clyde_carbon
Unfkwthble
Well, it has to be in the Top 7 or it is lost. The way the Warriors are playing, they will be JUST good enough to lose that pick. Coincidentally, the Warriors currently have the eighth-worst record in the NBA. Assuming that even one of the lottery teams gets a lucky bounce of the balls, the Warriors would fall to the ninth overall pick, which would then go to Utah (via New Jersey).
And we all know that if this team stays mostly intact, they will miss the playoffs yet again. But the Ws will go on one of their patented late-season runs where they win a whole bunch of meaningless games to end the season. That streak will serve to get management fired up about the team's "potential", it will push them further up the standings, it will get this message board illogically excited about the 2012-2013 season, and it will cost the team its first round draft pick, which will harm the Warriors in the short term and in the long run.
It is the Warrior way.
LOL.
And I'm laughing because that's exactly what's gonna happen.