OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA MADNESS: APRIL 2025

23/11/9/7

 

Wow. 5 teams in the West may all have the same record at the end of the day.

 

Looking at OKC box score. They have two playoff teams of talent on their roster.

 

They can probably save Shai until the Finals and still get there. Their team is stacked

 

tonight they rested:

SGA
Jalen Williams
Holmgren
Hartenstein
Caruso
Dort
Cason Wallace
Ousmane Dieng

basically, all of their starters, and their top-7 players....and they still won by 36 points, on the road, against the same team that beat Portland Wednesday night. And they have everybody returning next season...and they will still be under the tax line

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and they still have this ahead:

2025 first round draft pick from Houston or L.A. Clippers (Oklahoma City outgoing to Houston, L.A. Clippers or Brooklyn)
Oklahoma City has the right to swap its 2025 1st round pick for Houston's 2025 1st round pick protected for selections 1-10 or the L.A. Clippers' 2025 1st round pick; Houston then has the right to swap its pick or the Oklahoma City pick to Brooklyn for Phoenix's 2025 1st round pick; if the Houston pick falls within its protected range, then Houston's obligation to Oklahoma City will be extinguished and Houston will instead have the right to swap its pick to Brooklyn for the Phoenix pick [L.A. Clippers-Oklahoma City, 7/10/2019; Houston-Oklahoma City, 7/16/2019; Brooklyn-Cleveland-Houston-Indiana, 1/16/2021; Brooklyn-Indiana-Milwaukee-Phoenix, 2/9/2023; Brooklyn-Houston, 6/26/2024]

2025 first round draft pick from Miami
Miami's 1st round pick to Oklahoma City protected for selections 1-14 in 2025 and unprotected in 2026 (via L.A. Clippers) [L.A. Clippers-Miami, 7/6/2019; L.A. Clippers-Oklahoma City, 7/10/2019; Miami-Oklahoma City, 2/9/2022]

2025 first round draft pick from Philadelphia
Philadelphia's 1st round pick to Oklahoma City protected for selections 1-6 in 2025, 1-4 in 2026 and 1-4 in 2027; if Philadelphia has not conveyed a 1st round pick to Oklahoma City by 2027, then Philadelphia will instead convey its 2027 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City [Philadelphia-Oklahoma City, 12/8/2020]

2025 first round draft pick from Utah
Utah's 1st round pick to Oklahoma City protected for selections 1-10 in 2025 and 1-8 in 2026 (if Utah has not conveyed a 1st round pick to Oklahoma City by 2026, then Utah's obligation to Oklahoma City will be extinguished) [Oklahoma City-Utah, 7/30/2021; Oklahoma City-Utah, 1/4/2022]

2025 second round draft pick from Atlanta
Atlanta's 2025 2nd round pick to Portland protected for selections 41-59 or to Oklahoma City protected for selections 31-40 (Atlanta's obligation to Portland or Oklahoma City will thereafter be extinguished) [Atlanta-Oklahoma City, 11/24/2020; Atlanta-Oklahoma City, 9/27/2022 (partial removal of protection); Atlanta-Detroit-Golden State-Portland, 2/9/2023]

2025 second round draft pick to Memphis or Houston
Memphis will receive the more favorable of Houston's 2025 2nd round pick and Oklahoma City's 2025 2nd round pick and Houston will receive the less favorable of the two (via Atlanta to Houston) [Atlanta-Oklahoma City-Philadelphia, 7/25/2018; Atlanta-Oklahoma City, 2/9/2023; Houston-Memphis, 2/1/2024]

2026
2026 first round draft picks from Houston and / or L.A. Clippers (Oklahoma City outgoing to Washington)
Oklahoma City will receive the two most / more favorable of its 2026 1st round pick, Houston's 2026 1st round pick protected for selections 1-4 and the L.A. Clippers' 2026 1st round pick and Washington will receive the least / less favorable of these; if the Houston pick falls within its protected range and is therefore not conveyed, then Houston will instead convey its 2026 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City [L.A. Clippers-Oklahoma City, 7/10/2019; Houston-Oklahoma City, 7/16/2019; L.A. Clippers-Oklahoma City-Philadelphia, 11/1/2023; Philadelphia-Washington, 2/6/2025]

2026 second round draft pick from Dallas or Philadelphia (more favorable, effectively a swap, Oklahoma City outgoing to Houston or San Antonio)
Oklahoma City will receive the most favorable of its 2026 2nd round pick, Dallas' 2026 2nd round pick and Philadelphia's 2026 2nd round pick and Houston will receive the second most favorable and San Antonio will receive the least favorable of the three (via Oklahoma City to Houston; via Oklahoma City to Miami to San Antonio) [Dallas-Detroit-Oklahoma City, 11/27/2020; New York-Oklahoma City-Philadelphia, 3/25/2021; Miami-Oklahoma City, 2/9/2022; Houston-Oklahoma City, 9/30/2022; Cleveland-Miami-San Antonio, 7/6/2023]

No picks outgoing.

