Pelicans pick

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2015 first round draft pick from New Orleans
New Orleans' 1st round pick to Houston protected for selections 1-3 and 20-30 in 2015, 1-3 and 20-30 in 2016, 1-3 and 20-30 in 2017, 1-3 and 20-30 in 2018, 1-3 and 25-30 in 2019 and 1-3 and 25-30 in 2020; if New Orleans has not conveyed a 1st round pick to Houston by 2020, then New Orleans will instead convey its 2020 2nd round pick and 2021 2nd round pick to Houston [Houston-New Orleans-Washington, 7/15/2014]

It is a mid-first round pick and was projected to be 12-16 mid-first round pick. Not sure why you are in a panic now. Were you expecting it to be #4 overall?

 

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some people thought it was going to be top 10.

 

I don't know. They finished 10th pick last year (Elfrid Payton to Philly to Orlando?). What made people think that with the addition of Omer, Evans, and Jrue they were going to be worse? That's their fault.

 

The pick will either be 13th, 14th, or 17th this year. And it will clearly be conveyed. It is by far most likely to land in the 13-14 range. It is also the highest pick a team can possibly get from a contender that's not Atlanta, who can swap with the Nets and may get higher pick if they don't make the playoffs.

 

Explain what makes the pelicans pick valuable. By pelicans sucking or winning?. Obviously it seems like losing would be the logical answer but idk?

 

about the 16th pick at the moment

 

It's value will be evident in the quality of the player that we receive in trade.

 

At this point, losing. Technically, they may lose too much and end up getting a top-3 pick. But the chance of that is pretty negligible even if they do falter down the stretch.

 

didn't we get a 14th for lowry and we turned it into harden. 14th can't be that bad.

 

You have to be very pessimistic to believe that they will beat both the Suns and the Thunder in the playoff race. So it's very probable that it will be the 13th or 14th pick, which is exactly what could be expected at the beginning of the season. So I have really no idea what the OP is talking about.

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The Lowry pick turned out to be the 12th pick, but we traded it before the season and I'm sure OKC was hoping that Toronto would suck a bit harder that year.

 

The Pelicans are currently out of the playoffs. As the non-playoff team with the best record they would have the last pick of the lottery which is #14.

Assuming that they don't make the playoffs then the pick will likely be #13 or #14 depending on if they finish ahead/behind Suns/OKC (whichever doesn't make the playoffs).

 

Do Celtic have any worthwhile players left? They've been stock piling picks in a fire sale recently.

 

Those people are out of touch with reality, the only way that happens is if the Brow ends up with a season-ending injury. The pick is projecting 13-18th which is what most sane people expected. No matter where the pick ends up it's still awesome for the Rox as they got by essentially for "free", took back no salary, got rid of a player who wanted out anyway and used that capspace on guys who are contributing like Ariza, K-pap, Dorsey, Terry and Smith.

 

Say that 5 times real fast.