Tank for Wembanyama

unfortunately, there's a 58% chance the Blazers pick later than #5

 

Yep it shouldn’t be viewed as a tragedy, but a likelihood

 

Tankathon has the Blazers taking Edey in the second round.

I'm just trying to picture a summer league team with Wembanyama, Edey, Badji and Butler.

 

Wizards won tonight, so Magic need that game. Not many opportunities for the Pacers to pick up a win, so unfortunately, Blazers need to keep losing.

 

Hyperbole is worse than Hitler.

 

Yes, you're correct on both of those. Detroit has a 47.9% chance of getting the 5th pick.
And for the Trail Blazers, other than the 9th pick (a 0.7% chance) the least likely ending spot would be the 5th pick.

 

It’s @THE HCP bro!

 

This shit is so confusing FAMS! How can the team with the worst record in the league have the same chances to get the #5 pick as they are the top 4 combined!!?? What kinda shit is that?

 

Detroit always gets hosed in the draft. They're in a perpetual state of crumminess.

 

This was absolutely insane. I remember calling my girlfriend (now my wife) maniacally telling her we won the lottery. Much to her disappointment she thought I was talking about the real lottery.

Let’s replicate these vibes this year!

Looks like someone makes a cameo in this as well.

 

This might be the happiest I've been as a Blazers fan since 2000; crazy to think that has now been 23 years!

Houston 0.9, OKC bye bye, and Denver game 7 are the other 3 highlights

 

But also just above 60% chance that the Blazers get the 1-6 pick.

 

sure. I just recall last year when they dropped a slot, from 6 to 7

 

I like the Doctor Seuss X vibe.

 

Hard to say right now since additional players will rise during workouts, but I was thinking if we land 1-3 we keep it.
Anything after that we look to trade the pick. However, now I am leaning towards only keeping it if it is #1.

Last year I wanted to keep the pick no matter what, and I feel justified in thinking so. This year, even though it is supposed to be a deep draft, I am not feeling it.

 

my take is that it's almost always best to keep a top-10 pick and roll the dice

and I think that's even more the case now because teams aren't just demanding a 1st for a non-all-star level player...they are demanding multiple 1st's. We heard that Toronto was demanding three 1st's for Anunoby...fuck that noise

I'm convinced the Blazers should keep their pick this coming draft. That's mainly because I don't believe there will be a good enough player available for a top-6 pick

 

I agree to a point. Teams like OKC are stockpiling picks and might as well overspend to get a good fit. It's not like they can keep all the players when you are limited to 15 players on a team. But teams like Toronto aren't demanding multiple lottery picks, just multiple 1st round picks? So maybe someone like Scoot Henderson could help bring back a damn good forward from a team who has multiple wings and no PG.

 

Yeah I think you can count the number of players who would be "worth it" and also feasibly attainable (even when what-iffing playoff fallout drama and whatnot on one hand...) Embiid, Giannis, Jaylen Brown, Kawhi, maybe Jimmy Butler? Everyone else is either unobtainable or an overpay, I think...

 

Given our draft pick position and other picks/players available, I’d say we are a likely suitor for a trade IF we lose the lottery and the winning team is willing to trade Wemby.

Everything you hear makes him sound consensus.

Would be so wild if we won the lottery.