2020 Draft Thread

Scoots1994 · Post #1821 » by **Scoots1994** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:51 pm

whatisacenter wrote:3 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE LOTTERY

It's 2020, there is no certainty.

Coxy · Post #1822 » by **Coxy** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:29 pm

whatisacenter wrote:3 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE LOTTERY

whatisacenter · Post #1823 » by **whatisacenter** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 3:31 pm

Coxy wrote:
whatisacenter wrote:3 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE LOTTERY

DAYS!

superunknown · Post #1824 » by **superunknown** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 3:54 pm

IDK, is it a coincidence the last year the pick number one - that everybody knew was zion - went to new orleans (a franchise which just lost its star player in free agency) and the pick number two to memphis (a franchise which was at risk of relocation) ?

KevinMcreynolds · Post #1825 » by **KevinMcreynolds** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:24 pm

Team officials are in the room when they do it. They literally watch the whole thing go down.

xdrta+ · Post #1826 » by **xdrta+** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:42 pm

It doesn't matter who wins the top picks, people will find reasons to believe that it's fixed.

Scoots1994 · Post #1827 » by **Scoots1994** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 5:27 pm

xdrta+ wrote:It doesn't matter who wins the top picks, people will find reasons to believe that it's fixed.

This. There is a story for why every result is a scam. If the Warriors win it's because the NBA wants them to stay strong with their new arena, blah blah blah. If it's Atlanta it's the NBA wants to build a strong fan base in ATL for the first time ever :lol:

Mylie10 · Post #1828 » by **Mylie10** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 5:29 pm

If Zion was in this draft and we got number 1 we’d take him, but damn his injury and weight situations are scary as hell.

wco81 · Post #1829 » by **wco81** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 6:10 pm

KevinMcreynolds wrote:Team officials are in the room when they do it. They literally watch the whole thing go down.

Are they going to be in the room this year?

The whole concept of a lottery is a scam. Yeah they had to do something about tanking but that didn't stop the 76ers did they?

So they "adjusted the odds" but made it even more random.

I think in most years, it wouldn't be bad for the worst 3 or 4 teams to have similar odds to get the top pick. But there are years where there is one or two teams which are far below the rest of the league or other lottery teams that they get screwed if they don't get the top players.

We're probably going to see that happen, some team wins like 7 games while the next worst team wins 20 and the worst team doesn't get some top generational players, relegating them to 5 more years of being bottom dwellers.

wco81 · Post #1830 » by **wco81** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 6:11 pm

Scoots1994 wrote:
xdrta+ wrote:It doesn't matter who wins the top picks, people will find reasons to believe that it's fixed.

This. There is a story for why every result is a scam. If the Warriors win it's because the NBA wants them to stay strong with their new arena, blah blah blah. If it's Atlanta it's the NBA wants to build a strong fan base in ATL for the first time ever

They are the worst team. Yes they had injuries.

But they were giving a lot of minutes to players who probably don't belong in the NBA.

They have no prospect of improving the roster without a high pick.

Little Digger · Post #1831 » by **Little Digger** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 6:46 pm

I like the Hawks chances at improving ..Cam Reddish really surprised me with his determination ..He’s going to be an elite perimeter defender..they’ve got some nice pieces..

The Maestro · Post #1832 » by **The Maestro** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 8:19 pm

wco81 wrote:
Scoots1994 wrote:
xdrta+ wrote:It doesn't matter who wins the top picks, people will find reasons to believe that it's fixed.

This. There is a story for why every result is a scam. If the Warriors win it's because the NBA wants them to stay strong with their new arena, blah blah blah. If it's Atlanta it's the NBA wants to build a strong fan base in ATL for the first time ever

They are the worst team. Yes they had injuries.

But they were giving a lot of minutes to players who probably don't belong in the NBA.

They have no prospect of improving the roster without a high pick.

Huh? They have the tax MLE and TPE. They have multiple assets to make the team better.

B-King · Post #1833 » by **B-King** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 10:48 pm

Commodor wrote:I almost feel like GSW would not be mad if they fell to 4-5 in the draft. A lot of players in that range seem to make a lot of sense to GSW, such as Vassell, Haliburton, Okoro, etc. If they don't have the pressure of taking Ball, Edwards or Wiseman, they can focus on taking a guy that may fit their needs even better.

GSW probably wouldn't be mad, but the ability to trade down and get a decent asset in return would be gone.

ILOVEIT · Post #1834 » by **ILOVEIT** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 3:59 pm

B-King wrote:
Commodor wrote:I almost feel like GSW would not be mad if they fell to 4-5 in the draft. A lot of players in that range seem to make a lot of sense to GSW, such as Vassell, Haliburton, Okoro, etc. If they don't have the pressure of taking Ball, Edwards or Wiseman, they can focus on taking a guy that may fit their needs even better.

GSW probably wouldn't be mad, but the ability to trade down and get a decent asset in return would be gone.

Yep...the leverage for a trade that the top pick(s) get you is what is at stake.

What would New York do in taking on salary if they new they could get Lamelo from the Warriors? Warriors could dump dump dump on them! lol

Anyway...the sucky Warrior history of the draft lottery has me nervous...lol.

KevinMcreynolds · Post #1835 » by **KevinMcreynolds** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:25 pm

whatisacenter wrote:
Coxy wrote:
whatisacenter wrote:3 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE LOTTERY

DAYS!

EvanZ · Post #1836 » by **EvanZ** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 5:16 pm

Just remember it's a coin flip to get anything better than 5th.

KevinMcreynolds · Post #1837 » by **KevinMcreynolds** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 5:26 pm

these new odds are straight up HORSE****

Mylie10 · Post #1838 » by **Mylie10** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 5:46 pm

wco81 · Post #1839 » by **wco81** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:18 pm

Someone compared Lamelo to Doncic, Trae Young.

OK with his broken jump shot he's going to run pick and rolls that effectively?

Or will he be able to finish as well as those two?

KevinMcreynolds · Post #1840 » by **KevinMcreynolds** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:04 pm

Lamelo looks more suited for an And1 mixtape than the NBA