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Elizah Huge said:
Knicks top-14 protected first this year is better than the Lakers top-4 protected first in 2027?
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Well first this year's draft class is projected to be one of the best in recent years. Not sure the same can be said about the 2027 draft class.

Second the Knicks is locked to be a middle of the pack team this year so their pick is almost guaranteed to be a mid-first which is pretty decent in value. Worst case scenario they fall out of the playoff pictures then the pick becomes four second rounders.

The Lakers first has a slightly higher ceiling(could be in the lottery but obviously capped by the top 4 protection) and a much lower floor(a really late first/1 second vs 4 seconds) than the Knicks pick. And the probability of the lakers pick pick hits its floor is much higher than that of the Knicks pick.
 
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Elizah Huge said:
Knicks top-14 protected first this year is better than the Lakers top-4 protected first in 2027?
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I dont think blazers got a better return on picks. Lakers is better. But did the blazers send the knicks 4 rotational players, 3 picks, and take bad salary too?

Think the blazers did better in their trade all things considered even with them getting the lesser pick. (Of course if the lakers pick ends up being a late first or a second round then they also got the better pick. We dont have access to that info yet.)


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jom2003 said:
Well first this year's draft class is projected to be one of the best in recent years. Not sure the same can be said about the 2027 draft class.

Second the Knicks is locked to be a middle of the pack team this year so their pick is almost guaranteed to be a mid-first which is pretty decent in value. Worst case scenario they fall out of the playoff pictures then the pick becomes four second rounders.

The Lakers first has a slightly higher ceiling(could be in the lottery but obviously capped by the top 4 protection) and a much lower floor(1 second vs 4 seconds) than the Knicks first.
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Josh Hart was also likely going to walk in free agency anyways so the Blazers got a mid FRP and a flier on Reddish
 
fishonjazz said:
I dont think blazers got a better return on picks. Lakers is better. But did the blazers send the knicks 4 rotational players, 3 picks, and take bad salary too?

Think the blazers did better in their trade all things considered even with them getting the lesser pick. (Of course if the lakers pick ends up being a late first or a second round then they also got the better pick. We dot have access to that info yet.)

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We aren’t trying to get better this year obviously. I actually think Portland got worse when they’re trying to make the playoffs.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Hypothetical Time:

Would you rather the Lakers have the 5th worse record in 2026/2027 NBA season, which would mean the pick would have a 44%ish chance of being top 4 and not conveying or would you rather the Lakers have the 15th pick?
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Really really good question. I probably take the 5th worse record but its close.


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fishonjazz said:
How do you know we didnt get a premium pick from the rudy and donovan trade? You cant know that because they are in the futire. Just like you cant know the lakers pick is a premium pick. It is also in the future. And that is just tslkimg about the draft positions nevermind the fact that a 18th pick could be the better player than a 5th pick.

Its all unkown. All it is right now is a bunch of firsts. None better then any other with the exception that some are unprotected and one might be a econd rounder.


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You don’t, but if I had to rank every pick we got from any trade the Lakers pick is the most valuable and I think that if you tried to make a trade right now other teams would see it the same way.
 
bookworm said:
Me no understand why people think top-4 protect is bad pick. Never Lakers finish so bad they get top-4 pick in all Laker history. No way they get that bad. Its fan no let that happen.
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To me its simply a first round pick. Top 4 protected aint a big deal. It might be the 10th pick. Might be the 20th. We have no clue.


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Elizah Huge said:
Right… then you remember we traded Conley/Beasley/Vanderbilt who combined aren’t enough to trade for Kyrie.
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Eh, conley, vando, beasley, naw, 3 second rounders and takig back bad salary could land kyrie possibly. Nets had to trade him. He publicly demanded a trade. And he is a headache.


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