NBA Lottery Draw Watch [Pray Memphis doesn't get it]

Portland did really well in the draft last year. With the #1 pick this year they are really getting loaded with cheap talent.
Hate Steve Paterson for his handling of Hakeem....

 

portland need randolph for at least another season or two. the deadweights on their team are miles and lafrentz.

miles is allegedly done as a player. if he retires he'll still get paid but his salary will come off the cap. that's not good for teams hoping to scavenge.
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/or...sports/1178888126285970.xml&coll=7&thispage=2

if miles does retire they'll be in less of a hurry to move randolph. without miles, udoka is a near definate re-sign, while outlaw very possible.

lafrentz could see time on floor now magliore is gone unless they re-sign outlaw.

oden would be a good fit in portland. it'll allow aldridge to play most if not all his minutes at PF instead of center.

jack - rodriguez - dickau
roy - jones - (draft)
webster - (draft) - (draft)
randolph - aldridge - lafrentz
oden - przybilla - (draft)

 

Portland should trade aldridge. Could probably throw in lafrentz.

 

Lucky Steve Patterson ...

 

No way Portland trades Aldridge. He's their future. Randolph will go next.

 

A front line of Oden and Aldrige could dominate this league for years to come. Remeber when Orlando could have had Shaq and Chris Webber together and ended up trading the No.1 pick. This is that scenario ten years later. Here in Portland the Blazer fans are going crazy about that possiblities.

 

yeah so could curry and chandler. we'll see. first thing, oden isn't shaq and aldridge isn't webber. oden is probably can't miss as a future star, not so sure about aldridge even though he came on stronger before he had to shut it down.

that said, portland looks to be setup real nice. they have a lot of talent and don't have to have any of those guys be as shane would say, "super-duper" stars but they can roll out strong 5 man basketball. as an outsider i'd be more scared if they got durant but i'd be very excited if i were a portland fan too.

 

he is a yao hater

its too early to tell how good oden will be in the nba so lets wait before we judge.

 

i'm just glad phx didn't get the atl pick and memphis is out of the top 2 but man the west gets tougher and tougher

 

Oh man, it is happening to him again.

Wow.

DD

 

i know....it's pretty crazy that we are talking about an 18 year old and a 19 year old going 1/2. hell even the potential #3 guy is 19 too.

 

Didn't Steve Patterson resign?

 

Patterson was a patsy for Charlie Thomas. The same as Morey for Les, and Chaney for Bush. Their job is to do the dirty work, and keep their bosses "above the fray."

 

Good for Portland...I think they deserve someone good...I also think Seattle will do well with Durant, but what about RL...

 

Little late to this thread but here is the history of the lotto:

2007 Original order
1st pick 6
2nd pick 5
3rd pick 4

2006 Original order
1st pick 5
2nd pick 2
3rd pick 3

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

 

This is a summary of the history, where the numbers indicate the position before the lotto. It looks like the 5th slot is very popular, although in 1993 and prior the lotto was different as all the lottery teams had the same chance of winning.

1st pick: 5 (5times), 3 (4times), 1 (3times), 2&6 (twice), 11 (once)
2nd pick: 5 (5times), 1 (4times), 4 (3times), 2&8 (twice), 10 (once)
3rd pick: 1 (5times), 2 (4times), 3,4 & 5 (2times), 7,8 & 13 (once)