The 5/19/2015 draft lottery

[CelticSooner]

Are Minnesota potential trading partners now? 

[LarBrd33]

OooOO... Dat Philly team gonna be so naughty.

DeAngelo Russell, Wroten, Saric, Noel, Embiid... Plus cap space to sign a couple max contract guys.   

[GreenGoggles]

The Lakers are now officially ahead of us in the rebuild.

They're going to get a franchise center... they seem to always get their franchise center.

This sucks. It's looking very good that the Lakers will be much better than us much sooner. As in 1 or 2 seasons.

[Ogaju]

You have to love the way the NBA parades these CPA firms as if they were incorruptible when they are actually the masters of corruption. Think about exactly what CPA firms do. They advise firms and individuals how to exploit loopholes in government regulations. Without CPA firms we do not have ENRON and we do not have the Wall Street Scandal, but we see billion dollar organizations still showcase these CPA firms as the paragons of virtue.

[Who]

Ah crap. Why does the best young prospect get stuck playing in basketball Siberia?

[GreenGoggles]

OooOO... Dat Philly team gonna be so naughty.

DeAngelo Russell, Wroten, Saric, Noel, Embiid... Plus cap space to sign a couple max contract guys.   

Wouldn't they have to save cap space to eventually re-sign those players?

[LarBrd33]

Are Minnesota potential trading partners now? 

They will definitely look to dump Pekovic.  They were looking to dump him last year.

[Tr1boy]

Wolves are taking Towns. No doubt about it

Lakers imo will trade down for Russel or Mudiay. Cant see them taking Okafor

[LarBrd33]

OooOO... Dat Philly team gonna be so naughty.

DeAngelo Russell, Wroten, Saric, Noel, Embiid... Plus cap space to sign a couple max contract guys.   

Wouldn't they have to save cap space to eventually re-sign those players?

No.  You can exceed the cap to re-sign your own players.  And in a couple years the cap is 100 mil anyways.

[Who]

I hope Mudiay goes top 3.

I'd hate to see him get drafted by NYK and get stuck in the Triangle offense.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

The Lakers are now officially ahead of us in the rebuild.

They're going to get a franchise center... they seem to always get their franchise center.

To give you some hope, remember that Bynum didn't really work out for them, and every other Lakers franchise center was acquired via trade (I think)—Wilt, Kareem, Shaq.

[LarBrd33]

Wolves are taking Towns. No doubt about it

Lakers imo will trade down for Russel or Mudiay. Cant see them taking Okafor

Why not?  Okafor and Randle is a nice pairing. I guess neither is great defensively?  Hmm... interesting.  Also interesting considering they will probably be signing Kevin Love this summer.   They'll have to trade someone... most likely Randle.   

Take Okafor, Sign Love and Rondo, trade Randle + something for an equal talent of a different position.

[blink]

I am happy for Minn.  Wiggins + Towns (or Oka) + dieng + rubio + lavine is a nice start to their rebuilding efforts.

I wonder if the rumors of Fred Hoiberg to Minny, instead of the bulls start to pop back up?

[Who]

Was there a report recently saying Flip Saunders preferred Okafor to Towns?

[esel1000]

I am happy for Minn.  Wiggins + Towns (or Oka) + dieng + rubio + lavine is a nice start to their rebuilding efforts.

I wonder if the rumors of Fred Hoiberg to Minny, instead of the bulls start to pop back up?

They better take Towns I'd much rather LAL got Okafor...