I think the Jazz are in pretty good shape to get the GSW pick this year.
Pistons, Raps, Bobcats, and Cavs are all worse IMO.
NO simply doesn't have enough time to put a team together to start getting wins, and I don't think Paul has much patience left to help them. He also lost his best weapon in David West, so the next best player is Okafor. Otherwise they need to add 7 players in the next few weeks, and don't seem to have anyone wanting to go there who is worth a damn. I also think they move Paul midseason and tank away the last few months of games.
Denver is in a terrible position as well. Half their team is in China, they are banking on Andre Miller to carry them, and their go to scorer is Gallo. That is going to be a team that plays hard, but won't get many easy wins.
The Wizards are still too young in my opinion, Wall is good, but I don't really believe in his supporting cast, neither Blatche or McGee are winners IMO, and Vesely won't help right away.
The. You have a whole slew of teams like the Bucks, Jazz, 76ers, Kings and Suns who are a bad stretch or two away from landing in the top 6 of the lottery, and it's bound to happen to one of them.
I actually think coming down to the end of the season the Jazz will likely be in a weird situation where we might be the deciding factor on getting the GSW pick depending on how poorly we finish out the last few weeks of the year. Our head to head match ups could be important for a tie breaker if our records are similar.