What do you do if we win the lottery?

[lightspeed5]

The "NBA HELL" group here will be very. very angry and mad!!!!!

ahah

[lightspeed5]

the guy who posted earlier, who would pick  Tarczewski  over wiggins is out of his mind

[Smokeeye123]

I think it would be funny if we ended up with the 4th record and got the 7th pick ****

The outrage will be enormous

[PhoSita]

Look forward to a decade or more of Wiggins (hopefully).

[nickagneta]

I think it would be funny if we ended up with the 4th record and got the 7th pick ****

The outrage will be enormous

Said the same thing yesterday and got killed for it. You are right. The macabre, dark, ironic humor of it is just out there. It would suck and I wouldn't be happy. But it would be very funny.

[Celtics18]

I think it would be funny if we ended up with the 4th record and got the 7th pick ****

The outrage will be enormous

Said the same thing yesterday and got killed for it. You are right. The macabre, dark, ironic humor of it is just out there. It would suck and I wouldn't be happy. But it would be very funny.

An even better twist would be if that happened and we ended up taking a player who turned out to have a better pro career than any of the six guys picked in front of him. 

[PhoSita]

I think it would be funny if we ended up with the 4th record and got the 7th pick ****

The outrage will be enormous

Said the same thing yesterday and got killed for it. You are right. The macabre, dark, ironic humor of it is just out there. It would suck and I wouldn't be happy. But it would be very funny.

I'm not sure I see the humor of it.  That sort of situation would really just be unfortunate.  And for all the people who have nothing but distaste for all the tank talk, a result like that in the lottery only makes it more likely that the team is bad again next year.  How does another year of tank talk and disappointment with the lack of talent on the roster sound?

[PhoSita]

I think it would be funny if we ended up with the 4th record and got the 7th pick ****

The outrage will be enormous

Said the same thing yesterday and got killed for it. You are right. The macabre, dark, ironic humor of it is just out there. It would suck and I wouldn't be happy. But it would be very funny.

An even better twist would be if that happened and we ended up taking a player who turned out to have a better pro career than any of the six guys picked in front of him.

This, however, would be funny.

Like say if we got Noah Vonleh at #7 and he turns out to be a more defensively-adept version of Chris Bosh.

[Celtics18]

I think it would be funny if we ended up with the 4th record and got the 7th pick ****

The outrage will be enormous

Said the same thing yesterday and got killed for it. You are right. The macabre, dark, ironic humor of it is just out there. It would suck and I wouldn't be happy. But it would be very funny.

An even better twist would be if that happened and we ended up taking a player who turned out to have a better pro career than any of the six guys picked in front of him.

This, however, would be funny.

Like say if we got Noah Vonleh at #7 and he turns out to be a more defensively-adept version of Chris Bosh.

Exactly.  Or, if Aaron Gordon really is the next Shawn Marion.  Or, if Saric decides to come over and becomes a better Toni Kukoc.  Or, if TJ Warren or Nik Stauskas or the Big Jusuf or Clint Capela . . .

[PhoSita]

I think it would be funny if we ended up with the 4th record and got the 7th pick ****

The outrage will be enormous

Said the same thing yesterday and got killed for it. You are right. The macabre, dark, ironic humor of it is just out there. It would suck and I wouldn't be happy. But it would be very funny.

An even better twist would be if that happened and we ended up taking a player who turned out to have a better pro career than any of the six guys picked in front of him.

This, however, would be funny.

Like say if we got Noah Vonleh at #7 and he turns out to be a more defensively-adept version of Chris Bosh.

Exactly.  Or, if Aaron Gordon really is the next Shawn Marion.  Or, if Saric decides to come over and becomes a better Toni Kukoc.  Or, if TJ Warren or Nik Stauskas or the Big Jusuf or Clint Capela . . .

How about this -- we get a top 3 pick and take one of the Holy Trinity.

Then the guy we select at #18 turns out to be better than any of the top 3.

[nickagneta]

  How does another year of tank talk and disappointment with the lack of talent on the roster sound?

Like I would be retiring from the blog.

Also, the C's could get the number one pick and still suck next year and we could have another year of tank talk. We could then win the lottery in 2015 and still suck the following year and have the blog littered with yet another year of tank talk.

Let's face it, drafting that high is no guarantee of a faster turnaround. Building through the draft is usually a very long and very painful process that guarantees nothing except having the absolute best prospects, usually extremely young players not ready to play winning NBA basketball, playing for your team.

[Celtics18]

I think it would be funny if we ended up with the 4th record and got the 7th pick ****

The outrage will be enormous

Said the same thing yesterday and got killed for it. You are right. The macabre, dark, ironic humor of it is just out there. It would suck and I wouldn't be happy. But it would be very funny.

An even better twist would be if that happened and we ended up taking a player who turned out to have a better pro career than any of the six guys picked in front of him.

This, however, would be funny.

Like say if we got Noah Vonleh at #7 and he turns out to be a more defensively-adept version of Chris Bosh.

Exactly.  Or, if Aaron Gordon really is the next Shawn Marion.  Or, if Saric decides to come over and becomes a better Toni Kukoc.  Or, if TJ Warren or Nik Stauskas or the Big Jusuf or Clint Capela . . .

How about this -- we get a top 3 pick and take one of the Holy Trinity.

Then the guy we select at #18 turns out to be better than any of the top 3.

Now you're playing the game the way it's meant to be played. 

[Celtics18]

  How does another year of tank talk and disappointment with the lack of talent on the roster sound?

Like I would be retiring from the blog.

Also, the C's could get the number one pick and still suck next year and we could have another year of tank talk. We could then win the lottery in 2015 and still suck the following year and have the blog littered with yet another year of tank talk.

Let's face it, drafting that high is no guarantee of a faster turnaround. Building through the draft is usually a very long and very painful process that guarantees nothing except having the absolute best prospects, usually extremely young players not ready to play winning NBA basketball, playing for your team.

It's a dirty truth:  Teams that draft high are teams that suck.  Teams that suck generally continue to suck, but because they suck, they continue to draft high.  This gives the fans hope that someday they'll stop sucking . . . as long as they can just suck it up to suck enough for just a little while longer . . .

It's a hideous cycle.  And, then of course, every once in a while a team like the Thunder comes along and makes everybody think it's a great strategy.   In reality, mostly it isn't.  It just sucks. 

[PhoSita]

  How does another year of tank talk and disappointment with the lack of talent on the roster sound?

Like I would be retiring from the blog.

Also, the C's could get the number one pick and still suck next year and we could have another year of tank talk. We could then win the lottery in 2015 and still suck the following year and have the blog littered with yet another year of tank talk.

Let's face it, drafting that high is no guarantee of a faster turnaround. Building through the draft is usually a very long and very painful process that guarantees nothing except having the absolute best prospects, usually extremely young players not ready to play winning NBA basketball, playing for your team.

Yup, you got it.

I think drafting higher means you have a better chance of getting somebody who can get the fans excited, though.

Those Seattle teams with Durant didn't win too many games at first, but I bet the fans were having fun watching him figure out the game.

I'll bet New Orleans Pelicans fans are pretty excited to watch The Brow.

[KGs Knee]

Well, just because I loathe tanking doesn't mean I won't be happy as can be if we win the lottery.  It is possible to separate the two.

Besides the reasons I've stated in the past for my feelings on tanking, I just don't think the 'prize' is worth the 'cost'.