OT: Nats, Wiz, O's, Ravens, Terps, Navy, Gtown, Mystics, Golf, Summer 2024 (Paris Olympics 2024 as well)

[Ovechkins Wodka]

It sure stopping Philly from taking isn’t it?

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

It sure stopping Philly from taking isn’t it?

Still 10 wins more than the Wiz, and no guarantee you hit the number 1.

You can’t stop tanking, you can stop the automatic awarding of the top pick, which the NBA has done.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

With Philly, they are tanking hard because if they finish higher than the six pick it goes to OKC. Top 6 protected

That’s why they haven’t won in like a month.

 

[kicksavedave]

Still 10 wins more than the Wiz, and no guarantee you hit the number 1.

You can’t stop tanking, you can stop the automatic awarding of the top pick, which the NBA has done.

I get the reasoning for having a lottery, but the NBA lottery is messed up, where finishing last gives you much better odds of drafting 5th than 1st. Also all three last place teams have the same odds. I also get that its designed to make teams, even last place teams, try to win, since it won't really hurt their odds. Its still punishing when a team legit just sucks ass like the Wiz do.

 

[ChaosLord]

Because it’s too easy to tank in the NBA when a future HOF talent is there for the taking.

In the NFL, bad teams “accidentally” win a game here or there and it changes draft orders….in the much longer NBA season, a win here or there rarely is as impactful.

The NBA draft means a heck of a lot more than the NFL draft. You've only got 5 players on the court at a time, so you draft a Shaq or a Micheal J or a LeBron and you experience an immediate reversal of fortune. In the NFL you need to stockpile a number of high pick drafts for a couple of years before you start to see success.

This is why I'm advocating the Bullets go aggressively after Flagg.

 

[kicksavedave]

The NBA draft means a heck of a lot more than the NFL draft. You've only got 5 players on the court at a time, so you draft a Shaq or a Micheal J or a LeBron and you experience an immediate reversal of fortune. In the NFL you need to stockpile a number of high pick drafts for a couple of years before you start to see success.

This is why I'm advocating the Bullets go aggressively after Flagg.

Agreed. Plus the NBA stars play 35 minutes out of 48, on both ends. NFL players play, at best, about half the game, while most players except QBs platoon and take plays off constantly. Star hockey players play about 1/3 of the game, and baseball players stand around picking their own nuts for 99% of the game.

Not sure anyone will trade Flagg if they win the lottery, but we can hope the Zards actually win it and make it academic. Flagg, Sarr, Bubb and George would make a nice core.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I get the reasoning for having a lottery, but the NBA lottery is messed up, where finishing last gives you much better odds of drafting 5th than 1st. Also all three last place teams have the same odds. I also get that its designed to make teams, even last place teams, try to win, since it won't really hurt their odds. Its still punishing when a team legit just sucks ass like the Wiz do.

2025 NBA Draft Lottery: Odds, history and how it works

The official site for the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery. The participating teams and final Lottery odds will be determined at the conclusion of the 2024-25 regular season.

www.nba.com

Team > Odds for No. 1 Pick

• Team 1: 14.0%
• Team 2: 14.0%
• Team 3: 14.0%
• Team 4: 12.5%
• Team 5: 10.5%
• Team 6: 9.0%
• Team 7: 7.5%
• Team 8: 6.0%
• Team 9: 4.5%
• Team 10: 3.0%
• Team 11: 2.0%
• Team 12: 1.5%
• Team 13: 1.0%
• Team 14: 0.5%

Can’t please everyone….

The NBA draft means a heck of a lot more than the NFL draft. You've only got 5 players on the court at a time, so you draft a Shaq or a Micheal J or a LeBron and you experience an immediate reversal of fortune. In the NFL you need to stockpile a number of high pick drafts for a couple of years before you start to see success.

This is why I'm advocating the Bullets go aggressively after Flagg.

We literally just drafted a single guy and reversed our fortunes with JD. It can happen in the NFL.

Unless you get a real superstar, it’s the same thing in the NBA, you draft as best you can, you build the team slowly.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

On Philly tanking hard core to keep their protected pick. Their owner is... Josh Harris. He might know something about how 1 draft can change everything.

 

[Ajax1995]

2025 NBA Draft Lottery: Odds, history and how it works

The official site for the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery. The participating teams and final Lottery odds will be determined at the conclusion of the 2024-25 regular season.

www.nba.com

Team > Odds for No. 1 Pick

• Team 1: 14.0%
• Team 2: 14.0%
• Team 3: 14.0%
• Team 4: 12.5%
• Team 5: 10.5%
• Team 6: 9.0%
• Team 7: 7.5%
• Team 8: 6.0%
• Team 9: 4.5%
• Team 10: 3.0%
• Team 11: 2.0%
• Team 12: 1.5%
• Team 13: 1.0%
• Team 14: 0.5%

Can’t please everyone….


We literally just drafted a single guy and reversed our fortunes with JD. It can happen in the NFL.

Unless you get a real superstar, it’s the same thing in the NBA, you draft as best you can, you build the team slowly.

And don’t forget Jordan was the 3rd pick. Hakeem went 1st, the Blazers took Sam Bowie with the 2nd pick, and Jordan went 3rd so you never know…