wonder if the captains will make their selections live or behind the scenes as to not embarrass the last 2 picks.
theres 10 starters already decided for the game. lebron and curry being the captains. theres 8 other players they will choose from. the pool of starters is separate from the pool of reserves
I'd like to see it live. And LeBron chooses second, so come player 10 when Kyrie is there, he asks if he can demand a trade of his last pick. Curry goes first and picks Durant. LeBron goes second and picks Harden. Get a little work in before the offseason.
If LerBon takes Durant first, he's going to end up with AD or Greek Freak with his next pick. That's insane.
Marketing reason, if it is a live show, I guess Lebron is going to pick either the next best Nike sponsored player in the list or Kyrie.
That's some stupid bullsh*t. For me the whole appeal to this new format was watching the draft and the ensuing drama it would create in the game. Now the draft order could be easily doctored for public relations purposes, if they release it at all.
They're not going to release the draft order. Only thing that will be released is the teams once they are set. They don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. And I agree with you... they could've done it like the NHL and made a fun show out of it. Last pick won a car or something, so they didn't feel bad lol. They pick from the starters first. Then they pick from the reserves.
NBA is afraid of it's players. Took their own great idea and flushed it down the toilet. That's a straight up pansy move. Loss of respect for Silver and the league.
don't get why the NBA would not televise the draft, that seems like prime drama and an excuse to make more content which equals more money.
Coaches pick the reserves for each conference, but the captains will pick which ones are on their teams.
NBA throwing money and attention down the toilet by not televising this. The player that is picked last is no slight to that player, still an All-star player. I'm pretty sure these guys have been through rejection before to get to where they are at now. Anyway, I hope Lebron ends up with CP3 and Harden...
By the way, why have West and East voting when it won't be East vs. West? The guys on Inside the NBA are a bunch of serious morons, their arguments are inconsistent with the whole stats vs. winning and all that bull. Barkley said he went with two guard reserves: Westbrook and Butler when he actually had Klay already locked down. Kenny forgot Westbrook and Shaq keeps harping about individuals, team record now and stop it when someone means how the team is doing. Shaq is an idiot, a moron, obnoxious piece of meat that should just leave the show. He got exposed by Shaq about voting for Cousins all these years by Barkley and said I agree a little bit. Hahaha. My brains explode when these guys are actually serious, how dumb can former players be??
bc players still represent the conference they play in and there needs to be somewhat of a balance still even though we all know the west has more stars