Tanking for a top 4 pick is not how it used to be.

Dr of Dunk · Apr 8, 2021

ashleyem said: ↑

Can’t believe Morey the analytical genius didn’t put a top 5 protection on the pick.
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Yes, I'm sure it never crossed Morey's mind.

WestendMassive · Apr 9, 2021

Dr of Dunk said: ↑

They own their own pick and Miami's pick in this draft. When we traded for Westbrook, we gave the right to a pick swap to them as part of the deal. This pick swap basically says this :

If the Rockets do not land a pick between 1 and 4, OKC gets the right to swap either their own pick or Miami's pick, which OKC also owns, with the Rockets' pick. As it stands, since OKC's own pick will be higher than Miami's pick, there's no way they're going to swap that pick to the Rockets, so they'll swap Miami's pick instead. In essence, OKC would keep the 2 most favorable picks -- the Rockets' and their own, while the Rockets would end up with Miami's pick.

If the Rockets land a pick between 1 and 4, they would keep that pick and OKC would keep Miami's pick (and their own).
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Was the potential of getting Miami's pick instead of OKC's always part of the deal, or did OKC acquire that later and because it's a FRP they can just throw us that one instead?

Keeping in mind, of course, that when the trade went down, Houston assumed they'd still have James so they would have thought that this swap was going to be very unlikely.

larsv8 · Apr 9, 2021

ashleyem said: ↑

Can’t believe Morey the analytical genius didn’t put a top 5 protection on the pick.
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How is it possible your takes are so bad on EVERY topic?

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