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  1. Pinwheel1

    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    Now we are down to one of these ......... Buzelis Williams, Holland, Knecht
     
    Pinwheel1, May 12, 2024
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Win? You mean make the playin and then get squashed?
     
    Natebishop3, May 12, 2024
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Tre is now a Laker
     
    Cugel, May 12, 2024
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    Irish Trader Erin go Braugh

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    This thing is fixed Atlanta first time. Out of here
     
    Irish Trader, May 12, 2024
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    Kano John Start 'em young!

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    San Antonio took our #4 but at least they didn't get another #1
     
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    Wow. A play-in team won the #1 pick.
     
    KingSpeed, May 12, 2024
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    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    As soon as they said Atlanta had never won it......I got a bad feeling
     
    Pinwheel1, May 12, 2024
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    JFizzleRaider Yeast Lords Global Moderator

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    They would rather get bounced in the play-in with a 33 year old (soon to be 34) point guard whose body is starting to fail due to father time.
     
    JFizzleRaider, May 12, 2024
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    I don't see how today's results impact what we should be doing next year one way or the other... other than maybe that we're less likely to get a guy who can contribute right away, which means we should be less willing to try to win now.

    There was about a 1 in 6 chance of this happening today, and sometimes you're gonna have the breaks go against you.
     
    Ed O, May 12, 2024
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    That’s what Atlanta did and they got #1 pick.
     
    KingSpeed, May 12, 2024
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I seriously don’t understand the people complaining about tanking. We weren’t good even when we played everyone. Meanwhile the Wolves and Thunder are in the second round after tanking for years. There’s a clear path to climbing out of mediocrity as a small market and it isn’t making the playin.
     
    Natebishop3, May 12, 2024
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    Don't re-sign Grant. Don't re-sign Thybulle. Get value for Brogdon. Get value for Williams. Take bad contracts on for draft value.

    Going half-way into a tank job just isn't smart. That's my criticism of Cronin--not that we should not be tanking.
     
    Ed O, May 12, 2024
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Good for the Hawks (tho did anyone notice they mentioned that the Hawks never read a #1 or something like that? NOthing like foreshadowing)
     
    julius, May 12, 2024
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    No. We had a 7% chance of dropping to 7. That is not 1 in 6.
     
    illmatic99, May 12, 2024
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    And that shit does not happen very often. Percentages are real. Math is real. Math doesn't give a shit about "karma."
     
    theprunetang, May 12, 2024
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    Yeah if they do their homework and maybe even work out a deal they might pick up a player or two that can grow with the team.
    Guess it’s time to start looking at what it will take to get a good pick next year.
     
    kjironman1, May 12, 2024
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    7th pick was the 2nd most likely result for us.
     
    inconceivable, May 12, 2024
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    The flattened lottery odds are throwing a very real wrench into this team building strategy.
     
    illmatic99, May 12, 2024
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    Yikes! We get pushed back three spots. That surely limits the options we have with that pick. I still wonder if with most teams downplaying this draft if Cronin tries to capitalize on that and either move up from 7 or just acquire another top pick.
     
    blazerkor, May 12, 2024
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  20. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    They had good picks (including a first and second pick) and good trades to get them there. Blazers don't have that. I don't have much faith in that happening either.
     
    Chris Craig, May 12, 2024
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