aznkillabeezZz wrote:MaxRider wrote:aznkillabeezZz wrote:what if you tank and not be bad enough either to get those number 1's?
You'll scare top free agents from joining, and won't get favorable calls from the refs. Refs pick on bad teams and give them extra calls against them.
the best free agent we got in the last 10 years is Trevor Ariza
all i can remember
Maurice Taylor
Glen Rice (wash off)
Brent Barry (wash off)
Brad Miller (wash off)
Trevor Ariza
Stromile Swift
Derek Anderson
Bonzi Wells
Steven Francis (wash off)
Lottery doesn't guarantee anything. Look at Sac, washington and Minnesota. They go lottery every single year they haven't had much improvement. Nets get lottery every year too, they're doing pretty bad this year.
Nets only missed playoff after they start over by trading away Kidd, Carter (only 3 years)
Wizards missed playoff because Arenas situation (you forgot they got their big3 by trading their lottery picks? Harris for Jamison, Brown for Butler) (they were in the playoff couple years ago)
Kings? only missed playoff after they fired Adelman
their last 4 lottery picks
Hawes, Thompson, Evans, Cousins
Wizards - not sure what they did to their 2009 pick, look like Wall is their only lottery pick in the last 5 years (Harris is the previous one)
Nets - lottery pick post-Kidd era: Lopez, TWill (we got him now), Favors
i guess you can say we got 2 lottery picks in Hill and TWill
just aint the top one
i rather take gamble at high lottery pick than stuck between 8-12 seeds