lottery used to be just top three so its only been possible to do that in the few years since they switched to top four
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 May 2024 20:59 (four months ago) link
still gotta be long odds of doing that tho
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 May 2024 21:00 (four months ago) link
theyve only done the top 4 lottery since 2019
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Sunday, 12 May 2024 21:00 (four months ago) link
its a bum deal for detroit, but the worst record has a 48% chance of #5, definitely bad luck to happen twice but just under 1 in 4 odds bad luck
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Sunday, 12 May 2024 21:01 (four months ago) link
its one in four if youre the worst team two years in a row
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 May 2024 21:03 (four months ago) link
honestly odds are better that the pistons get a star in this draft bcuz four teams ahead of them screwed up than they would be if they had the no 1 pick themselves. it’s for the best
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 12 May 2024 21:09 (four months ago) link
been out so i'm catching up with news now and lol at this being the year that a team hits the bottom of lottery to #1 jackpot move-up, too poetic
― ciderpress, Sunday, 12 May 2024 21:25 (four months ago) link
well it's not that everyone understands precisely how to order the top 5, that's not the point. teams still mess up all the time. but for instance that tatum draft was considered to be loaded and it looks that way now. it's just that people thought it was gonna be fultz and lonzo who were the stars not tatum and fox
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Sunday, May 12, 2024 3:39 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
i mean there are big misses in the top five every year
― lag∞n, Sunday, May 12, 2024 3:41 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I think it was nate duncan who actually said this fwiw, the idea is not that there’s a hard cutoff at 5 but just that the confidence in your evaluation (and/or a player’s chances of making it) decrease more or less linearly with draft order, which is kind of self-evident
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, 12 May 2024 22:19 (four months ago) link
What would Trae Young and the No.1 pick get you in a deal?— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) May 12, 2024
the replies are great
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, 12 May 2024 22:50 (four months ago) link
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, May 12, 2024 6:19 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah i mean they know something about who the good players are its not random
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 May 2024 23:55 (four months ago) link
trae + the first pick isnt going to get you anything the teams that want trae doent want the first pick and vice versa
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 May 2024 23:58 (four months ago) link
yeah teams that want to win now want trae, teams that wanna develop want the #1 pick
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Monday, 13 May 2024 00:07 (four months ago) link
interesting inflection point for the hawks they could tear it down they could move the first pick for guys they could carry on with the trade one of their guards plan and use the first pick
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 00:15 (four months ago) link
Jalen and okongwu should be the main keepers because of contracts and because they are good. Hunter’s borderline mostly due to contract I think but they could really use and upgrade there. Capela should be gone regardless then it’s Trae and Dejounte
― Heez, Monday, 13 May 2024 00:55 (four months ago) link
I will say the nice thing about Dejounte is that he closes games whereas Trae tends to piss them away
― Heez, Monday, 13 May 2024 00:58 (four months ago) link
they should trade both of them and rebuild around jalen johnson
― micah, Monday, 13 May 2024 01:01 (four months ago) link
trae is only 25 - i thought he had been around for forever
the tough thing with Trae is that you can have one of the top 3 offenses in the league with him but can you actually have a functional defense with him on the court
― Heez, Monday, 13 May 2024 01:05 (four months ago) link
read a landry fields quote that they are not interested in trading the pick which is exactly what someone who wants to maximize trade value would say, but maybe they just keep it and roll the dice with sarr.
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Monday, 13 May 2024 01:09 (four months ago) link
there’s 0% chance anybody is trading for the no 1 pick in this draft
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Monday, 13 May 2024 01:10 (four months ago) link
personally don’t think their young players or this pick project to be good enough for the hawks to rebuild around them unless they wanna be bad for like 5 years
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Monday, 13 May 2024 01:12 (four months ago) link
yeah could get pretty dicey
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 01:19 (four months ago) link
sarr seems fine whatever. him, trae and jalen could be cool. tbh i had no idea sarr existed before today
― Heez, Monday, 13 May 2024 01:22 (four months ago) link
yeah i think thats prob the way to go*
*idk if sarr is the guy there or what
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 01:24 (four months ago) link
i have been reading about sarr for all of 10 minutes but my goodness there has to be someone with more upside than him
― call all destroyer, Monday, 13 May 2024 01:35 (four months ago) link
im v v excited that the spurs could pull off both their starting lineup vacancies with these two picks. i dont think they need to necessarily start both players right away. despite their various flaws, there are PGs i like (sheppard, topic, dillingham) and wings (risacher, buzelis, holland). i watched sam vecenie go through a mock where theyd get risacher at 4 and dillingham at 8 which would be really fun.
