Marc Stein: Jazz-Warriors discuss pre-Lottery trade (Source says trade "likely")

[Mission Accomplished]

KOC is a donkey

 

[zross1]

Everybody flip 2 coins and see if u get 2 heads or 2 tails. (call it first)....
That is roughly the chance we have now

Are you being pessimistic or realistic? F it,either way your right.

 

[Dr. Jones]

So if we get #8, you think we trade it or keep the pick?

 

[orangello]

So if we get #8, you think we trade it or keep the pick?

I think it will be used to shed an unwanted contract while still getting a pick in the late lottery. (Houston)

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

How badly would it suck if a team currently slotted 8th-14th jump ahead of the Warriors, but then the Warriors also jump into the top 3?

I can definitely see Detroit and/or Toronto jumping into the top 3 pushing the pick back a spot. I could also see Brooklyn jump into the top 3. It would be just Stern's style.

 

[Weezur]

OK, I just did it--called 2 heads, and got 2 heads. First try.

Hell yes.

Are you being pessimistic or realistic? F it,either way your right.

Realistic...with a 2% chance of pessimistic.

For the record, I called 2 heads and got 1 heads 1 tails.

 

[mellow]

New Orleans (part of the purchase agreement), New Jersey..uh Brooklyn ( new town), and GS (new owner and new town) are my picks for winning the 'lottery'.

 

[orangello]

How badly would it suck if a team currently slotted 8th-14th jump ahead of the Warriors, but then the Warriors also jump into the top 3?

I can definitely see Detroit and/or Toronto jumping into the top 3 pushing the pick back a spot. I could also see Brooklyn jump into the top 3. It would be just Stern's style.

I think Stern wants to teach GS a lesson about blatantly tanking. They didn't even try to hide the fact that they were tanking.

 

[GVC]

I think it will be used to shed an unwanted contract while still getting a pick in the late lottery. (Houston)

The Jazz don't really have any bad contracts at the moment.

 

[BENTLEY]

How badly would it suck if a team currently slotted 8th-14th jump ahead of the Warriors, but then the Warriors also jump into the top 3?

I can definitely see Detroit and/or Toronto jumping into the top 3 pushing the pick back a spot. I could also see Brooklyn jump into the top 3. It would be just Stern's style.

I'm wondering how Stern perceives the Warriors and if he likes the storyline of GSW moving into the top 3 (or keeping the pick at 7). Both storylines, from my Jazzfans pov, reward tanking. But after Bill Simmons article on the history of bad luck for that crap organization, I wonder if he wants to give them a positive in their perpetually negative storyline.

But on second thought - if Stern really wanted to tell the story of how they finally got some good luck he would have preceded it with them losing the coin flip (a negative before the ultimate positive). No, they already got their positive. Their pick falls back to 8th.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I heard the Raptors will look to trade their pick if they don't move into the top 3.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

The Pistons had the worst attendance in the NBA by far (74.6%--next worst was Charlotte at 81.5%), are a large market, are thee city that resembles our struggling domestic economy, and are just about completely void of talent or players to get excited about.

They'll get a top 3. Charlotte will. And I think Toronto or Brooklyn will.