C's pick could be higher than the Clippers pick in 2012

[droopdog7]

Thanks.  And regardless, having two 1st round picks in a deep draft could be very helpful.

Roy is right?  Okay, I am kidding.  And while I don't have a link, I am about 100% sure that I am right on this one.

Guys! This is NOT just a LAC pick:
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 In 2012, the Celtics would receive the lesser of the Clippers first-round pick or the T'Wolves' first-round pick (Marko Jaric trade)
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As long as it is outside the top 11.


Which pick is more likely to be outside the top 11?  

Plus, my guess is that the potential of that pick going to Boston was eliminated in their trade.

Since LA essentially got to choose which pick we got -- it was always the worse of the two -- they should be able to say "Never mind.  If that Twolves pick is actually worse than our original pick, we'll eat it".  The protection was in there for the Clippers benefit, not ours, so I'm sure it was struck out.

Im sure too.

At what point is this Clipper pick unprotected? It might make sense for the Celtics to wait 5-7 years at this point...

It is not the Celts choice.  Basically, anytime the pick fall outside the top 10, it goes to the Celts.  No option to refuse it form our end.

That's not how I understood the pick back when the trade went down. Do you have a link or can someone else verify?

As far as I know, droopdog is correct; I haven't heard anything about a rollover option.  The only caveats I've seen regarding the pick are that it's top-10 protected (until something like 2016), and the Clips could have sent us the Twolves pick if both picks fell outside the top 10.

Hmm... so based on that info why is that the assumption? I always thought of this pick like the Denver pick used on the Joe Johnson draft a few years back in that every year the protection decreases and we can use it when we want. That's how I understood it anyway but your probably right, Roy. Bummer...

Hey, I tp'd you too. Twice now. 

[BballTim]

And as for Chris Paul... if we can take the time machine back to the playoffs of 2011, I think we're all set.

  ...but only to a couple of games from the 2011 playoffs. The other games, not so other worldly.

[xmuscularghandix]

Stop watching Sportscenter, The Clippers gave up their 2nd best player to get CP3. They have no bench, and Deandre Jordan will be playing his first season as a full time starter.

They will be similar to CP3's Hornets. Ball dominating PG, Alley-oop factory for a center (chandler), and the one difference in Blake Griffin. But something will go wrong with the Clippers... Caron Butler won't make a difference.

Too many potential knee problems, i feel the Clipper curse approaching.

[European NBA fan]

The Clippers dont have the Minnesota pick anymore, it was traded to Hornets.