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Official Utah/Minnesota/Philadelphia Pick Watch

fishonjazz said:
Ya you have to draft the right player so orlando hasn't done that yet. Thing is if you dont have the #1 pick then there is a chance you dont even have the chance to draft the steph, lebron, giannis, durant (he belongs in that convo), luka, doncic, etc.
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But Steph was drafted a #7. Giannis at #13.

Heck, if you look at the All NBA Teams (1-3) in the NBA last year, 9/15 were drafted in the Top 5. A good percentage, but it does mean finding talent out of it is possible. Heck, go a year earlier and it's 9/15 who were drafted out of the Top 5.
 
Nate505 said:
But Steph was drafted a #7. Giannis at #13.

Heck, if you look at the All NBA Teams (1-3) in the NBA last year, 9/15 were drafted in the Top 5. A good percentage, but it does mean finding talent out of it is possible. Heck, go a year earlier and it's 9/15 who were drafted out of the Top 5.
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So roughly 50% of the best players come from 5 draft slots… the other 50% ish come from the other 55 spots in the draft and as undrafted FAs… that’s why having a top 5 pick is important… yes you can land an all nba talent outside the top 5 but it may take you 4-5 as many attempts. Getting that top 5 pick combined with the assets we have and combined with Lauri/Walker… that’s something.
 
Bodhi said:
Minny’s last 12 games of the season are brutal. 8/12 on the road including 3 back to backs In that span.
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Its not only that.. but check their schedule starting from January 25th onwards.
- They have only 3 games combined against the NBA bottom 6 (vs ORL, vs CHA, @SAS)
- They have 11 games against current top contenders (@NOP, vs MEM. vs DEN, @DEN, @MEM, @DAL, vs PHI, vs BKN, vs BOS, @BKN, vs NOP)
- They play GSW 3 times (1 home 2 away) and Kings 4 times (2 home, 2 away)... both teams being really bad matchups for them (also their two @GSW games are so late that Steph is back for sure)

The other 12 games not listed above are:
@UTA
vs WAS
@LAC
@LAL
@ATL
@CHI
@TOR
@NYK
vs ATL
@PHX
vs LAL
vs POR

I have posted this twice before.. but got ignored because people were caught up in their few wins. But that schedule is just downright ridiculous.
 
Also.. Vegas currently has Minnesota over/under line at 38.5 wins... which happens to be exact same as ours. Lakers are at 39.5.
 
wolves won’t win much with this current squad , missing KAT yes , Rudy hasn’t moved the needle , we’ve had enough sample size to see this now .

Biggest question going forward for them , who is the first to go , obviously DLO , but do they give up on KAT ? Edwards demands to be traded ? Or do they have the balls to look stupid and trade Rudy after one season , whilst giving up half the farm for him ?
 
Good night for the Jazz so far with teams under Utah and Minny winning (OKC, Tor, Heat) and both Philly and Brooklyn losing. Now just need Portland and Lakers to win to cap it off!
 
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