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As things stand now, would we get 3 #1's in the 2011 draft??

LogGrad98 said:
To take this on just a little tangent, if we have 2 lottery picks are both of them actually in the "lottery" or do we only get to draw out on the better pick. I guess what I am asking is, is it possible to get both #1 and #2 or #3 in the lottery?
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Yes. The lottery is based on the team that draft pick is originally based. Say a team has the worst record in the league, and the draft picks from the fifth worst team and the tenth worst team as well as its own, and the lotto balls say the worst record team gets the first pick, the tenth worst gets the second pick, and the fifth worst gets the third, then one team will indeed have the first three picks in the draft.
 
Darkwing Duck said:
Yes. The lottery is based on the team that draft pick is originally based. Say a team has the worst record in the league, and the draft picks from the fifth worst team and the tenth worst team as well as its own, and the lotto balls say the worst record team gets the first pick, the tenth worst gets the second pick, and the fifth worst gets the third, then one team will indeed have the first three picks in the draft.
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Thanks Duck I didn't know that was the case. I can't think of it ever actually happening, but it would be crazy. Imagine San Antonio if they had been able to draft Tim Duncan (#1) and Chauncy Billups (#3). Or if we had been able to draft Bogut (#1) and Williams (#3). I think that would be cool to see once. I don't necessarily hope that happens with us this year as this draft is not that great, but it would be a cool occurrence.

Although if it did we could package the #1 and #2 or whatever and probably get a very solid vet and future picks.
 
OK, thanks; so we traded our rights to the Grizzlie's round 1 pick as part of the Jefferson trade. Depending on the Grizzlie's ranking at season's end, Minnesota may or may not get it this year. Our own round 1 pick would go to Minnesota if we finish outside the bottom 16 teams at seasons end, which seems unlikely at this point... so we prolly will keep it.
"Weak drafts" are just projections by "experts", not hard facts; there are usually some players who aren't as good as they thought, and some who fly under the radar and become much better than expected...
 
NotDeadYet said:
OK, thanks; so we traded our rights to the Grizzlie's round 1 pick as part of the Jefferson trade. Depending on the Grizzlie's ranking at season's end, Minnesota may or may not get it this year. Our own round 1 pick would go to Minnesota if we finish outside the bottom 16 teams at seasons end, which seems unlikely at this point... so we prolly will keep it.
"Weak drafts" are just projections by "experts", not hard facts; there are usually some players who aren't as good as they thought, and some who fly under the radar and become much better than expected...
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You said it, experts have no idea how strong a draft will be. The 2009 draft was supposed to contend for the worst of all time. Flash forward 2 years and look at the players who emerged: Griffin, Evans, Curry, Harden, Lawson, Jennings, Derozan, Gibson. Well above average so far. This year's draft looks weak on paper because everyone is freshmen or international, so there are no gaudy stats to drool over.
 
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