2013 CelticsBlog Draft - 25 Teams Total - Draft Lottery Morning of 8/16

[AB_Celtic]

We might be adding a team depending on how things work out. Any suggestions of East vs West or which team to add.

Raps or Jazz

[rondoallaturca]

Get rid of Phoenix and add Sacramento!!! All-Californai Pacific Division please! And then add Toronto. Let's be respectful of our only international team in the NBA.

[ChampKind]

My press conference will be pretty bare bones, and I might not be able to be all that quick on trade responses, but I think I can carve out some time if there's still space. If not, no worries.

[Roy H.]

We might be adding a team depending on how things work out. Any suggestions of East vs West or which team to add.

Raps or Jazz

Bucks or Jazz.  If the GM in question is ChampKind, it has to be Milwaukee.

[ChampKind]

We might be adding a team depending on how things work out. Any suggestions of East vs West or which team to add.

Raps or Jazz

Bucks or Jazz.  If the GM in question is ChampKind, it has to be Milwaukee.

Oh god yes.

[nickagneta]

Cool. Champkind is in. TP.

That might send us to 26 teams. Still awaiting word from KGs Knee and fitzhickey.

If you read this guys respond to PMs because I would like to do my part of the draft lottery tomorrow night before I go to bed. Then when I get up I will publish the results and the trade negotiations can commence!!!!

[nickagneta]

Bunch of new guys this year, which is excellent. Word to the wise. If you get a trade proposal and think it sounds good.

STOP!!!!

SEEK ADVISE ON THE FAIRNESS OF THE TRADE!!!

THEN,

SHOP THAT TRADE! SHOP THAT TRADE!

[AB_Celtic]

Then when I get up I will publish the results and the trade negotiations can commence!!!!

I'm excited.

[nickagneta]

BTW, my first thought on the extra team was Toronto, as it makes it international.

But if it is two teams, gotta be one East and one West, so I am thinking the best franchises that were omitted were the Jazz and the Bucks.

[KGs Knee]

Question for those who have left a draft list with someone; how well do you find this works out well?

[indeedproceed]

Question for those who have left a draft list with someone; how well do you find this works out well?

Leave it with the commissioner. If he screws it up, he'll go back and fix it.

[KGs Knee]

I suppose I should have been more specific.  More interested in the strategical aspect.

Apologies

[Roy H.]

I suppose I should have been more specific.  More interested in the strategical aspect.

Apologies

I think lists work great.  Obviously, the shorter the list the better; it's easier to come up with a strategy when you're choosing between four players than 24 of them.  However, even long lists often yield good results; you'd be surprised the number of times (in later rounds) when you make a list of 30 guys, and the guy you had ranked #3 for your team is still there.

[indeedproceed]

Lists work well as long as you're comfortable with what you're sending in.

Example: I've seen lists for people who had multiple picks on one round, or were going to miss more than one round that went:

Option 1:
Pick 1**:
Player A
Player B
Pick 2:
Player C, PLayer D

**If player A and B are not there, please go on to Option 2.

Option 2:
Pick 1:
Player C
Player D
PPlayer E
Pick 2:
Player D
Player F
Player G

You can make it as complicated as you want as long as you trust the person you're sending it to, and they're cool with the responserbility.

[KGs Knee]

Thanks for the input guys.