Possibly that was one of the items that Les brought up to JVG on Wednesday at their meeting. I understand that Les told JVG what changes he requires of JVG.
Yetti I hope that was brought up in the meeting as well. I would like to see him change his stance on developing the younger guys. I would kill to have a Josh McRoberts on this team.
Let's hope it's a BIG odd ball that gets us a #1, #2 or #3. Just think, had we lost that game to Denver, we might have been choosing at #6 -- or still as high as #8. Forgive me, I must not dwell on the past. I'm thankful we got the #8 spot for now. Of course, now we can all covet the #1, #2 or #3 spot.
Do you guys think we can package our first and second round picks and send them to the Texans for the overall #1 so we can draft Vince Young?
Here are the order of the lottery results for the last 16 years. No.5 seems to be lucky ! Also I believe the format was different prior to 1995. 2005 Original order 1st pick 6 2nd pick 1 3rd pick 5 2004 Original order 1st pick 1 2nd pick 4 3rd pick 2 2003 Original order 1st pick 1 2nd pick 5 3rd pick 2 2002 Original order 1st pick 5 (This was the Yoa Ming Pick) 2nd pick 2 3rd pick 1 2001 Original order 1st pick 3 2nd pick 8 3rd pick 5 2000 Original order 1st pick 5 2nd pick 4 3rd pick 1 1999 Original order 1st pick 3 2nd pick 1 3rd pick 13 1998 Original order 1st pick 3 2nd pick 5 3rd pick 1 1997 Original order 1st pick 3 2nd pick 5 3rd pick 2 1996 Original order 1st pick 2 2nd pick 3 3rd pick 1 1995 Original order 1st pick 5 2nd pick 1 3rd pick 4 1994 Original order 1st pick 4 2nd pick 1 3rd pick 2 1993 Original order 1st pick 11 2nd pick 5 3rd pick 7 1992 Original order 1st pick 2 2nd pick 8 3rd pick 1 1991 Original order 1st pick 5 2nd pick 4 3rd pick 3 1990 Original order 1st pick 1 2nd pick 10 3rd pick 8
Hopefully JVG told Les the truth: Les: We need you to be more flexible with the rotation and play some of the younger guys a little more. JVG: Les the last time I was asked to be more flexible with my rotation I walked out on the Knicks organization. Les: Well don't let the door hit you in the a$$ on the way out!
Actually, we lost 22 ping pong balls because of the Denver win. That because had we lost we would be in a 3-way tie for the 6th. As it stands now Minny is in a 2-way tie with Boston. That is why Minn get 30 balls than us.
We already have Charlie Ward! Obviously we should trade down for more picks. The Rockets have a lot of holes to fill.
Wouldn't that be a sweet 22nd birthday present for me if the Rockets came out with the number 1 overall pick.
http://www.nba.com/news/lotteryties_060421.html Ties Broken for NBA Draft 2006 Order of Selection NEW YORK, April 21, 2006 – Seven ties among teams that finished the 2005-06 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to help determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2006, which will be held on Wednesday, June 28 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The drawings were conducted live on NBA TV earlier today at the NBA League Office in New York City by Stu Jackson, NBA Senior Vice President, Basketball Operations. The results of the random drawings: Charlotte (26-56) won a tie-breaker with Atlanta Minnesota (33-49) won a tie-breaker with Boston Houston (34-48) won a tie-breaker with Golden State New Orleans/Oklahoma City (38-44) won a tie-breaker with Philadelphia Chicago (41-41) won a tie-breaker with Indiana Sacramento (44-38) won a tie-breaker with Denver New Jersey (49-33) won a tie-breaker with Memphis Attached is the order of selection for the NBA Draft 2006, as well as the number of chances for teams in NBA Draft Lottery 2006, to be held May 23, at the NBA Entertainment studio in Secaucus, New Jersey. 2006 FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER The teams entered in the lottery, to be held on May 23, 2006, are as follows (note: the first three picks in the Draft will be determined by the lottery and the remainder of the “lottery teams” will select in positions 4 through 14 in inverse order of their consolidated standings at the end of the regular season): Code: TEAM RECORD LOTTERY CHANCES (out of 1,000) Portland 21-61 250 New York (To Chi.) 23-59 199 Charlotte 26-56 138 Atlanta 26-56 137 Toronto 27-55 88 Minnesota 33-49 53 Boston 33-49 53 [B]Houston 34-48 23[/B] Golden State 34-48 22 Seattle 35-47 11 Orlando 36-46 8 N.O./Ok. City 38-44 7 Philadelphia 38-44 6 Utah 41-41 5 The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows: 15. Milwaukee (To New Orleans/Oklahoma City) 40-42 16. Chicago 41-41 17. Indiana 41-41 18. Washington 42-40 19. Sacramento 44-38 20. Denver (To New York via Toronto and New Jersey) 44-38 21. LA Lakers (To Phoenix via Atlanta and Boston) 45-37 22. LA Clippers (To New Jersey via Denver and Orlando) 47-35 23. New Jersey 49-33 24. Memphis 49-33 25. Cleveland 50-32 26. Miami (To LA Lakers) 52-30 27. Phoenix 54-28 28. Dallas 60-22 29. San Antonio (To New York) 63-19 30. Detroit (To Portland via Utah) 64-18 2006 SECOND ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER* 31. Portland 32. New York (To Houston) 33/34. Atlanta 33/34. Charlotte (To LA Clippers) 35. Toronto 36/37. Boston Pick may be conveyed to Minnesota 36/37. Minnesota 38/39. Golden State Pick may be conveyed to Minnesota via Boston and Phoenix 38/39. Houston 40. Seattle 41. Orlando 42/43. Philadelphia (To Cleveland) 42/43. New Orleans/Oklahoma City 44. Milwaukee (To Orlando via Cleveland) 45. Indiana 46. Chicago (To Utah via Houston) 47. Utah 48. Washington 49. Denver 50. Sacramento (To Orlando via Utah or to Charlotte) 51. LA Lakers 52. LA Clippers 53. Memphis (To Seattle) 54. New Jersey 55. Cleveland 56. Miami (To Toronto via New Orleans/Oklahoma City and Boston) 57. Phoenix (To Minnesota) 58. Dallas 59. San Antonio 60. Detroit * Please note that teams that finished the regular season with identical records will select in the second round in the reverse of the order in which they select in the first round, provided that if more than two teams are tied, then, as among the tied teams, each tied team will select one position earlier than it selected in the first round, except that the tied team that selected earliest in the first round shall, as among the tied teams, select latest in the second round. With respect to the ties between Atlanta and Charlotte (33 and 34); Boston and Minnesota (36 and 37); Golden State and Houston (38 and 39); and Philadelphia and New Orleans/Oklahoma City (42 and 43): since the order of selection in the first round for each pair of teams may change based on the results of the Draft Lottery, the order of selection in the second round cannot be determined until after the Draft Lottery is conducted (on May 23, 2006).
Clutch, small correction on your Lotto Generator: New Orleans won the tie breaker against the 76ers and thus have 7 balls and 76ers will have 6 balls. I am not sure if you have updated that yet.
If we had tied with Minny & Boston, would it have been 106 balls between 3 teams (approximately 35 allocated for each team)? Would that effectively be only 12 more balls than we have currently?
