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Post by Aubrey Graham on May 30, 2012 20:25:46 GMT
Tonight 8 PM ET ESPN Lottery teams Charlotte Bobcats Washington Wizards Cleveland Cavaliers New Orleans Hornets Sacramento Kings *Brooklyn Nets or Portland Trailblazers *Golden St. Warriors or Utah Jazz Toronto Raptors Detroit Pistons Minnesota Timberwolves Portland Trailblazers Milwaukee Bucks Phoenix Suns Houston Rockets *Nets 1st round pick is top 3 protected. Blazers receive the pick otherwise. *Warriors 1st round pick is top 7 protected. Jazz receiver it otherwise via Nets *T-Wolves pick is conveyed to the Hornets via the Clippers.
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Post by Alex English on May 30, 2012 20:42:01 GMT
Lets go Raptors! 10% chance of moving into the top 3.
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Post by Aubrey Graham on May 30, 2012 21:01:51 GMT
Lets go Raptors! 10% chance of moving into the top 3. I'm always expecting the worse when it comes to the Raps tbh
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JJ Savage
Founding OKC Thunder GM
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Post by JJ Savage on May 30, 2012 22:55:03 GMT
I hope my kings get it. With all the arena nonsense in sacramento. They need Davis to sell tickets
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Post by Andrei Kirilenko on May 30, 2012 23:37:10 GMT
Nets really need this... fingers crossed!
Also, go Bobcats!
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Otis Smith
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Post by Otis Smith on May 30, 2012 23:47:30 GMT
With how shamelessly the warriors tanked at the end of the year it would be hilarious to see them lose their first rounder still.
I hope also the Nets lose their first rounder so Billy King will finally be blacklisted from the NBA, underrated worst GM in the NBA. Actually as a Raps fan I'm hoping he stays with a divisional rival.
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Post by Walt Frazier on May 31, 2012 0:04:50 GMT
With how shamelessly the warriors tanked at the end of the year it would be hilarious to see them lose their first rounder still. I hope also the Nets lose their first rounder so Billy King will finally be blacklisted from the NBA, underrated worst GM in the NBA. Actually as a Raps fan I'm hoping he stays with a divisional rival. Haha, as a Knicks fan, agreed!
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Otis Smith
Former Rockets GM
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Post by Otis Smith on May 31, 2012 0:08:31 GMT
My goodness the espn on abc studio analysts are godawful. Can someone please take Magic off TV.
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Post by Walt Frazier on May 31, 2012 0:18:48 GMT
Wow I really don't remember a draft w/ that little amount of movement! Should be interesting to see who gets the top pick!
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Post by Walt Frazier on May 31, 2012 0:21:31 GMT
Pick 3 Goes to:
Washington Wizards!
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Post by Walt Frazier on May 31, 2012 0:21:49 GMT
Pick 2 - Charlotte Bobcats!!!
That means!!! #1 pick is the Hornets!!! HOly crap
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Post by Andrei Kirilenko on May 31, 2012 0:22:43 GMT
I bet David Stern is pissed
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Post by Walt Frazier on May 31, 2012 0:22:59 GMT
What does everyone think? Who goes where?
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Otis Smith
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Post by Otis Smith on May 31, 2012 0:23:52 GMT
The fix is freaking in. Proably Stern told the Bensons that if they bought the Hornets at higher then normal buying price AND keep it in New Orleans he would be heavily compensated.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist in the least but this is fishy. Real fucking Fishy.
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Post by Clyde Drexler on May 31, 2012 0:31:10 GMT
Haha makes you wonder...
Oh and the Bobcats will continue to suck
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Post by Alex English on May 31, 2012 0:42:56 GMT
Well Anthony Davis is going to New Orleans. I just hope Tom Benson didn't negotiate that as part of buying the Hornets. I doubt it but it makes you wonder..
Shitty for the Bobcats though, they desperately needed a franchise player.
