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Well, with brain cancer, I'm sure he's just happy to still be alive.

Quit distracting me.....I'm in the Cavs-C's thread now.

This thread is yesterday's news.
 

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At the end of the day the Lakers ended up keeping the pick for two additional seasons and ended up with Ingram and Lonzo in the process.

I doubt there's a single Lakers fan upset about how this went down.

meh, is what it is...

personally looking forward to what our FO is gonna do...
 

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Yep.

I agree with @Shaqdaddy11 point about the Lakers improvement.

At least it made the pick a little worse.

The Lakers definitely improved. If they are able to pull off the coup and get Lebron/PG then they could definitely lose to the Warriors next year in the WCF.

Philly will still get a good player if they keep it.

But, I'd rather they get a good player over a possibly great one , if it were my Team too.

I still don't think that Kawhi is going anywhere but if a package of Fultz, Roco, the No. 10 pick and a mix of picks and draft and stash players would be more than worth it for the Sixers. Probably would be ok with swapping Roco with Saric if that got it done.*

* - Assuming they were able to resign Kawhi and he is healthy.
 

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It was worth a gamble at the time. Something the majority of the league would have done.

But the timing worked out just fine. For years they didn't have the cap space but got lucky enough in the lottery to improve with a young player or two. This year they don't have a lottery pick but they DO have cap room.

And hey, we didn't have to witness a 10-72 season to get where we are now...

I guess the 50+ wins and playoff series win don’t mean that much to you....
 

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He's big enough at 6'8.

But, he projects as a guard.

He's a much bigger matchup problem at the 1 or 2.

Yeah. At the 3 he is going to get stronger pretty quickly. In the backcourt, he will be a real problem for opposing defenses.
 

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You've convinced me. It was a great move by the Lakers! You couldn't have really used that pick next season and now you have CAP ROOM!!



Yeah. That 17-65 season must have been a joy to watch.

Not to mention, where are they now? They still suck. Maybe they won’t if they land some free agents.
 

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Well the truth of the matter is that had the pick been #3 or #4 this year it would have gone to the Celtics so, yeah, you aren't going to find many Sixer fans that are upset about getting #10. Sure getting the No. 1 pick would have been great but that would have been really lucky.
Yeah, good point.

I am not exactly shitting rainbows about picking late lottery.

But, I am very happy to have 2 picks.

Not getting that Pistons pick would have been horrific.
 

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Not to mention, where are they now? They still suck. Maybe they won’t if they land some free agents.
Things worked out well for you guys.

If the pick had jumped, that wouldn't have necessarily been in your favor.

Plus, you have the opportunity to take the perfect guy.

I hope you get him.
 
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A more appropriate response than Shaq's blinder homerism. But that is to be expected.

So your logic tells you it would have been better for the Lakers to give up a top 5 pick last year but have #10 this season? :crazy:

Your butthurt has no limits.
 

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Not to mention, where are they now? They still suck. Maybe they won’t if they land some free agents.

If I were a Laker fan I would definitely be looking forward.

But this draft is the last big FU from Buss to the Lakers. Kinda like how this is Billy King's last big FU to the Nets. Although that FU was a lot more raw and unlubed than Buss'.
 

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They'd have to get rid of somebody if he's the SG, him/Buddy/Bogi all need minutes. They could trade Bogi and have Buddy as 6th man.
Nice problem to have.
 

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Yeah, good point.

I am not exactly shitting rainbows about picking late lottery.

But, I am very happy to have 2 picks.

Not getting that Pistons pick would have been horrific.

Some interesting players to look at in the early teens. Probably not worth it to package and move up.
 

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Nice problem to have.
Better to have too many than not enough. I'd like them to not trade Bogi or Buddy but if it helps the long term future of the team I'll understand. Luka could still go #1 though, the new Suns coach used to coach him.
 

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So.....that Brooklyn pick that is/was so highly coveted is a #8 pick.

If Cleveland has a problem drafting consistently with top 5 picks, don't know what they're going to do with this one. Not high enough to net you an all star player by itself.
 

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Things worked out well for you guys.

If the pick had jumped, that wouldn't have necessarily been in your favor.

Plus, you have the opportunity to take the perfect guy.

I hope you get him.

Hope so too.

It’ll be interesting to see what Boston and LA do this offseason. Will Boston move any of its players or assets to land another big name? Will LA sign some superstars? Will Philly land one?

Gonna be a fun offseason.
 

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So your logic tells you it would have been better for the Lakers to give up a top 5 pick last year but have #10 this season? :crazy:

Your butthurt has no limits.

Sure. The number 5 last year would have been better. But I'm pretty comfortable with getting the No. 10 this year. I don't sweat stuff like that.

Wanna know what would be much worse? Not having our lottery pick.
 
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