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05-22-2003, 06:56 PM
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High School JV
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Boston, MA
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The Who Got LeBron Thread
Just figured I'd start it out... anyone else planning on watching the lottery?
Hoping the Bulls can somehow slip into the top 3...
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05-22-2003, 06:59 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Nike got him.
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05-22-2003, 07:04 PM
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Go Reds
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio
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LAND of CLEVE
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05-22-2003, 07:06 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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Go Nug-puppies!!!
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05-22-2003, 07:16 PM
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High School JV
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Boston, MA
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Well, it's the Grizzlies, Cavs or Nuggets...
If Memphis doesn't get #1, Detroit will get it... scary, huh.
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05-22-2003, 07:20 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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I guess bbor's going to be dissapointed. Oh well, the Raptors would have ruined LaBron anyways...
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05-22-2003, 07:22 PM
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High School JV
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Boston, MA
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Cavs get LeBron, good for them.
Pistons at #2 with their choice of Darko or Carmelo...
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05-22-2003, 07:22 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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Ugh, going to the Cavs. That sucks.
But I'm happy with the Nugs getting Carmelo...
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05-22-2003, 07:22 PM
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Go Reds
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio
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CLEVELAND GM IS SCARY
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05-22-2003, 07:23 PM
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Go Reds
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio
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that sucks for Jerry West by the way!
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05-22-2003, 07:26 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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Yup. it does. At least they still get my Rox pick...
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05-22-2003, 07:27 PM
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This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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Yay for the Pistons!
Gotta love the Cavs - "This is a big day for Cleveland sports." Really? Really buddy? Your team finished dead last and had to sweat out getting the pick they rightfully deserve for sucking the worst (or best?), and that's a big day? BTW, is there any reason other than ratings that justifies NOT automatically giving the worst teams the best picks? I've never understood why the NBA does it this way.
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05-22-2003, 07:28 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Kansas
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Nice deal for the Pistons, they make it to the Conference Finals(I guess they COULD make it to the Finals
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05-22-2003, 07:29 PM
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High School JV
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Boston, MA
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I'm pretty sure that this was the first year it was on prime-time, so (at least prior to this season) ratings weren't a concern. I had thought it was to try to stop teams from tanking the season to ensure the top pick, now you could tank and still not get it. Not so sure though.
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05-22-2003, 07:33 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: A negative place
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The NBA would have never allowed LeBron to go to Canada anyways. |
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05-22-2003, 07:40 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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It wasw done so teams don't lose intentionally to get a better draft pick. Todd
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05-22-2003, 07:53 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Mass.
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I thought it was so the NBA could stack Orlando a few years ago...
Ok I know thats not the reason.. but I still had to say it |
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05-22-2003, 07:56 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: ...down the gravity well
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Actually the most exciting thing for Philadelphians to watch is how we trade away our 1st rounders for garbage (most of the time) or how we draft someone, don't use them, and trade them away for garbage...or we draft someone we'll never use...
Of course, this year is a no brainer since we don't have a draft pick, we have old players, we are almost over the cap, we have a coach that while excellent in coaching pales when it comes to being a GM, and a team that is always so close but never capable of going to the next level...beware the Sixers are going to be really really bad in the next few years...thank god for the Flyers, er...okay, the Phillies, uh...the Eagles...grrrrrr. Philadelphia, the city with competitive teams never able to make it to the top.
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05-22-2003, 08:01 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Michigan
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For those of you not watching the Pistons/Nets game.
David Aldridge has reported it's almost a definite the Pistons will take Darko Milic at #2. They worked him out before the game today and were incredibly impressed, as he can play Power Forward it looks. As a Pistons diehard, I can honestly say. BOOYAH! There was a 7.2 percent chance that Memphis would get the No. 2 pick. I LOVE IT! |
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05-22-2003, 08:06 PM
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This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
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How is this different than any other sport? Is it that 1 guy on a 5-man team makes that much difference? I can see it not being too much of a concern in baseball or hockey, but football fortunes have been won or lost on draft picks and I don't see the NFL holding a lottery. Anyway, I think the idea is ridiculous, but if you're going to do it, then why not restrict it to the worst 5 or maybe even worst 10. Surely teams that were in the playoff race until the last week of the season are not going to tank. In fact, the way it is now, they do have a reason to tank, because you never know if you'll get that one ping pong ball and pick up the #1 spot. Why make the playoffs as a mediocre 8th seed if you have a shot at a top 3 draft choice to add to your .500 team?
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05-22-2003, 08:17 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Mass.
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I thought Hockey did something like your suggestion? Where its not set that the worst record gets the #1 pick, but they can't get any worse than the #2 or #3 pick or something like that. |
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05-22-2003, 09:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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I still say Carmelo would have had more exposure and impact playing for SU than wasting away in obscurity for the Nuggets, which even the locals don't care about - regardless who they bring in. But he gets his millions so nothing else matters.
