2018 NBA Draft Lottery
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I can't believe we are sending a #4 pick to represent us at the draft in a year when the worst possible lottery outcome for us is to get the #4 pick. It's like we want to tempt fate.
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Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:I can't believe we are sending a #4 pick to represent us at the draft in a year when the worst possible lottery outcome for us is to get the #4 pick. It's like we want to tempt fate.
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Maybe there's a method to their madness. Maybe their theory is that #4 picks are like magnets with reversed polarity?TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:I can't believe we are sending a #4 pick to represent us at the draft in a year when the worst possible lottery outcome for us is to get the #4 pick. It's like we want to tempt fate.
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I'm so not fretting this as much as you guys are. I feel there are anywhere from 5-7 prospects that can improve this team significantly, so I think we're in good shape no matter what.
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Not to pile on but when was the last time this team won anything in the lottery? Not the first pick, simply getting their ping-pong ball drawn (so top 3 picks currently).
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Or even gotten a coin flip to go our way for that matter?Hermen wrote:Not to pile on but when was the last time this team won anything in the lottery? Not the first pick, simply getting their ping-pong ball drawn (so top 3 picks currently).
The only time we’ve moved up in the lotto was 87 when we landed #2 and picked Armon Gilliam.
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I did not even mean moving up (not necessarily). For example, getting the #2 or #3 this year would not be moving up but it would still mean our balls stood out.Cap wrote:Or even gotten a coin flip to go our way for that matter?Hermen wrote:Not to pile on but when was the last time this team won anything in the lottery? Not the first pick, simply getting their ping-pong ball drawn (so top 3 picks currently).
The only time we’ve moved up in the lotto was 87 when we landed #2 and picked Armon Gilliam.
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Yikes, that might be cause for avoiding schools, announcing yourself to your neighbors...Hermen wrote:I did not even mean moving up (not necessarily). For example, getting the #2 or #3 this year would not be moving up but it would still mean our balls stood out.Cap wrote:Or even gotten a coin flip to go our way for that matter?Hermen wrote:Not to pile on but when was the last time this team won anything in the lottery? Not the first pick, simply getting their ping-pong ball drawn (so top 3 picks currently).
The only time we’ve moved up in the lotto was 87 when we landed #2 and picked Armon Gilliam.
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I actually agree with you, just would like to win the lottery for winning the lottery sakes. I mean there is a very real possibility we do and still pick the wrong guy, so goes the NBA draft.INFORMER wrote:I'm so not fretting this as much as you guys are. I feel there are anywhere from 5-7 prospects that can improve this team significantly, so I think we're in good shape no matter what.
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I just want a top 3 pick. Is that too much to ask?
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being #4 again is the worst case scenario. at least with #3, easier to trade up to #2 or #1 if you include the #16 pick or one of suns young players.
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Wasn't there some article or study showing that #2 picks are way, way worse than #1 picks?
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A few latest #1 vs #2:Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:Wasn't there some article or study showing that #2 picks are way, way worse than #1 picks?
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No. Since the lottery went to the top-three format in ’87, Gilliam is the only time our balls (or balls we had via trade) came up.Hermen wrote:I did not even mean moving up (not necessarily). For example, getting the #2 or #3 this year would not be moving up but it would still mean our balls stood out.Cap wrote:Or even gotten a coin flip to go our way for that matter?Hermen wrote:Not to pile on but when was the last time this team won anything in the lottery? Not the first pick, simply getting their ping-pong ball drawn (so top 3 picks currently).
The only time we’ve moved up in the lotto was 87 when we landed #2 and picked Armon Gilliam.
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I am resigned to the #4 pick. As a Suns fan, I do not know what anything else but disappointment feel like at lottery time. All that tanking was so that we could not pick worse than #4Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:I can't believe we are sending a #4 pick to represent us at the draft in a year when the worst possible lottery outcome for us is to get the #4 pick. It's like we want to tempt fate.
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It is smart to expect it so you can't be disappointed on lottery day. But let's be honest, you'll still be a little disappointed.JCSunsfan wrote:I am resigned to the #4 pick. As a Suns fan, I do not know what anything else but disappointment feel like at lottery time. All that tanking was so that we could not pick worse than #4Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:I can't believe we are sending a #4 pick to represent us at the draft in a year when the worst possible lottery outcome for us is to get the #4 pick. It's like we want to tempt fate.
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5/8 - OK, now I'm scaring myself. 1st on the 1st attempt today.
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I EXPECT to be disappointed. It is a Suns fan's lot in life at the lottery.Superbone wrote:It is smart to expect it so you can't be disappointed on lottery day. But let's be honest, you'll still be a little disappointed.JCSunsfan wrote:I am resigned to the #4 pick. As a Suns fan, I do not know what anything else but disappointment feel like at lottery time. All that tanking was so that we could not pick worse than #4Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:I can't believe we are sending a #4 pick to represent us at the draft in a year when the worst possible lottery outcome for us is to get the #4 pick. It's like we want to tempt fate.
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That's stinkin' thinkin'. We are due for a little lottery luck.JCSunsfan wrote:I EXPECT to be disappointed. It is a Suns fan's lot in life at the lottery.Superbone wrote:It is smart to expect it so you can't be disappointed on lottery day. But let's be honest, you'll still be a little disappointed.JCSunsfan wrote:I am resigned to the #4 pick. As a Suns fan, I do not know what anything else but disappointment feel like at lottery time. All that tanking was so that we could not pick worse than #4Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:I can't believe we are sending a #4 pick to represent us at the draft in a year when the worst possible lottery outcome for us is to get the #4 pick. It's like we want to tempt fate.
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If the Cavs jump us in the lottery, I fucking quit.