Ha Ha. Stupid Clippers traded #1 pick for Mo Williams!

they own Minn. pick unprotected.

 

Correct. They can't add protection to that pick, though.

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/5/18/2177573/nba-draft-trade-clippers

 

people are assuming cleveland would have done the deal with protections, maybe they wouldnt have.

 

So ... think the Clippers could have used a Tom Penn for this botched deal that didn't need to be botched?

Gotta love the Clippers! They could have Kyrie Irving and Blake Griffin if they had only attached the correct pick to the Baron Davis trade.

 

True, but the Clippers could have held out of the deal then. There was a 1 in 36ish chance that the pick would end up #1.

 

exactly, they rolled the dice and won, if you could bet 11 million dollars against rolling snake eyes, im sure everyone would in a heartbeat

 

If my total net worth was exactly 11 million theres no way in hell I'd risk it.

I'd be totally happy with 11 million. Jumping up to 22 would have almost zero additional benefit. But going to 0, completely broke, would be so devastating, it would be more than 100x worse to my life than doubling up.

Now if I was Paul Allen it'd be a no-brainer yes decision, 1 in 36 chance to double up you take it all day.

 

puss

 

lol, how about boxcars then?

 

I'm going to play devil's advocate and say they traded this pick because all of the good college players decided to stay in school instead of declaring for the draft due to the impending lock out. They're going to have the usual lottery season next year and get the #1 in 2012 and draft a supa-sta. That is so brilliant!

 

if clippers own minnys unprotected pick next year, and their own top ten protected, they could actually come away with #1 and #2 i think lol