2027
2027 first round draft pick from Denver
At least two years after Denver conveys a 1st round pick to Orlando or in 2029 if this pick is not conveyed to Orlando, Denver's 1st round pick to Oklahoma City protected for selections 1-5 in 2027, 1-5 in 2028 and 1-5 in 2029; if Denver has not conveyed this first potential 1st round pick to Oklahoma City by 2029, then Denver will instead convey its 2029 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City; Oklahoma City may convey the 2027 pick to the L.A. Clippers (see Oklahoma City Incoming) [Denver-Oklahoma City, 6/23/2022]

2027 first round draft pick from L.A. Clippers (Oklahoma City or Denver outgoing)
Oklahoma City has the right to swap its 2027 1st round pick or, if conveyed to Oklahoma City, Denver's 2027 1st round pick, which would be protected for selections 1-5 and otherwise conveyable to Oklahoma City if Denver conveys a 1st round pick to Orlando in 2025, for the L.A. Clippers' 2027 1st round pick [Denver-Oklahoma City, 6/23/2022; L.A. Clippers-Oklahoma City-Philadelphia, 11/1/2023]

2027 second round draft pick from Houston, Indiana and / or Miami (most favorable of these and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City outgoing to New York, San Antonio or Miami)
Oklahoma City will receive the most favorable of its 2027 2nd round pick, Houston's 2027 2nd round pick, Indiana's 2027 2nd round pick and Miami's 2027 2nd round pick and New York will receive the second most favorable and the third most favorable of the four; San Antonio will receive the more favorable of (i) its 2027 2nd round pick and (ii) the least favorable of the Oklahoma City pick, the Houston pick, the Indiana pick and the Miami pick and Miami will receive the less favorable of (i) and (ii) (via Houston to Detroit to Oklahoma City to New York; via Miami to Oklahoma City to Utah to San Antonio to Miami) [Detroit-Houston, 11/24/2020; Detroit-Oklahoma City, 3/13/2021; Indiana-Oklahoma City, 11/25/2020; Miami-Oklahoma City, 3/17/2021; Oklahoma City-Utah, 7/30/2021; Portland-San Antonio-Utah, 2/9/2022; Cleveland-Miami-San Antonio, 7/6/2023; New York-Oklahoma City, 6/27/2024]

No picks outgoing.

2028
2028 first round draft pick from Dallas
Oklahoma City has the right to swap its 2028 1st round pick for Dallas' 2028 1st round pick [Dallas-Oklahoma City, 2/8/2024]

2028 second round draft pick from Milwaukee
Milwaukee's 2028 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City (via Brooklyn to Houston) [Brooklyn-Indiana-Milwaukee-Phoenix, 2/9/2023; Brooklyn-Houston, 7/6/2023; Houston-Oklahoma City, 10/17/2023]

2028 second round draft pick from Utah
Utah's 2028 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City [Oklahoma City-Utah, 7/30/2021; Oklahoma City-Utah, 1/4/2022]

No picks outgoing.

2029
2029 first round draft pick from Denver
Only if and at least two years after Denver conveys a first potential 1st round pick to Oklahoma City, then Denver's next potential 1st round pick to Oklahoma City protected for selections 1-5 in 2029 and 1-5 in 2030; if Denver has not conveyed this next potential 1st round pick to Oklahoma City by 2030, then Denver will instead convey its 2030 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City [Denver-Indiana-L.A. Lakers-Oklahoma City, 6/23/2023]

2029 second round draft pick from Atlanta
Atlanta's 2029 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City [Atlanta-Oklahoma City, 9/27/2022]

2029 second round draft pick from Boston
Boston's 2029 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City [Boston-Oklahoma City, 2/9/2023]

2029 second round draft pick from Houston
Houston's 2029 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City [Atlanta-Houston-L.A. Clippers-Memphis-Oklahoma City, 7/8/2023]

2029 second round draft pick from Miami
Miami's 2029 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City [Miami-Oklahoma City, 7/6/2023]

No picks outgoing.

2030
2030 second round draft pick from Denver
Denver's 2030 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City (via Charlotte) [Charlotte-Dallas-Denver-Golden State-Minnesota-Philadelphia, 7/6/2024; Charlotte-Oklahoma City, 2/3/2025]

2030 second round draft pick from Houston
Houston's 2030 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City [Atlanta-Houston-L.A. Clippers-Memphis-Oklahoma City, 7/8/2023]

2030 second round draft pick from Miami
Miami's 2030 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City [Miami-Oklahoma City, 7/6/2023]

No picks outgoing.

2031
2031 second round draft pick from Orlando or New Orleans (less favorable)
Orlando will receive the more favorable of its 2031 2nd round pick and New Orleans' 2031 2nd round pick and Oklahoma City will receive the less favorable of the two (via Orlando's right to swap for New Orleans) [New Orleans-Orlando, 6/27/2024; New Orleans-Oklahoma City, 2/5/2025]

 

Jesus...

 

Now they have to actually do it. We’ll see what the Lakers can do against them in a series. Or the Clippers.

 

old men yell at clouds

 

And yet they still have to live in Oklahoma, so overall they are to be pitied.

 

This is riveting stuff. This is a very big deal and until the NBA fixes it, we should all be losing sleep over it.

 

“It just means more”

 

The Warriors or Clippers are better off losing and beat Memphis in the Play in and play the Rockets in the 1st round and avoid the Lakers

 

In the only game that actually seemed to matter today, the Clips beat the Warriors to complete a SEASON SWEEP. Kawhi played 47 minutes! Jimmy Butler played 48.

 

for the warriors, losing is a blessing in disguise

 

Hope GSW loses the next 2 games...

 

So PatCon goes for 43 points and 11 rebounds in an OT win against the pistons today.