That's pre-lottery. Detroit had the worst record in the NBA last season, but got bounced out of the top four and picked 5th.
What happens if pingpong ball grace the warriors with the 1st pick next June? Do we just lose the pick or what?
Yes, it's top 4 protected in 2024, so 1-4 the pick stays with Golden State. in 2024, if the pick is 5-30 it goes to Portland. If it doesn't convey, then in 2025 Portland gets Golden State's 1st round pick if it is 2-30 (top 1 protected). If it doesn't convey in 2025, in 2026 the pick is unprotected.
I just opened up Page 5 and the conversation was all about donuts. Could we change the title of this thread to "Raymond Felton"?
One of my best stories comes from that place. I was tasked to buy a bunch of donuts for a work party thing and so I got in there at like 9 in the morning and it’s empty, just this tall guy who looks like he ran artillery for the Soviets in the 70s. He kind of gives me a bored look and then I ask for three dozen donuts. He’s like okay yeah let’s see what we can do. He yells something back to the kitchen but it’s in Russian so I don’t get what he’s saying. He starts looking a little agitated, yells again. Nothing. Finally he goes back in the back and I hear a bunch of yelling in Russian between two guys and then he comes back with this short guy who looks like he just stepped out of the boiler room of a fucking crab boat, little wool cap and white tank top and a cigarette hanging unlit from his mouth. Guy hasn’t shaved in four days. The tall guy looks at me and says “I apologize he is a useless Armenian. We will make your donuts now.” And they disappear for like fifteen minutes. I look at the cork board with all the drawings from kids while I wait. Eventually they come out with three boxes of donuts, they present them to me with the box tops open like I’m inspecting suitcases of cash. Then they close the boxes and the cook pulls out a fucking Bowie knife and stabs four holes in each box while giving me extremely uncomfortable eye contact. I thanked them and tried not to run out the door. Best donuts I ever had
Among the top 5 in net Rating are Orlando, LAC, Sixers. So, if you want to improve your net rating, just play the Blazers!!!! Unfortunately, this avenue is not open to the Blazers
I just don’t want the team to get discouraged. The path ahead looks bleak but should ultimately get better.
