Just for fun, but that 1st rounder...

[DivingCowens]

I haven't heard anything about for how long it remains top 10 or top 5 protected.  But if it is lifted next year, I had a fun thought when I was just listening to Doc and Austin on ESPN radio.  He made some comment like he was going to stay for four years, but nobody buys that.  What if Doc stays one more year and then we pick up a high enough pick to get him (whether through trade or otherwise)?  I have to admit that I was a huge... H-U-G-E... critic of Doc at the beginning.  But now, looking at the NBA and the last few years, I would just as soon have him around in perpetuity.  Would he stick around to coach his son?

Just a funny image that popped in my head which I wanted to share.

[Roy H.]

The pick is top-10 protected until 2016, when it becomes unprotected.

Rivers will be long-since graduated at that point, unfortunately.

[DivingCowens]

[dang].  Feel free to remove post   I looked everywhere to find that but couldn't.

[droopdog7]

[dang].  Feel free to remove post   I looked everywhere to find that but couldn't.

Not just that but we also don't have a choice when we get it.  If the pick falls outside of the top ten in 2012 (which is conceivable), then we get it no matter what.  So we can't just wait and take it when we feel like it.