Screw the lotto - why would we want to draft somebody like that Davis kid. (Grabs popcorn and waits for someone to claim Davis sucks.)
The fundamental flaw in your cynical post... Its not guaranteed. Its why would we want a CHANCE to draft.... Just sayin...
We're 5th in lotto order now and we have a shot at 4th. I'm rooting for us to win unless we completely fall out of playoff position or if Dame sits out the season. Then I'll just sit back and dream of Ben Simmons,
What would it take for us (other than CJ) to get another lottery pick? I'd love to end up with something like the 4th and 7th picks (like the magical draft of 2006) and be able to get 2 of Dunn, Brown, Labissiere, Murray, Ingram, or Bender.
Probably not enough. I think taking on salary might be our best bet. I think our #1 goal should be to find a way to get another mid lottery pick without giving up CJ, because it gives us the ability to do a lot of different things in the off-season. Something like MIN Gets: Meyers Leonard, Noah Vonleh, ~20th pick (DET), Future 1st (POR) POR Gets: ~7th pick (MIN top 3 protected) Zach Lavine, Nikola Pekovic DET Gets: Gerald Henderson, Chris Kaman Buyout Pekovic, allocate it all to this year's cap. Taking his contract of Minnys hands is incentive for them to do this. We might have to give MIN. This would leave us with the 5th and 7th pick, which could leave us with 2 options. 1.) Package a combination of CJ, the 5th, and 7th picks for a great player or pick. Options I could see: CJ+5th+7th+filler for DeMarcus Cousins CJ+5th+7th+Future First for the 1st pick 5th+7th+filler for Eric Bledsoe 7th+filler for Brook Lopez 7th+Future1st+filler? for 2nd pick (Ingram?) 2.) Keep the picks At 5, take Skal Labbissiere, Jaylen Brown, or Dragan Bender At 7, take Jakob Poeltl, Jamal Murray, or Kris Dunn Lillard / Lavine Murray / McCollum Aminu / Crabbe Bender / Davis Plumlee / FA Center 3.) We win the lottery, draft Ben Simmons, then try to trade up from 7 to 5 (7+Future pick?) so we can get Labissiere, Bender, or Brown Lillard / Lavine Crabbe / McCollum FA SF (Parsons?) / Aminu Simmons / Bender Plumlee / Davis Or Lillard / Lavine Crabbe / McCollum Simmons / Aminu Bender / (Combo of Simmons/Aminu) FA C (Whiteside?) / Davis
Dude that's not enough to get the 7th pick by itself, let alone zach Levine. The kid is special. He has been playing very well this season. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I haven't been keeping tabs. Take out Lavine then. I think without it it's likely enough, especially since we're ridding then of a bad contract
Win the championship Win a playoff series Make the playoffs Win the game Play hard Being a fan, my top desire is to see the Blazers win a championship. I’d be happy to give up any lower goal to achieve a higher goal. For example, I’d be happy to lose a game, if that meant a better matchup in the playoffs and a better chance of advancing to a playoff series win. It’s becoming clear that we won’t be making the playoffs this year. A win doesn’t help achieve any higher goals. At this point, I want to see the Blazers play hard. I’m okay with a loss if it gives us a chance to draft a quality player that will help the Blazers achieve higher goals in the years to come.
I believe you can buy a draft pick for 3mil...I think Paul Allen did that not so long ago and I think you can only do it once a year..not sure..Schilly knows this stuff pretty well
He's bought draft picks, but I'm pretty certain he's never landed a lottery pick for a measly 3m that I remember. EDIT: I think they have bought picks in the 20's
