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Bawse Dawg said:
If we end up out of the lottery, then sure I’ll take #4.
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That wasn’t the hypothetical… it was right now… would you take it. Yeah of course out of the lotto you’d take it… it was all about measuring the chance to get Wemby with the certainty of #4… if you are out of the lotto you have no shot at Wemby lol.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
That wasn’t the hypothetical… it was right now… would you take it. Yeah of course out of the lotto you’d take it… it was all about measuring the chance to get Wemby with the certainty of #4… if you are out of the lotto you have no shot at Wemby lol.
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Yea, it was tongue in cheek.

Obviously if we are 12-14 the odds are so low that it would behoove me to change my tune. Especially since I’m sure a #4 dude will emerge and be much coveted. Draft season would be lots of snide comments “Aren’t we glad that we have pick #13, sure would hate to have the chance to draft *whoever will climb up the board* to #4” But I’m dug in now, I’ll still just play things out. I’ll always remember the Bulls getting Derrick Rose with the 14th best odds or so.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
Yea, it was tongue in cheek.

Obviously if we are 12-14 the odds are so low that it would behoove me to change my tune. Especially since I’m sure a #4 dude will emerge and be much coveted. Draft season would be lots of snide comments “Aren’t we glad that we have pick #13, sure would hate to have the chance to draft *whoever will climb up the board* to #4” But I’m dug in now, I’ll still just play things out. I’ll always remember the Bulls getting Derrick Rose with the 14th best odds or so.
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It was a 50/50 proposition for me but after last night it’s a no brainer… each game matters so much in the odds race. Some of these franchises just no how to lose.
 
After all the talk of a deep draft, I’m starting to think most of these players have been overhyped. Most “star” freshmen have not played very well. I’m getting more sold on the Thompson twins and Leonard Miller than the college kids.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Boston was missing three key players and playing on a B2B with travel. Last night was pretty much a schedule loss for them. Jazz can still lose 10 of their remaining 12 games.
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It really wasn’t… they lost by 1 after leading almost the whole game. If we are good enough to beat them even at a weakened state… we are likely not falling to the range where we have any sort of good odds.

We just aren’t ****** enough and are apparently too proud to resort to levels of tankiness to get where we need to.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
It was a 50/50 proposition for me but after last night it’s a no brainer… each game matters so much in the odds race. Some of these franchises just no how to lose.
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At this point you just have to really hope against all logic that these close game performances are a real, tangible thing. And not just season to season randomness. Because that’s the difference between top 7 odds and where we find ourselves now.

What a bummer if we are not discernibly better next year, record wise or otherwise. Just because we miss out on a half dozen dice roll wins that we ended up getting this year, the worst possible time.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
30% is not that bad. Especially for a 7’5” 19 year old.
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If you project him as a center it isnt. However he has been adamant that he doesnt want to play C in the NBA.

I think he wants to be something along the mold of KD. Problem is KD was a 50/40/80 shooter already at that age.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
At this point you just have to really hope against all logic that these close game performances are a real, tangible thing. And not just season to season randomness. Because that’s the difference between top 7 odds and where we find ourselves now.

What a bummer if we are not discernibly better next year, record wise or otherwise. Just because we miss out on a half dozen dice roll wins that we ended up getting this year, the worst possible time.
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I’m fairly sure performance in close games is one of those flukey things… want to say some stats nerds have broken it down. We will see though. I’d expect us to go closer to .500 next year.
 
HermanG said:
If you project him as a center it isnt. However he has been adamant that he doesnt want to play C in the NBA.

I think he wants to be something along the mold of KD. Problem is KD was a 50/40/80 shooter already at that age.
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Not being KD doesn’t mean someone sucks.

30% for a 7’5” 19 year old is still fine, whether or not he plays the four or five.
 
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