that having a crappy team while trying to tank doesn't guarantee you anything come draft time.

Well there are no guarantees but they still have a higher pick than us. I don’t think they’re losing much sleep over this.

[littlerock2277]

Man you can see it on Masai face when they announced him during the draft lottery.

He looked so angry like he already knew the results.

[OhCanada]

I want to see Masai pick the best player in this draft at #9. Send a big **** you to Adam Silver.

But its not gonna happen because Cooper Flagg is the best player in this draft.

[Grew]

Bulls picked 12. Wouldn't the NBA move the bulls up? Huge market

I mean there are 3 teams out of 14 that have some insane reason to move up and they all did. No one was talking about "Imagine if the bulls won the lotto". For the team who traded Luka to the damn lakers to get 1, the team with the next face of the NBA they are trying to build a franchise around to get 2nd, and the huge market team with superstar and supporting cast already in place to get 3rd. Literally all the "narrative" teams moved up. The chances of what we have just witnessed to actually happen legitimately are staggering. This league continues to make us all look like idiots. The only thing that didn't hit was the "cooper is white so he go Utah" narrative.

Mavs pick is rigged but I dont understand why the league would keep helping out the Spurs for decades. They dont need any more help.

They liked that pop/timmy dynasty.

[Raps in 4]

I want to see Masai pick the best player in this draft at #9. Send a big **** you to Adam Silver.

But its not gonna happen because Cooper Flagg is the best player in this draft.

We don't know that.

[WuTang_CMB]

lmao

Read on Twitter

[beanbag]

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??

I'd rather pick 9th and have the team the Raps have than finish 5th and have the team the Jazz have, so yes for me it is. I also don't see a huge swing between picking 5th and 9th so, again yes

[Raps in 4]

Bulls picked 12. Wouldn't the NBA move the bulls up? Huge market

I mean there are 3 teams out of 14 that have some insane reason to move up and they all did. No one was talking about "Imagine if the bulls won the lotto". For the team who traded Luka to the damn lakers to get 1, the team with the next face of the NBA they are trying to build a franchise around to get 2nd, and the huge market team with superstar and supporting cast already in place to get 3rd. Literally all the "narrative" teams moved up. The chances of what we have just witnessed to actually happen legitimately are staggering. This league continues to make us all look like idiots. The only thing that didn't hit was the "cooper is white so he go Utah" narrative.

Mavs pick is rigged but I dont understand why the league would keep helping out the Spurs for decades. They dont need any more help.

Pop is constantly complaining about the league helping the Lakers. I feel this is their way of keeping him quiet.

[Tha Cynic]

Well, I didn't like the size and one dimensional games of a lot of the players in the 5-8 range anyway. This means they can take a flier on someone who hopefully surprises?

[OakleyDokely]

The lottery was a win for treadmill teams and a big L for all the tankers from 1-7 with the exception of PHI.

[Randle McMurphy]

Yes, let's celebrate the key person who lifted this organization out of poverty franchise status leaving.

You don't get a free pass for a half decade because you did something in 2019. That applies to front office members as much as players. Put his name in the rafters all you want but he badly needs to go and this franchise badly needs to find some direction again.

Very strange take here lol

What's strange about demanding actual results from your front office for the first time this decade? How long a grace period should get? Until 2030? His entire life?

Maybe we should just give him a lifetime contract and get it over with then.