For Turner....notice one thing, both teams need to improve the SF position and both are set at the PF/C positions. If Turner isn't picked at second, that will be the dumbest draft move ever in the last 5 years (CP3/Deron Williams).
I think it's for Favors or Cousins. Morey wants to upgrade at PF more than SF. We're set at the swing position with Martin/Ariza/Battier/Budinger.
Do you really want Ariza jacking up 3's at the next to Yao? They are going to double off of him. He is good off the bench, but not as a starter. He can't slash with Yao on the court and hardly has a mid range game. Scola will play 40 mpg, with $11.5 million invested in 3 backups (Hayes, Andersen, and Jeffries) I doubt the Rockets want a backup PF who will not make an impact. He is hoping the Sixers pass on Turner (with Iguadola). Bud, and Hill are trade bait.
Back then, how does the odd works in the draft? I see Stern spinning each team's packet in the lotto. What was the odd? when each time had one packet in there it seems. Then later, they did the lotto ball drawing? Did the worst team had more balls in there? and now, where/how/and when did they do the lotto before they just named the winning teams tonite?
I think it was the worst 7 teams have an equal "chance" for the top 2 picks. That tragedy happened after the Rockets had the worst record and picked up Dream when there wasn't a "lotto."
Houston already had conversations with Yao and they were confident he would be drafted 1st by us if we had the pick. Plus there are only Chinese consulates in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, LA and Houston. Chicago is much to cold for Yao so he was given to Houston. I thought everyone knew this.
I dont think the Lottery is rigged. Lebron could landed in NY, Miami, LA, Chicago in his draft, but nope Cleveland won the lottery, why Stern wanted him to go to a low market in Cleveland?
Do you not realize that there was a 75% chance of the Nets not getting the 1st pick, and a greater than 50% chance of them not getting 1st or 2nd?
I think theres been 6 years since the worst seed has won the lottery. Assuming the probability of winning with the worst seed is 25%(which its not every year), then there is a .75^6 = .177 or 17% chance of this happening. However, from 1991 to 2002, there were no worst seeds that won. Again assuming 25%, there is a .75^12 = .03 or 3% chance of this happening. I'm sure someone who remembers more statistics than I do can do a better analysis.
Ask this guy, I'm sure he knows the answer to your question If you don't get an answer from him then ask this other guy Or him, just watching him altering the outcome on that particular play on the monitor and getting orders from up above...