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Monday, 13 May 2024 01:51 (four months ago) link
well ok
shams: Bronny James, the son of NBA superstar LeBron James, is expected to stay in the 2024 NBA Draft, league sources said.
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The younger James’ decision comes ahead of a big one for his father, who has to decide whether to opt into his $51.4 million player option to remain with the Los Angeles Lakers for 2024-25 by June 29. Team sources said last month the Lakers are very open to the prospect of helping LeBron fulfill his dream of playing with Bronny by potentially drafting him.
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 13:56 (four months ago) link
lol pleaaaase
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:49 (four months ago) link
Gotta draft him in the first round to make sure you get him!
― The Mandymoorian (Leee), Monday, 13 May 2024 17:03 (four months ago) link
Bronny James, listed height of 6'4" on every roster he's ever played on, measured just a half inch over 6'1" at the NBA Scouting Combine. 6'1" guys who averaged 5 points a game in college usually don't get drafted. I sure do wonnnnder what's different in Bronny's case...— Calvy J (@CJRealHoops1) May 13, 2024
lol
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 13 May 2024 20:59 (four months ago) link
oh man
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 21:02 (four months ago) link
I believe that belongs to Mr. Gilmore! https://t.co/qkOyL1SALS— Brian (@BrianJNBA) May 13, 2024
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 13 May 2024 22:20 (four months ago) link
lol that bronny is even going through this process tells you the lakers are going to take him
― call all destroyer, Monday, 13 May 2024 23:02 (four months ago) link
they should make sure they take him in the first round just in case
― ciderpress, Monday, 13 May 2024 23:16 (four months ago) link
they should trade up
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 23:17 (four months ago) link
Drafting Bronny is just a ploy to get the Thanassis for Bryce. Nothing to actually do with Lebron.
― Jeff, Monday, 13 May 2024 23:18 (four months ago) link
Year 5 of every sentence about the Pistons being worse than the last one pic.twitter.com/SxxKkrsp1U— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) May 13, 2024
this is a truly cursed excerpt
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 00:39 (four months ago) link
the league needs to intervene and rescue that franchise
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 02:40 (four months ago) link
lebron getting his podcast partner hired as coach would be so funny, it would be the crowning off-court achievement of his career
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 20:07 (four months ago) link
Brian Windhorst said NBA executives were sending him the famous "now why is that?" meme of himself after LeBron showed up at the Cavs-Celtics game in Cleveland last night. pic.twitter.com/JFSatt6XTU— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) May 14, 2024
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 20:08 (four months ago) link
"The Jazz have expressed interest in bringing Bronny in for an individual workout and could be interested in him with the 32nd pick, sources told Yahoo Sports," Peek wrote. "The franchise has been patiently rebuilding behind the leadership of Danny Ainge, and bringing in Bronny with the hopes of luring a superstar like LeBron could be the jump owner Ryan Smith is looking for to add a spark to the Jazz."
Ryan Smith on crack
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 May 2024 23:54 (four months ago) link
wade feeding that man a sack of lies lol
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Thursday, 16 May 2024 23:57 (four months ago) link
"The biggest message I want you to hear is that I would coach this team if it was on the moon," Budenholzer said, grinning. "I would coach this team if it was in Alaska. If these players were in Denmark. ... I would go anywhere to coach this team."
― symsymsym, Saturday, 18 May 2024 01:24 (four months ago) link
26 other franchises would go to the moon to coach this franchise
― symsymsym, Saturday, 18 May 2024 01:25 (four months ago) link
"i would coach this team if it was in the fourth circle of hell" c'mon bud let's put some real stakes on this thing
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 18 May 2024 01:27 (four months ago) link
denmark is really nice, I would coach any NBA team there
― symsymsym, Saturday, 18 May 2024 01:35 (four months ago) link
The Thunder should draft Zach Edey.Addresses their need for size. Adds a totally different interior ingredient to their offense. And if there’s anyone who can turn his touch into reliable 3-point shooting it’s Chip Engelland. Edey in OKC is a perfect fit.— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) May 19, 2024
every time kevin tweets stuff like this i want to ask him what it is like to say stupid things in public for a living
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 19 May 2024 02:55 (four months ago) link
lol amazing
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 May 2024 02:59 (four months ago) link
welcome to the offseason, OKC thunder
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 19 May 2024 03:01 (four months ago) link
we'll be seeing a lot more of them the next few years unless something goes horribly wrong
― ciderpress, Sunday, 19 May 2024 04:33 (four months ago) link