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Lucas Lutkus
Former Bobcats GM
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Post by Lucas Lutkus on May 31, 2012 1:02:16 GMT
Damn! Poor Bobcats I hate the NEW ORLEANS Hornets
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Post by Walt Frazier on May 31, 2012 1:02:53 GMT
Hey I really like the guys after Davis, so it's not like the Bobcats are screwed. They still get the 2nd pick, some AWESOME players there.
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Lucas Lutkus
Former Bobcats GM
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Post by Lucas Lutkus on May 31, 2012 1:08:43 GMT
Hey I really like the guys after Davis, so it's not like the Bobcats are screwed. They still get the 2nd pick, some AWESOME players there. Yeah, you have Drummond, Robinson and... for me, the best player on the entire draft class, Kidd-Gilchrist. But, except for Gilchrist and Davis, there's no players that you can build a franchise around and i doubt that MJ is drafting Gilchrist :\
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Post by Alex English on May 31, 2012 1:18:16 GMT
Yeah there are some damn good players after Davis but he is a head above everybody else.
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Post by Rubén Magnano on May 31, 2012 3:03:59 GMT
I am happy for Hornets.
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Larry Bird
Indiana Pacers
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Post by Larry Bird on May 31, 2012 16:09:06 GMT
Jack - Gordon - Aminu - Landry - Davis Wallace - Henderson - Kidd-Gilchrist - Biyombo - Mullens
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Post by thegame on May 31, 2012 17:22:44 GMT
This draft was so damn rigged, the Nba still owns New Orleans, with Gordon potentially leaving they have nothing. This pick just made them relevant.
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Post by Oscar Robertson on May 31, 2012 20:25:08 GMT
This draft was so damn rigged, the Nba still owns New Orleans, with Gordon potentially leaving they have nothing. This pick just made them relevant. Maybe Gordon will stay now.
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Post by Rubén Magnano on May 31, 2012 22:15:47 GMT
This draft was so damn rigged, the Nba still owns New Orleans, with Gordon potentially leaving they have nothing. This pick just made them relevant. Maybe Gordon will stay now. Gordon is a restricted FA.
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Jackie Moon
Former Pelicans GM
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Post by Jackie Moon on Jun 1, 2012 0:59:44 GMT
Its too unlikely for this to happen. LeBron leaves CLE, CLE gets first pick. Paul leaves NO, NO gets 1st pick. I honestly think its rigged.
And for anyone who wants to bring up how the Jazz or Nuggets didnt get a first round pick when their star left, those teams were in a lot better position.
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Dan Gilbert
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Post by Dan Gilbert on Jun 1, 2012 1:01:19 GMT
They even brought up how Washington lost their 'star player' Arenas and they ended up with the #1
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Post by Alex English on Jun 1, 2012 1:38:19 GMT
Its too unlikely for this to happen. LeBron leaves CLE, CLE gets first pick. Paul leaves NO, NO gets 1st pick. I honestly think its rigged. And for anyone who wants to bring up how the Jazz or Nuggets didnt get a first round pick when their star left, those teams were in a lot better position. Yeah but you can make a storyline no matter what happens. Had the Bobcats won it would have been because Stern was giving Michael Jordan the number 1 pick. Had Cleveland won again it would have been the Lebron thing again this year. Had the Kings won it would have been because Stern is trying to keep them from moving out of town. There would have been a story to fuel the conspiracy for whatever team won it. It wouldn't even surprise me if they have been rigging it but trying to prove that a game of chance is rigged is incredibly difficult.
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Post by thegame on Jun 1, 2012 4:04:57 GMT
i believe this draft was rigged, the Kyrie one was not as the first pick technically was the clippers.
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JP Inawat
Former Suns GM
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Post by JP Inawat on Jun 1, 2012 6:12:52 GMT
In probability, anything can happen. NO's 13.7% is only half as good as the Bobcats' 25%. Saying this year's draft is less rigged than last year where the Cavs' Clippers pick only had a 2.8% chance of getting the top pick is quite a ridiculous accusation...
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