Official Utah/Minnesota/Philadelphia Pick Watch

[Handlogten's Heros]

Hmm… the Lakers giving up two more picks and having that contract on the books may be a bigger boon for watching the Lakers stumble in the long-run than the Westbrook trade was. If it helps them this year, then it's good for the Minnesota pick, too. That may be the trade we need to be praying for in both the short and long-term.

This... we still need the Lakers and Warriors to be functional to pass Minny. Lavine and Beal contracts will both look pretty rough in a couple years... Lakers being a long burning dumpster fire would be great.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Luka gets tossed… Minny up 20… Sixers win… Jazz lose… also I’ll bet I don’t get laid tonight.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Luka gets tossed… Minny up 20… Sixers win… Jazz lose… also I’ll bet I don’t get laid tonight.

LOL

 

[infection]

Luka gets tossed… Minny up 20… Sixers win… Jazz lose… also I’ll bet I don’t get laid tonight.

You can always get laid. It just may not be exactly how you want.

 

[Jingled]

The Wolves have moved ahead of the Jazz in the standings, for now at least. I fear we're going to end up with one bad pick and two mediocre picks. I know this is a deep draft, but it will be disappointing not to end up with a top 5 pick and most likely not even a top 10 pick.

 

[HermanG]

This was a rough night to be a Jazz fan. Basically every game went the wrong way for our picks.

But lets not forget Minny has been flirting with the .500 all season and Lakers just had a miserable start to the season but lately they have caught up a bit. I'm just hoping Lakers have enough juice in the tank to actually catch up and go past them.

 

[FrenchJazzFa]

The Wolves have moved ahead of the Jazz in the standings, for now at least. I fear we're going to end up with one bad pick and two mediocre picks. I know this is a deep draft, but it will be disappointing not to end up with a top 5 pick and most likely not even a top 10 pick.

We still in good position for tanking. Just need to loose a bit more and we may end bottom 4 at west conference. I never believe Minny will be worst than us, no chance. Even with a dysfunctionnal team, they have plenty of talents. Will depend of GSW ( will they tanking) ? im less optimistic for the Lakers.,they may be done without AD.
We may have to tank hard. If not as you say we may end up missing this crazy draft which will be a mistake on my opinion.

 

[Jingled]

We still in good position for tanking. Just need to loose a bit more and we may end bottom 4 at west conference. I never believe Minny will be worst than us, no chance. Even with a dysfunctionnal team, they have plenty of talents. Will depend of GSW ( will they tanking) ? im less optimistic for the Lakers.,they may be done without AD.
We may have to tank hard. If not as you say we may end up missing this crazy draft which will be a mistake on my opinion.

I think the front office will need to move a couple of vets for us to be able to tank. The schedule is going to get easier soon, and we just have too much talent on the roster to be a bottom 5 team in the west. If we keep the roster intact, we likely finish somewhere between 7 and 10 and will be in the play in tournament.

 

[HermanG]

I think the front office will need to move a couple of vets for us to be able to tank. The schedule is going to get easier soon, and we just have too much talent on the roster to be a bottom 5 team in the west. If we keep the roster intact, we likely finish somewhere between 7 and 10 and will be in the play in tournament.

I would agree for other parts except 6th is definitely in play. Out of all teams currently above us, the top 5 seem like the better bets for home court. I'm not buying Blazers or Kings stocks atm, and could very well see them slide down to play in.

To reverse engineer the great Dennis Green:
GSW and Mavs are not who we thought they were (and they are letting us off the hook).

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I think the front office will need to move a couple of vets for us to be able to tank. The schedule is going to get easier soon, and we just have too much talent on the roster to be a bottom 5 team in the west. If we keep the roster intact, we likely finish somewhere between 7 and 10 and will be in the play in tournament.

This… at least one big lose now move… so JC/Mike/KO/Vando/Beasley for no returning on court value or better yet a project like Wiseman or Cam Reddish that can actively hurt us on court in the name of player development.

We also need to milk injuries… so the Srxton Hamstring lingers for an extra week or two… the KO ankle lingers too. We’d need to go on a major losing streak… like 7-10 games like the Wiz and Spurs have…

Basically it ain’t happening.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

The Wolves have moved ahead of the Jazz in the standings, for now at least. I fear we're going to end up with one bad pick and two mediocre picks. I know this is a deep draft, but it will be disappointing not to end up with a top 5 pick and most likely not even a top 10 pick.

As things stand, I don't think we get a top 10 pick.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

As things stand, I don't think we get a top 10 pick.

I think Dallas and GS will end up passing us (as long as GS weathers the storm with Steph)... so we likely land close to that range. I think if the Minny pick ends up like 17-18 we could pair it with a Cavs or Minny future pick and move up to the 9-12 range if we feel its worth it.

I really just want us to land Anthony Black. I think he's just such a great fit for the things we need. If we landed a top rated guy by jumping into the top 4 I wouldn't be too sad though.