lilfishi22 wrote:Ghost of Kleine wrote:JellyRolling wrote:8th, 9th & 11th worst record in the league picked in top 4 for best picks. Haha love this so much. It was obvious Lakers jumping from 11th to 4th & also Pels getting Zion after the whole Davis fiasco. Knicks continue to be cursed and not sure how Grizzlies fall into 2nd.
Nothing in a multi billion dollar business entity is really left to chance!...Obviously.
Again, This was why the league office changed the Lottery format.
Not to honestly curb tanking, as much as to give the perception that the bigger markets moving up is only mere chance, and not an arranged decision.
Just consider,
The Pels get Zion.( As a prearranged compensation for them being willing to move Davis to the Lakers this summer). Thus also once again helping out Lebron and the league's favorite "Darling Franchise " and largest money making market!
Memphis moves to 2- Gets Ja ( as pre arranged compensation for moving Conley to Boston). Wherein the league helps them remain relevant, as they already know that Irving intends to join Lebron and Davis on the Lakers.
Bailing them out from their dysfunction and giving them a big 3.
New York still gets the 3rd pick to put Barrett in New York with Durant and Kemba Walker.
The Lakers miraculously land at pick 4 ( because gifting them Zion would've just been to blatantly obvious).And they'll draft Garland and then trade him to the Pels in the deal for Davis, as a sweetener.
The Cavs and Chicago were strategically placed after the Lakers, because they both had interest in Garland as well.
But the Lakers needed to get him, as the Pels could then keep Jrue at shooting guard (his preference) and creates quite a nice core for them . Again as compensation for gifting the Flakers Davis.
We just have to accept it, and now create a contingency plan honestly.
Didn't think you were part of the conspiracy crew too
The problem is you can ALWAYS create a story or narrative around why something happens. Always. Why did the Suns get Ayton last year? Oh it's to keep us away from Zion. Why give the smallest market in the league the most marketable player since Lebron? Uhhh....because....it makes them a slightly bigger market? It would make so much more sense to give that pick to the Knicks and the odds were already in their favor.
You can literally create a narrative around anything to make it look like a conspiracy.
C'mon Ghost, you're better than that.
It's not even that we fell to 6th man that gets me honestly. It's just that it's obvious to me, even though not that obvious to others, because it's always the big market money making teams like the Lakers that miraculously get bailed out in the draft.
You know it's hard enough for small market teams trying to compete in free agency against much bigger markets.
But to change the draft rules ( by the league office) to try and mask their intent to control where the top prospects go, in order to influence and maintain marketing profits and tv revenue for bigger markets continually is disengenous, and unethical as a business model.
But i do understand, in that's what it's all about, Marketing and profits.
And honestly, The media was making it far too obvious about Zion. So of course the league isn't going to make it so blatantly obvious as to give New York Zion.
The Lakers needed the Pels to get Zion, in order for the Pels to be more open to finally trading Davis to LA.
And New York still got Barrett, as they already new that Durant was intent on signing there. So having in having Durant/ and Barrett and another max spot, they could easily still get Kemba too.
Both big Markets gets advanced.
Memphis was just placed in the top 3, as compensation for being willing to move Conley. Most likely to Boston.
To help them also remain relevant. And also in rebuilding from moving Conley, ensures that Boston will likely get a top 3 pick from Memphis, that they can use on Wiseman( The next Anthony Davis) and rebuild super fast.
Bottom line, this was set up by the league to get the Lakers/ Davis deal done. And to compensate the Pels for the whole fiasco too.
It's basically the league realizing that their favorite money making franchise is in total disarray currently.
And No big names are wanting to come there. So they're once again bailing them out with Davis. To help get their top money making market back on track.
Just good business. Just wait till the draft and see if I'm right???.........As for us getting Ayton, two things:
First, Ayton to Phoenix was a feel good marketing story for the league with him being from Phoenix.
Second, The Flakers were still heavily favored ( expected) to be getting Davis at that time, along with other big names too back then.
So the league wasn't needing to intervene on their behalf.
It's only after they both botched the Davis trade and fell out of the playoffs that they ONCE AGAIN miraculously defied the odds to rise back up to the top end of the lottery. ( Why not one of the Hawks/ Wizards/ Timberwolves honestly???)
Simple, Because they're not the Big market Lakers!
The league positioning the exact team that needs compensation in order to consider trading Davis sooner than July being the Pels.
Now in getting Zion, exactly the perfect prospect that would cushion them in exchange for being willing to move Davis, along with the Lakers getting a top 4 pick too( added sweetener for the trade!)
Is setting them up perfectly for the Davis trade to finally go through.
The NBA, as a multi- billion dollar business entity isn't going to realistically leave anything this marketable up to chance.
