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2026 First Round Pick Armageddon

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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#101 » by dobrojim » Sun Apr 12, 2026 9:02 pm

Anyone subscribe to Nate Silver's PRISM thing? I was encouraged by Wilson showing up there.
If he falls, I'd snap him up. If we get lucky, I'd take CW pretty high, maybe before DP. PRISM saying Boozer is
maybe a good reason to re-think the objections I and others have stated/felt that have been bought up about him.
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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#102 » by nate33 » Sun Apr 12, 2026 9:04 pm

dobrojim wrote:Anyone subscribe to Nate Silver's PRISM thing? I was encouraged by Wilson showing up there.
If he falls, I'd snap him up. If we get lucky, I'd take CW pretty high, maybe before DP. PRISM saying Boozer is
maybe a good reason to re-think the objections I and others have stated/felt that have been bought up about him.


I posted about this earlier today in the draft thread:

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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#103 » by dobrojim » Sun Apr 12, 2026 9:10 pm

Thanks. I had already read the teaser.
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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#104 » by closg00 » Sun Apr 12, 2026 9:18 pm

dobrojim wrote:Thanks. I had already read the teaser.


For anyone who missed it, this is the PRISM Top-5.

1.Cameron Boozer
2. AJ Dybantsa
3. Kingston Flemings
4. Keaton Wagler
5. Caleb Wilson
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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#105 » by gambitx777 » Mon Apr 13, 2026 6:25 am

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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#106 » by dobrojim » Mon Apr 13, 2026 5:05 pm

Now we just need some luck, assuming you believe it's not fixed,
or a friend in high places if you believe it is.
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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#107 » by closg00 » Mon Apr 20, 2026 4:47 pm

Will has accepted our possible fate.
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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#108 » by The Consiglieri » Mon Apr 20, 2026 6:09 pm

I don't know why but man does it ever feel like the 48+% chance of drawing 5 is more like 65% on those ----ing simulators. Feels like every five times I do it, I draw 5 four or five times.
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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#109 » by Benjammin » Mon Apr 20, 2026 6:33 pm

I just did it 20 times. 10 times the 5th pick and 10 times the top 4. Probability is funny though. When I was diagnosed with cancer 16 years ago the oncologist had lots of statistics. Ultimately you either die or you don't. He said if the aggressive cancer didn't kill me fairly quickly the indolent component likely would within ten years. Not yet.

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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#110 » by penbeast0 » Mon Apr 20, 2026 8:06 pm

3 more weeks of watching playoff basketball to get through before we get to see if our luck tanks as badly as our team.
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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#111 » by 9 and 20 » Tue Apr 21, 2026 12:13 am

Benjammin wrote:I just did it 20 times. 10 times the 5th pick and 10 times the top 4. Probability is funny though. When I was diagnosed with cancer 16 years ago the oncologist had lots of statistics. Ultimately you either die or you don't. He said if the aggressive cancer didn't kill me fairly quickly the indolent component likely would within ten years. Not yet.

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Damn dude, just let us be bummed about the Wizards instead of bringing us down more with the cancer talk.

I kid, of course. Glad you're still around! Keep kicking cancer's butt!!!! If you can survive the Grunfeld era, you can survive anything.
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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#112 » by Benjammin » Tue Apr 21, 2026 12:27 am

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Benjammin wrote:I just did it 20 times. 10 times the 5th pick and 10 times the top 4. Probability is funny though. When I was diagnosed with cancer 16 years ago the oncologist had lots of statistics. Ultimately you either die or you don't. He said if the aggressive cancer didn't kill me fairly quickly the indolent component likely would within ten years. Not yet.

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Damn dude, just let us be bummed about the Wizards instead of bringing us down more with the cancer talk.

I kid, of course. Glad you're still around! Keep kicking cancer's butt!!!! If you can survive the Grunfeld era, you can survive anything.
Haha! They'll never say I'm cured but it's all good. We even adopted a thirteen year old kid this year so he'll either keep me going or he'll be the death of me.

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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#113 » by queridiculo » Tue Apr 21, 2026 12:18 pm

closg00 wrote:Will has accepted our possible fate.
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He’s not been around long enough to reverse jinx, so if we pick end up picking fifth, you know who to blame.
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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#114 » by nate33 » Tue Apr 21, 2026 1:08 pm

queridiculo wrote:
closg00 wrote:Will has accepted our possible fate.
Read on Twitter


He’s not been around long enough to reverse jinx, so if we pick end up picking fifth, you know who to blame.

I wonder if this is just bluster, or if there really is a guy he likes at 5 nearly as much as the top 4.
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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#115 » by payitforward » Tue Apr 21, 2026 2:31 pm

Benjammin wrote:...We even adopted a thirteen year old kid this year so he'll either keep me going or he'll be the death of me.

Good for you, man!
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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#116 » by payitforward » Tue Apr 21, 2026 2:32 pm

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queridiculo wrote:
closg00 wrote:Will has accepted our possible fate.
Read on Twitter

He’s not been around long enough to reverse jinx, so if we pick end up picking fifth, you know who to blame.

I wonder if this is just bluster, or if there really is a guy he likes at 5 nearly as much as the top 4.

To state that you will accept fate is a traditional gesture designed to pacify the gods! :)
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Re: 2026 First Round Pick Armageddon 

Post#117 » by AFM » Tue Apr 21, 2026 2:43 pm

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