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Sir JazzAvenues, thy compilation of pronouncements of vexation concerning odious Phoenix strategems, along with the praise for the wiles of rapscallion Daniel Ray Ainge is soothing to my ears.

I don’t have a problem believing in cynicism, for I served as an enlisted man in the US Army’s 1st Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne) conducting armed propaganda, target analysis, and related activities in 1980s Latin America. You see a lot. But as one of our colleagues mentioned...

It's kind of like reading Machiavelli, whose writings I respect, or realism in IR theory, which can sound so cynical, but then again, according to realists, we have no eternal friends or enemies, only eternal interests.

Ferg, thanks for the thoughtful, well-considered response. I will really mull it over. I simply don't claim to know one way or another, but you provided much to think about, which is all one can really ask.

I believe you are probably right.

As of now, the “lottery is sometimes rigged” hypothesis cannot be verified. (Nor, for that matter, can the “it’s not rigged” be proven true). Rigging might happen, it might not, and we might not ever know. It would be fascinating if at some point in the future the NBA admitted to doing it...

Still theoretically possible for the pick to convey to OKC. Maybe a board meltdown would occur.

Lo! I contribute to this site regularly yet I see no evidence of commitment to empiricism and opposition to metaphysics. My voice is loud, some might argue fanatical, yet opposing views concerning the mythical powers of Churros continue to proliferate. Melo, thy slayer of Jazz, also provides...

Sober, thanks for the thoughtful reply. I’ll think about it.

Queen, Edgecombe, Jaku, Mc, Fland, Essengue, Gonzalez

Lessening the number of years a team controls a draft pick makes me nervous because I remember when Shaq bolted from Orlando and went to the Lakers to win 3 titles while the Magic became little more than a farm team/Washington Generals. Hard cap, yes, l could consider that.

The ale flows, good sir; I experience senescence. Lo! Let the ale flow!

Europe has promotion and relegation, where the worst team is demoted to a lower league and replaced with a team from there, but that ain’t happening here.

Salutations. A studied analysis of games perceived eludes me at this moment. Due consideration of a preliminary nature suggests that the Hearsky Award is most justifiably defended. However, there exists a wonderfully anointed, nomenclature award for those who perceived in thy vicinity of 50...

Fear not, Jazzfanz, for I overheard the following comments while consuming ale amidst a mass of Brooklyn fans: “Why doth this man from the frozen landmass of Eurasia, Sir Svi the Unpronounceable, continue to hurl the globe into the goal from far away, rendering such a volume of 3-pointers?”...

Sober, thanks for the analysis.

I kinda have Nolan Traore at Number 8 on my Big Board, but I readily admit Im no expert draft analyst.

Thy Jazz Fanz lament at the nadir of Jazzistic performance on court. We have fallen into a new Dark Ages, in which not even Medieval superstitions such as Churroism can extinguish our lament. Lo! Tis approaching the time for a Renaissance of Jazz performance. This can only be accomplished by...

Did you not watch the 1988 playoffs, when we took the eventual champs, the Lakers, to 7 games in the playoffs? No I did not go back and check their offensive efficiency numbers, but if memory serves, they performed well.