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05-22-2003, 09:19 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Dawg Pound
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This is the best Damn day in cavs history!!!!
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05-22-2003, 09:24 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Provided Cleveland gets Silas over Van Gundy, I say playoffs in 2 years, challangeing for a championship by 4. This team is loaded with talent, they just haven't had a coach capeable of developing it.
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05-22-2003, 09:53 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: May 2001
Location: toronto
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Holy shit was that fixed or what?
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05-22-2003, 09:55 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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So, Detroit wins the draft lottery. Darko time in Detroit next year.
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05-22-2003, 10:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Little Rock, AR
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Sad day for Grizzlie fans like myself.
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05-22-2003, 10:13 PM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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I can't wait for next year now!
PG - Billups SG - Hamilton SF - Prince PF - Darko C - Ben With Corliss, Okur, Cliffy, and others on the bench. Last edited by cmp : 05-22-2003 at 10:14 PM. |
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05-22-2003, 10:47 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: May 2001
Location: toronto
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Please don't pick T.J...
PUHLEEEEESSSSS
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05-22-2003, 11:13 PM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!
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The real winners of the draft a couple years from now will prove to be the Pistons and Nuggets. LeBron James, IMO, can do nothing but be overrated. He is so overhyped at this point, it is sickening.
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05-22-2003, 11:28 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Maryland
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#10.
And the curse of Les Bullets returns...
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05-23-2003, 04:06 AM
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I believe that is the owner(probably part owner?) and he is blind. Notice when the interviewer went to shake his hand he did not move. |
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05-23-2003, 06:03 AM
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High School JV
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Nova Scotia
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Actually the lottery is known as the Patrick Ewing rule. It was designed to get Ewing to New York.
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05-23-2003, 08:11 AM
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That was Gordon Gund, the owner, who has been blind since the 70's.
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05-23-2003, 12:03 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Anrh,
Mello may have had more exposure but it may also have hurt his game. Listening to countless interviews, man players have said that the pro game is so vastly different from the college one that the quicker you can make it there the better, even if its just practicing for a year. All that aside, I remember a time when the city of Denver DID care about the Denver Nuggets. I remember going to sold out playoff games against the Jazz in the mid 80's. I remember the arena 3/4+ full every game when Moe was the coach. The team let the city down and the fans reacted as most fans do. Carmello has a chance to do some wonderful things in Denver. He's a class act going to a young team with a lot of cap room. Kroncke has built up winning teams with the Rams and the Avalanche, I see no reason to believe he won't build up a winner in Denver. I'm happy we got the kid and look forward to visiting Pepsi Center a few times to see him next year. TroyF |
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05-23-2003, 12:20 PM
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I think the reason that the NBA does a draft lottery and the NFL does not is that NBA drafts are a lot thinner than NFL drafts.
In the NBA, it's pretty rare to get any big-impact players outside the top-ten. Tanking the season to get the #1 pick would be a great strategy for a team that's re-building, because, like this year, anything outside picks 1-3 is pretty much a total crapshoot. In the NFL, there's good talent in the first three rounds of the draft, and 22 starting positions to fill (as opposed to 5 on an NBA team). |
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05-23-2003, 12:26 PM
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Um -- try this: PG - Billups SG - Hamilton SF - Robinson PF - Wallace C - Milicic
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05-23-2003, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
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still fixed
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05-23-2003, 01:01 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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Watch the Bulls draft another high school kid.
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05-23-2003, 04:30 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Dacman,
I think you have the Darko/Wallace thing correct, but I disagree about Robinson. I think he becomes the 6th man next year. Prince will be the starting small forward in Detroit next year. Robinson will be the backup to the top 3 spots on the floor. If it isn't reflected in the actual starting lineup, it'll be reflected in the number of minutes for each player. I'd expect Prince to have a lot more PT than will Robinson next year. TroyF |
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05-23-2003, 04:36 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Troy is right, I don't think there is any way that Robinson will be starting next season, especially after some of the awful play he's shown in the playoffs; he should try moving to get a rebound once in a while.
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05-23-2003, 06:16 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2001
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Bingo. I'm actually pretty disappointed that the Pistons resigned Cliff. When the playoffs come around, Uncle Cliffy is nowhere to be found. I can only hope that we can trade him sometime in the near future. I'm also praying that the Pistons don't resign Jon "The Human Turnover" Barry in the offseason. That money would be better spent elsewhere.
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05-24-2003, 02:39 PM
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I'm astonished they even tried to replace Ox, bad move.
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05-24-2003, 05:32 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: May 2003
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The NBA and NBA Draft Lottery is sooo fixed.
NBA is by far the most fixed sport. |
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05-24-2003, 06:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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IT'S A CONSPRICY!!!
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