2018 NBA Draft Lottery

[Mori Chu]

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.

[TOO]

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.

[Superbone]

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.

Maybe there's a method to their madness. Maybe their theory is that #4 picks are like magnets with reversed polarity?

[INFORMER]

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.

[Hermen]

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).

[Cap]

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).

Or even gotten a coin flip to go our way for that matter?

The only time we’ve moved up in the lotto was 87 when we landed #2 and picked Armon Gilliam.

[Hermen]

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).

Or even gotten a coin flip to go our way for that matter?

The only time we’ve moved up in the lotto was 87 when we landed #2 and picked Armon Gilliam.

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.

[In2ition]

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).

Or even gotten a coin flip to go our way for that matter?

The only time we’ve moved up in the lotto was 87 when we landed #2 and picked Armon Gilliam.

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.

Yikes, that might be cause for avoiding schools, announcing yourself to your neighbors...

[TOO]

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.

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.

[Superbone]

I just want a top 3 pick. Is that too much to ask?

[SDC]

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.

[Mori Chu]

Wasn't there some article or study showing that #2 picks are way, way worse than #1 picks?

[Hermen]

Wasn't there some article or study showing that #2 picks are way, way worse than #1 picks?

A few latest #1 vs #2:

Spoiler: show/hide

Fultz < Ball
Simmons > Ingram
Towns > Russell
Wiggins ~ Parker
Bennett < Oladipo
Davis > MKG
Irving > Derrick Williams
Wall > Evan Turner
Griffin > Thabeet
Rose > Beasley
Oden < Durant
Bargnani < Aldridge
Bogut > Marv Williams
Howard > Okafor
James > Milicic

I'm not sure what made people choose MKG, Derrick, Turner, Thabeet, but other than that brutal stretch it seems alright.

[Cap]

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).

Or even gotten a coin flip to go our way for that matter?

The only time we’ve moved up in the lotto was 87 when we landed #2 and picked Armon Gilliam.

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.

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.

[JCSunsfan]

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.

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 #4

[Superbone]

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.

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 #4

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.

[Superbone]

5/8 - OK, now I'm scaring myself. 1st on the 1st attempt today.

[JCSunsfan]

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.

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 #4

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.

I EXPECT to be disappointed. It is a Suns fan's lot in life at the lottery.

[Superbone]

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.

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 #4

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.

I EXPECT to be disappointed. It is a Suns fan's lot in life at the lottery.

That's stinkin' thinkin'. We are due for a little lottery luck.

[Cap]

If the Cavs jump us in the lottery, I fucking quit.