Lottery Teams May Trade Down Or Out Of Draft

[MapleLeaf]

From realgm.com

Some NBA executives think lottery teams, including the Knicks, will look to trade down or deal for a 2010 selection if their "need" guy is not there due to the lack of overall quality beyond Blake Griffin.

The Knicks' 2010 first round pick will go to the Jazz as the final compensation for the Stephon Marbury trade.

 

[Mexi]

Yeah this is exactly what I would do
this draft isnt great. not much of a difference from like the 7th pick and the 24th pick

 

[.snowy]

2003 - Kirk Hinrich and Brian Cook
2004 - Luol Deng and Delonte West
2005 - Charlie Villanueva and Luther Head
2006 - Randy Foye and kyle Lowry
2007 - Corey Brewer and Rudy Fernandez
2008 - Eric Gordon and Serge Ibaka

Those are picks 7 and 24. I know you chose two numbers randomly, but its just interesting to see how valid your point is.

 

[MapleLeaf]

lol whenever i saw .snowy posted in here, i thought he was gonna say,

SMH, this draft has patty mills

 

[.snowy]

SMH, this draft has patty mills

 

[RipCity32]

Yeah this is exactly what I would do
this draft isnt great. not much of a difference from like the 7th pick and the 24th pick

Exactly, which is why I want Detroit to make the playoffs...
Unlike Pugz who thinks 2 spots ahead will get us a franchise player lol.

 

[Dice-J]

I think this draft will be good 1-5. Then the rest of the picks will suck. Stay at Uconn Hasheem!

 

[.GR]

Looks like we will have the #1 (Pending lottery of course) and somewhere in the 20 range. Petrie does his magic with late selections, maybe he'll find a diamond in the rough.

 

[Pugz]

Exactly, which is why I want Detroit to make the playoffs...
Unlike Pugz who thinks 2 spots ahead will get us a franchise player lol.

your a <Censored>ing moron. no i don't think that. i think it could get us a slightly better player.
now unlike you i don't think we will make ANY noise, and i don't think we will make it out of round 1.. then to me there is no point in getting swept o winning one playoff game.

 

[RipCity32]

Yay, I'm a <Censored>ing moron <3

Mature Pugz, I thought I was the younger one.

 

[Pugz]

lol I've told you soooo many times why I wanted us out.. and yet you still don't know.

 

[RipCity32]

I'd rather take a very very slim chance at making noise in the playoffs then moving down 2 spots in a weak draft.

I was kidding about the franchise player thing too... I guess I'll use my sarcasm tags next time.

 

[Pugz]

Yes use them lol. and we wouldn't move down we would move up

 

[RipCity32]

Same thing lol.

The good thing about this draft is that it has a slew of players that are going to be solid players in the league. So the Pistons pick of 16 could reel in a good player.
Earl Clark
Jeff Teague
Demar Derozan
DuJuan Blair
Ed Davis

That's just a few guys out there. Obviously guys like Derozan are a stretch.

 

[The Young One]

No way in hell clark,teague or demar fall to detroit unless they bomb workouts.

 

[RipCity32]

I was just looking at mock drafts TYO lol.

 

[The Young One]

Idk see why you would go after those 3 anyway. You got stuck to play the 1. Affalo at the 2 and sharpe at the 3. For the future. Blair and davis makes sense though

 

[RipCity32]

Earl Clark is a combo forward. He would play PF/SF. Could probably be a nice contributor off the bench next season. Out of all those players I listed, I really want Clark the most.
Clark > Sharpe

If you got Teague he could start at PG in the future, and Stuckey at SG.

Demar would be our SG in the future. Afflalo as 6th man.

 

[The Young One]

Well i doubt those 3 fall. Especially Demar after he was playing late in the season and clark i dont see him falling past 13. Teague hurt himself at the end of the season so who knows.

 

[RipCity32]

I wonder how far Tyler Hansbrough falls.