Game Thread NBA Draft Lottery - May 12, 2025

David Hume said:

My wife is an actress who used to appear in sitcoms when she was a teenager in the 1980s (in Puerto Rico, completely unknown in the states). She always said that people in TV/theatre strived to be a "Triple Threat" meaning you could sing, dance, and act. Looks were important too...

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You are one lucky man my friend…

kcgar said:

I don't think you have seen her in the recent Netflix show, The Residence. You are probably going to change your mind

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Oh.. is it worth a watch?

Haven't seen her since i was a teenager actually.. lol..

jazznik said:

This thread has the most inane and meaningless posts. Because in reality there is nothing to talk about before the lottery day.

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We should close the forum so we don't continue to waste any precious bandwidth.

Coach Ellis said:

Since they flattened the odds

2019
Worst team - NYK fell to 3rd overall
7th worst New Orleans moved up to #1

2020
Worst team - Golden State fell to 2nd overall
3rd worst Minnesota moved up to #1

2021
Worst team - Houston fell to 2nd overall
2nd worst Detroit moved up to #1

2022
Worst team - Houston fell to 3rd overall
2nd worst Orlando moved up to #1

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why are you saying the worst team "fell"? all of these teams moved up by defying the odds (which favored them to pick fifth).

The Jazz Wonderbra said:

There sure are a lot of glass half empty farts out there...

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would be more accurate to say "glass 86% empty farts". and yes, I am one.

The Midnight said:

Oh.. is it worth a watch?

Haven't seen her since i was a teenager actually.. lol..

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It was a good show. She is a very minor character that plays herself. Also, I am all for aging gracefully, especially without plastic surgery, but she is not what she used to be. Not that there's anything wrong with that

r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t said:

why are you saying the worst team "fell"? all of these teams moved up by defying the odds (which favored them to pick fifth).

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Actually, that’s a great point, and exactly how I’m looking at the Jazz situation. There’s 5 guys that I’m elated to get, but my excitement grows exponentially for each spot above 5 that the Jazz move up to.

Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:

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Say it with me!

The crazy thing about all this is Jazz have never moved up with their own pick right? We moved up with Brooklyn's pick to get Enes (lol)and in the Dwill draft we traded up... we traded up for Mitchell too. Pretty wild to have a winning % in the top 5 or 6 since the team moved to SLC in '79(but no title... Phenoix the only other one in top 10 without a title? We were 4th at one point a few seasons back behind just the Lakers, Celtics and Spurs). I have not run the numbers since) and no moving up in draft.

It dawns on me more than ever how much things change if we get #1..