Keeping our pick? This might be a Lottery year

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Make the pick for the Future.....or trade it for 'now'?

  1. One last attempt

  2. Build for the future....one player won't make enough of a difference

  3. Get bad enough to where the pick makes an immediate impact

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  1. UKRAINEFAN

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    So it's set up so if we were 9th we would have no chance at 5-8. I guess that is why I only got 9's and a couple 4's on the lottery simulator.
     
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    The teams below us are such master tankers the Blazers will be forced into the play in
     
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    Certainly outperformed projected Top-3 pick Jabari Smith on this night.
     
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    Dolphins ex coach Flores says he lost trust in that organization because he was offered 100K for every loss in an effort to tank.
    I just don't see Billups going along with any scheme to purposely tank.
     
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    Nobody is asking him to purposely tank.

    Dame got his surgery and is sitting out.

    Nassir is out.

    Nance is out.

    Management can trade players like Roco for picks or injured players too to help the tank.
     
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    Kings, Rockets, Thunder and Magic all win today which is nice.
     
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    It's going to take some obvious tanking trades to get under any of these teams but it would take those trades and a miracle to get under the Magic specifically.
     
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    With the lotto rules we just need to be one of the 4 worst.
     
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    This looks like such a weak draft to me, though. There's one guy I think has a decent chance to be a star. Then there are some pretty good shooting guards, which doesn't really help the Blazers.
     
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    That's fine. A high pick would be a great asset regardless of the talent pool. If we can use CJ, Powell and Roco/Nance to get Simmons or Siakam, we can use the pick to get another high impact player.
     
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    Yeah, they are not 'catching' Orlando. But they are only 2.5 games out of the #5 Lottery slot. We had that run where we won 6 of 8, or we'd be right in contention for a very high pick.
     
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    I really doubt if we can do any better than where we are now; in the 9th spot.
     
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    I could have been on board with that thinking, but we got Eric Bledsoe instead ....
     
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    Lottery climb suddenly gaining momentum....
     
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    That was a tough one, but we pulled it out. I think we are only a half game behind New Orleans, closing in on the 8 spot.
    https://www.tankathon.com/
     
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    San Antonio, Indiana and probably OKC will pass us up for sure. I’d even throw Sacramento in that mix.
     
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    Could you imagine a young core if we luck into a top 3 pick? Then trade Lillard and get a young guy like Jalen Brown or someone of that ilk? Maybe trade Nurk for a 1st?

    We could build something really promising
     
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