The FINAL COUNTDOWN - 50 Days to go

[Park Bites]

No matter which pick, unless it will be 1st, we will draft trey Burke over Giannis, Trey Lyes over Devin Booker, Kosta Kufos over Segę Ibaka, etc...

Someone is bitter.

 

[jazznik]

Someone is bitter.

He actually has a pretty good point. Below is the full list of the lottery selections by the Utah Jazz in the last 15 years:

Enes Kanter
Alec Burks
Shabazz Muhammed
Dante Exum
Trey Lyles
Taylor Hendricks
Cody Williams

The list is pretty pathetic and does not include a single solid NBA starter. Has there been any other team with such horrible recent draft history for their lottery selections?

 

[bopahull]

He actually has a pretty good point. Below is the full list of the lottery selections by the Utah Jazz in the last 15 years:

Enes Kanter
Alec Burks
Shabazz Muhammed
Dante Exum
Trey Lyles
Taylor Hendricks
Cody Williams

The list is pretty pathetic and does not include a single solid NBA starter. Has there been any other team with such horrible recent draft history for their lottery selections?

Add to that list with the Jazz luck when it comes to lotteries and coin flips, I think the fans have a legitimate reason to worry.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

26 Days to go.

Please note i will be taking names of those cynical about our lottery luck. The naysayers if you like, the debbie downers. When we win the lottery these people will be shunned in the celebrations for their bad vibes. I will personally be villifying and mocking such heathens. Yes i'm talking to you LogGrad

 

[NUMBERICA]

I can't wait to confirm that we got the 5th pick like the Pistons did twice.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

I can't wait to confirm that we got the 5th pick like the Pistons did twice.

noted. Placed on list for future taunting, humiliating degrading and abusive posts.

Can't you see those things have already happened to a team therefore cannot happen to us. The law of averages is with us

 

[HermanG]

I am absolutely positively 14% sure we get the #1 overall pick!

LFG!!

 

[LogGrad98]

26 Days to go.

Please note i will be taking names of those cynical about our lottery luck. The naysayers if you like, the debbie downers. When we win the lottery these people will be shunned in the celebrations for their bad vibes. I will personally be villifying and mocking such heathens. Yes i'm talking to you LogGrad

Luck has nothing to do with it. Money for the NBA does. So Silver will make sure that either San Antonio or Philly will secure the #1 pick, and the other will get either #2 or #3. It is written in the stars, as in the NBA must support their true stars or the money will not flow as intended. In the same vein as Luka mysteriously appearing in LA for a ham sandwich in return. The money engines of the NBA must be primed first and foremost. So the Jazz will end up somewhere #4 to #5. Book it.

I also would not be surprised if part of moving Luka to LA involved the NBA promising a top 3 pick for Dallas in return, so there is a really good chance the top 3 end up being #1 San Antonio, #2 Philly, #3 Dallas.


I would love to be wrong in this and I am hoping to eat a healthy helping of crow come June, and I will gladly do so should we get either #1 or #2. But the best we can realistically hope for is #3, but most likely we end up at #5.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

I can't wait to confirm that we got the 5th pick like the Pistons did twice.

are you saying the pistons had the worst record in the league twice and got the 5th pick both times? dang. that's horrible. were those the holland and ausar drafts? i think they probably did okay both times, but relative to what they could have gotten had they drafted higher that does hurt.

 

[NUMBERICA]

are you saying the pistons had the worst record in the league twice and got the 5th pick both times? dang. that's horrible. were those the holland and ausar drafts? i think they probably did okay both times, but relative to what they could have gotten had they drafted higher that does hurt.

The 2nd pick has won the draft several times and the worst pick has dropped to 5th twice in recent years.

We better pray (perhaps literally) that the law of averages steps in.

 

[GunterD]

Luck has nothing to do with it. Money for the NBA does. So Silver will make sure that either San Antonio or Philly will secure the #1 pick, and the other will get either #2 or #3.

It always kind of surprises me when people use SA as an example of a market that makes the NBA a lot of money if they've got good players. They're like one of the smallest markets in the NBA aren't they? The Spurs dominant years (along with the Knicks decades of suckitude) are one of the better arguments against the conspiracy theory that the NBA controls things so the largest markets get the biggest stars and the best championship chances.

 

[LogGrad98]

It always kind of surprises me when people use SA as an example of a market that makes the NBA a lot of money if they've got good players. They're like one of the smallest markets in the NBA aren't they? The Spurs dominant years (along with the Knicks decades of suckitude) are one of the better arguments against the conspiracy theory that the NBA controls things so the largest markets get the biggest stars and the best championship chances.

We have thoroughly debunked the "San Antonio is a small market" myth in other threads. They are also a legacy franchise with deep roots and an international fan base who now have the 2nd most marketable star in the NBA in Wemby. It's absolutely in the NBA's best interest to see them succeed and give him the support he needs to be the next LeBron, at least from a marketing standpoint. Hence shutting him down for some very obscure and rare disorder this season while they are sucking to get him a second star to pair with, just like Duncan miraculously ended up there to support the Admiral.