Game Thread NBA Draft Lottery - May 12, 2025

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Castle might not be able to shoot. Harper might not be able to shoot.

Flagg/Wemby is insane. They didnt get that. Im trying to find a silver lining in this **** sandwich.

Yeah, but Harper feeding Wemby is like, **** me.

 

[jazznik]

The NBA has been rigged for 30 years. Why is anyone upset. This is wwf with a bouncy ball

Yeah, it is so rigged that this season will probably end with the 7th different team winning championship in 7 years.

 

[Hearsky]

The Luka trade not looking so bad anymore.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Here's the problem with the Jazz: The fans rabidly support the team no matter who is on the court. So there's no benefit to giving the Jazz a high lottery pick. We're a bunch of happy campers either way.

If we were rioting or burning Donovan Mitchell jerseys and calling for so-and-so to be fired, then we'd get more attention.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

It stinks bad.

Lebron leaves Cavs... they get 2 consecutive first picks.

Luka to LA. They get the first pick.

Lebron in the draft is from Cleveland... who gets the number 1?

Derrick rose is from Chicago... who gets #1?

Hurricane Katrina - New Orelans devastated... who gets the #1 pick?

If there is a major news story thst jeopardized a fan base, the league plays gods with the top pick.

Honestly, I dont know if I am watching a single game next year.

 

[fishonjazz]

I hope Ashley gets a UTI.

LMFAO

 

[kcgar]

I think this means that Spurs trade for Giannis

 

[framer]

Wonder if Dallas trades #1 for Giannis?

Nico trading it to the Sixers for Paul George. . .

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Yeah, but Harper feeding Wemby is like, **** me.

Harper isnt a PG imo and neither is Castle. They have two jumbo combo guards who I dont think fit well.

But yeah, a ton of talent, but I dont think Harper/Castle/Fox is a good trio in the backcourt for any of them individually.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Next year I want to be the fifth worst team in the NBA I think

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Just like Wemby lotto night. Not only is it a terrible Jazz result, but just everything else was as bad as it could be too. All these ****ing teams jumping ahead of us.

F U C K T H I S

 

[HadAnEffectHere]

Harper isnt a PG imo and neither is Castle. They have two jumbo combo guards who I dont think fit well.

But yeah, a ton of talent, but I dont think Harper/Castle/Fox is a good trio in the backcourt for any of them individually.

They're going to trade Harper and Castle for Giannis.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I think this means that Spurs trade for Giannis

Spurs, Mavs and Sixers are all contenders for Giannis now.

 

[fishonjazz]

Not sure the fanbase is going to be in any mood for that. I know I'm not.

Still
Fanbase doesn't make the decision to tank or not

 

[infection]

Obviously I wanted us to win and obviously I’m sitting on here for results, but I didn’t have nearly as much anxiety as I normally would. It’s kind of why I’m glad I’ve stepped back a large bit the past few years. We all love draft and the hopes of endless possibilities, but a bird in hand is worth so much more than a multitude in the bush but everyone felt they got burned bad enough to think our chances of winning it all are higher taking this route. Here we are. In recent threads, people have referred to our picks we got from Donovan/Rudy as “basically second rounders,” so ironically the most we may get out of all this is… our own picks. So you can tank the entire season and win the tank race and be here. It’s disappointing but really not that shocking to me. This is the reality of that path we took. We determined it’d be easier to get to a championship this way.

In reality, had we won this year, we would still need to take next year and land a high pick. That is, if we’re going to be contenders. It’s still such an uphill battle and the odds of us going g from here to contender in any soon-ish history (a decade) is so, so much smaller than our odds of having gone from where we were to championship before we blew it up. Just kind of the way it is and accepted that a few years ago, and the investment I’ve put into other avenues of my life have been much better for it.

 

[LogGrad98]

As a Mormon I never once prayed for him unless you count all the please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please, in my head. haha

So it's your fault! They needed one more prayer, that's all they needed! Thanks a lot!

 

[baka98]

The silver lining is that you simply can’t hope to tank your way out of a bad situation. You have to be proactive, not reactive. Jazz can’t be passive in building their team moving forward.

Not sure how the Jazz fix this, but hoping I’m definitely hoping Tre Johnson ends up being a franchise caliber player.

i hate to burst your bubble, but trey is not a franchise player...

 

[NUMBERICA]

The ****ing Spurs. The ****ing Spurs.

 

[jazznik]

Yeah, but Harper feeding Wemby is like, **** me.

Why should we care though? It looks like the Jazz will not be relevant in the next 5 years anyway.

 

[SojoDave]

Will the Spurs play Harper and Castle together? Outside shooting could be a problem?