How Did Draft Lottery Impact Jazz

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I had no idea they moved up in the lottery the past FIVE seasons. Wondering what the combined 1:? odds of that are.

? = Adam Silver

And the fact the Pelicans get the 1st overall... wouldn't be exceptionally weird on its own but with the AD drama and the Lakers moving up... that's suspect...

...assets being created out of thin air.

The Lakers moved up in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019. In 2018, they didn't have their pick (Steve Nash trade, I think). The chance this happens is between 1% and 2%, something like 60:1 or 70:1.

I think the league pre-programmed the Pels and Lakers moving up, and kept the other two picks a random draw.

 

[Avery]

The Lakers moved up in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019. In 2018, they didn't have their pick (Steve Nash trade, I think). The chance this happens is between 1% and 2%, something like 60:1 or 70:1.

I think the league pre-programmed the Pels and Lakers moving up, and kept the other two picks a random draw.

No tinfoil hats here. Every team gets to see what happens with the balls real time and are sequestered. I do think that shenanigans might have happened in the old days like the infamous Knicks pick, but the transparency of the process is pretty high.

Depending on who won, you could have made a storyline out of nearly everything.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

No tinfoil hats here. Every team gets to see what happens with the balls real time and are sequestered. I do think that shenanigans might have happened in the old days like the infamous Knicks pick, but the transparency of the process is pretty high.

Depending on who won, you could have made a storyline out of nearly everything.

I think they use a computer-based numeric system rather than ping pong balls now. And yeah, Lakers moving up 4x in a row isn't a tin-foil hat conspiracy.

 

[stitches]

I think they use a computer-based numeric system rather than ping pong balls now. And yeah, Lakers moving up 4x in a row isn't a tin-foil hat conspiracy.

It's actually ping-pong balls:

 

[FalseFlagg K]

AD is still gone. Who gets him has been flipped on its head. Conley will be available. Jrue probably not.

Celtics being screwed is fun !

 

[SCS]

I think that it helped the Jazz quite a bit. Both Mike Conley and Julius Randle became more likely to acquire.

 

[Sandman822]

It kills the non-zero chance of the Jazz getting Jrue via trade, but Conley might be more available now and Randle could be picked up in FA, although I don't want to spend all that much to get him. Hard to say what will happen to the other playoff teams in the West and if there will be any clear movers up, but I'd keep an eye on the Lakers trying to get AD again.

What the Pelicans decide to do with AD is going to be incredibly interesting. Do they roll the dice on a year of Jrue/Zion/AD? Do they flip AD for a bunch of young depth pieces from the Knicks or Lakers? Do they swing for the fence and try and get another yound 3rd guy in exchange for AD like Ben Simmons or Jayson Tatum? So many possibilities.

 

[SCS]

I will say, I enjoyed the Cavs getting screwed and seeing the look on Dan Gilbert’s son as their draft position dropped. Does that make me a bad person?

Nope, I enjoyed that a lot as well.

 

[SCS]

It's hard to believe that the Pelicans won't trade AD to the Lakers or Celtics now. Which kinda sucks. The trade packages that those teams offered the Pelicans before weren't the most enticing to them when they didn't have centerpiece. But now that they have a generational talent like Zion those offers suddenly become much more appealing. Loading the roster with a ton of young assets around Zion could make them scary in a few years.

 

[SoUjazzfan]

A bit off topic but it looks as if the guy who dropped the ping pong balls in and then held the lid had blood all over his left hand. Anyone else notice that?

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Pelicans and Grizzlies get the first and second picks while the Knicks and Lakers fall to 3 and 4 in a two player draft and we still have people talking about how it's rigged.


There is not a lamer take or discussion at this point.

 

[Avery]

Pelicans and Grizzlies get the first and second picks while the Knicks and Lakers fall to 3 and 4 in a two player draft and we still have people talking about how it's rigged.


There is not a lamer take or discussion at this point.

Zach Lowe basically said as much on 1280.

Separately, if I'm NO, I jettison Davis to the highest bidder and go with something new. I just don't see AD sticking around and don't think a rookie is going to change his mind (especially since most players don't hit their full prime until their second contract).