11.9% chance of winning the draft lottery as of today

[PhoSita]

My biggest worry is that the Lakers keep tanking, and end up with the No. 1 pick.  That would just suck.

The Lakers are probably going to end up with a pretty good player in this year's draft.  Might as well just get used to the idea.

[Quetzalcoatl]

I've seen reports that the Lakers and New Orleans are both totally fixated on Saric.  The Lakers' forums are the only ones where fans are more positive than negative on him.

http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=165995

I think he will be good.  Anyways, it's really unlikely that the Lakers get the 1st pick. 

[chambers]

The draft isn't over after the first pick.

I'm aware.

There are actually at least a handful of players I'd be happy with, particularly in the top 5.

Gordon is just not one of them.   That, and it's still too much of a crap shoot for me to support intentionally going after it.

The entire NBA is a crapshoot too though. Trading for guys like KG and Ray Allen is a crapshoot. You gotta have the assets and pieces ready though when players like that become available and having one of those top 5 picks is a monstrous trade asset if we want a star next to Rondo.
If we can get lucky and get what appear to be the two most 'sure things' in Embiid or Parker we are likely on a rebuild road that looks more like the Thunder than the Hawks or Bucks. If not then we can dangle some pretty juicy bacon on draft night.

[lightspeed5]

we're going to continue losing.

[celticmania]

Id be happy with a top 4 picks
Jabari Parker
Dante Exum
Joel Embiid
Andrew Wiggins

In that order

At worst our pick will be 5-7
Smart
Randle
Lavine
Vonleh
Young

Are all great prospects too but not as good as the first four

[SHAQATTACK]

DA needs to let the the young guy play ...a lot .....a whole lot .....as in Bass needs to ride the bench......winning if you can with the young ones .....if not that's all the better for drafting.

I think Danny needs to let KO play 35 minutes a game regardless of the outcome........

[Celtics18]

DA needs to let the the young guy play ...a lot .....a whole lot .....as in Bass needs to ride the bench......winning if you can with the young ones .....if not that's all the better for drafting.

I think Danny needs to let KO play 35 minutes a game regardless of the outcome........

I think coach Stevens gets to make his own decisions as to the rotations and minute allocations. 

[clover]

DA needs to let the the young guy play ...a lot .....a whole lot .....as in Bass needs to ride the bench......winning if you can with the young ones .....if not that's all the better for drafting.

I think Danny needs to let KO play 35 minutes a game regardless of the outcome........

I think coach Stevens gets to make his own decisions as to the rotations and minute allocations.

I think Stevens is helping the cause by playing the players they need to showcase right now.

Danny will likely move Bass and someone else soon enough and KO will probably be starting fairly soon.

[droopdog7]

The two guys I don't want are randle and Gordon.  Both tweeners that won't be all that in the nba.  So I am hoping we can get top five.

[freshinthehouse]

I can see that argument for Gordon but Randle looks plenty big for a PF in the NBA.  I guess we'll find out for sure during the pre-draft camp measurements but he looks like he's a legit 6'9" in shoes.

[LilRip]

what're the odds of us landing any one of the top 3 picks if we have the 5th worst record in the league? how about the 4th worst? or 3rd worst?

No one is "catching" the Bucks or the Magic in terms of lottery odds, but it's feasible that Philly and/or Utah begins to win more.

[Celtics18]

what're the odds of us landing any one of the top 3 picks if we have the 5th worst record in the league? how about the 4th worst? or 3rd worst?

No one is "catching" the Bucks or the Magic in terms of lottery odds, but it's feasible that Philly and/or Utah begins to win more.

Fifth worst=29.2% chance at a top three pick.

Fourth worst=37.8%.

Third worst=46.9%.

[freshinthehouse]

TP+ for the info Celtics18.  Man oh man would I love to land in the top 3 in this draft.

[indeedproceed]

I've seen reports that the Lakers and New Orleans are both totally fixated on Saric.  The Lakers' forums are the only ones where fans are more positive than negative on him.

http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=165995

I think he will be good.  Anyways, it's really unlikely that the Lakers get the 1st pick.

I'm optimistic about Saric only because of how hard DraftExpress has been praising him. Was bummed when he dropped out of the draft last summer , was sure we we're takin him or the Greek Freak.

[indeedproceed]

we're going to continue losing.

Lol. Yes, yes this is true.