that will be sweet...back to back 1st pick like what happen to Orlando long time ago with Shaq and Chirst Webber. I think the Raptors will trade some body for the 1st pick to some big body. if they do that , i think they will draft Dwaght Howard, as much i like Okafort, he is a similar (maybe better) player to Bosh they have similar height too and similar blocking skills. Howard can give the low post player they need.
Dachen you gotta stop dreaming clevelands record is 33-47 with 2 games left in the season and Orlandos is 19-61 with 2 games left it aint happening. Cleveland already has enough young talent but the havent utilized it yet. Dajuan Wagner 6th pick, LeBron James 1st pick, DeSagana Diop 8th pick, Carlos Boozer 2nd rounder, Kedrick Brown 11th pick.
the cavs are projected to be getting childress from stanford in the first and duhon from duke int the second anyway.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting ReRun:</div><div class="quote_post">the cavs are projected to be getting childress from stanford in the first and duhon from duke int the second anyway.</div> They don't even have the lottery placings yet so those projections are totally useless.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting cArMeLo15:</div><div class="quote_post">Hunter was right, your not going to fit here Dachen.</div> Where did he say that?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting go_duke21:</div><div class="quote_post">They don't even have the lottery placings yet so those projections are totally useless.</div> they hav the placings, they just dont hav the ones for the first thhree teams.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting ReRun:</div><div class="quote_post">they hav the placings, they just dont hav the ones for the first thhree teams.</div> That's not the first time I've heard about that. But why, all the years before every team which was not making the playoffs was in the lottery, and so why should it be different this year, except that the new franchise, the Bobcats, have the forth pick guaranteed everything is like last year. Or ff you know it for sure, please provide us with an official link or something similar. Anyway it is like it was, just take a look on http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/index >> features >> mock draft + lottery. There you can see that Orlando has a 25% chance of getting the first pick while Utah only have a .5% chance of getting it, but still they have it and therefore there isn't done any placing yet. That comes in the lottery, the same procedure as every year.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting dachen33:</div><div class="quote_post">that will be sweet...back to back 1st pick like what happen to Orlando long time ago with Shaq and Chirst Webber. I think the Raptors will trade some body for the 1st pick to some big body. if they do that , i think they will draft Dwaght Howard, as much i like Okafort, he is a similar (maybe better) player to Bosh they have similar height too and similar blocking skills. Howard can give the low post player they need.</div> What kind of qustion is that? the cavs wont get first because of their record thats like saying "will the pistons get number 2 again this year"
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting ReRun:</div><div class="quote_post">they hav the placings, they just dont hav the ones for the first thhree teams.</div> No, the draft is done by a lottery. Each team gets a certain number of ping pong balls with the worst team getting the most. While each team with the worst record after that gets a slightly lower number of ping pong balls. This year because Charlotte is an expansion franchise they automatically get the 4th pick. That is the only pick at this point that is locked in place. Where do you get your info from??
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting CANT STOP ME:</div><div class="quote_post">What kind of qustion is that? the cavs wont get first because of their record thats like saying "will the pistons get number 2 again this year"</div> What are you talking about? Well the Piston thing is something completely different. And he made a point why he think it could be. Can you remember Orlando in 1993, just after a .5 season they had the lowest chance of getting the first pick and guess what, they got it. They had a chance of 1.5%. But just after that the NBA changed the lottery system slightly. Nowadays the team with the best record in the lottery has only a chance of .5% to get the first pick. And another point, in 2002 Houston had an 8.9% chance of receiving the first pick. Cleveland may have only a 2.something% chance (still better than Orlando's back in 1993) at the moment but still they have this chance. And your comparison with Detroit? Well they don't have a chance at all... EDIT: <div class="quote_poster">Quoting go_duke21:</div><div class="quote_post">Where do you get your info from??</div> I would guess www.nbadraft.net: <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Here is an early look at NBADraft.net's 2004 NBA Mock Draft. The order is taken from the reverse of the Current Standings. The top 3 picks will be decided by the draft lottery.</div>
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting CANT STOP ME:</div><div class="quote_post">thats why i was comparing it to detroit because they dont have a chance</div> Detroit has no chance while Cleveland has a chance. How can you compare that?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting CANT STOP ME:</div><div class="quote_post">IT WONT HAPPEN NOW GET OVER IT BEFORE I GET MAD </div> Man, what's wrong with you? Can you just please grow up? It just wasn't a good comparison, that's all...
