The Draft Lottery thread

[greg683x]

heather cox is with andrew wiggins who wishes to retract his statement about how he should be #1

Because he's holding out for Milwaukee?

its a joke man.  laugh a little, you'll live longer.

[BballTim]

We tanked too hard. If only we had won those 33 or so games that I thought they would win when the season started....we would have the #1 pick!!!!

   I had the same thought. Too much tanking killed our draft. Go figure.

[fitzhickey]

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In a league where star talent is paramount, this draft lottery shows yet again why the NBA has so many teams that stay bad. Yes, coaching and management matter a lot, but when a team with 3 recent top 5 picks (and 2#1's) on their current roster tries to make the playoffs and misses out by not that much can somehow still land the top pick in a stacked draft (with a 1.9% chance of doing so), the league yet again rewards dumb luck. I figured we wouldn't win the lottery (b/c we never do), but I really don't like a pretty good (on paper) team getting the top pick. The Bucks are legitimately awful. The Sixers are legitimately awful (largely due to shameless tanking). The Cavs? They are mediocre (and should have been a playoff team had they been run better). Argh. I hate the draft lottery. Always have. The worst teams should get the best picks. Period. This is absurd. Granted, its Cleveland, and they might mess it up, but still, no team with that much talent should get the #1 pick.

[sinbad]

The NBA Cavaliers trade LeBron James to the Miami Heat for three #1 overall picks...and still the Heat win the trade.

[sofutomygaha]

What are the odds, statheads?

the odds were 34%

Can't believe Cleveland is going to be trotting out three top picks next year, and they'll still be terrible.

[SHAQATTACK]

MAN 3 LOTTERY WINS IN 4 YEARS? what the heck man

Yeah......if the Celtics had THREE thousand years of lottery picks ......we d. Never get more than two in a Rowe


Something stinks ......those odds are astronomical they could do that .....they got LBJ too .....

I think the plan where .....Lottery top three can NOT repeat or be in the lottery in consecutive years needs to happen.

It's the same teams every year .....once they have their shot , they need to go,to the end of the line

[sofutomygaha]

do you guys think that the Embiid camp stonewalls the Cavs workout/exam requests?

[Casperian]

What are the odds, statheads?

the odds were 34%

I doubt the Cavs had a 34% chance to win 3 lotteries in 4 years

[j804]

Now I'm cranky. A Heat loss would make me feel better.

[SHAQATTACK]

So we get Gordon or Smart

Lakers get Love


We lose Rondo


So.......I d fire the nut ...that won those last games we should have tanked 

Get another horrible nobody coach and Tank the season again.....trade everybody.....but Sully and KO

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

Wiggins went from all smiles "I want to be #1" to fake smile "well if he goes #1 I'll be happy for him." LOL

[knuckleballer]

do you guys think that the Embiid camp stonewalls the Cavs workout/exam requests?

I think Embiid, Wiggins, and Parker will all stonewall Cleveland.  Exum won't know what hit him when he lands in Cleveland.  He may opt to stay in Australia.

[GreenWarrior]

MAN 3 LOTTERY WINS IN 4 YEARS? what the heck man

Yeah......if the Celtics had THREE thousand years of lottery picks ......we d. Never get more than two in a Rowe


Something stinks ......those odds are astronomical they could do that .....they got LBJ too .....

I think the plan where .....Lottery top three can repeat or be in the lottery in consecutive years needs to happen.

It's the same teams every year .....once they have their shot , they need to go,to the end of the line

I think Cleveland is getting paid back by the league. they wanted LeBron in a better city. they did it for new Orleans when they got screwed out of chris paul and now they're doing it for Cleveland.

[acieEarl]

Went from not wanting Gordon, to I'd be happy if he's there at 6. Vondual is fine at 6th as well.