It’s time to start thinking about NBA lottery
Posted on March 5th, 2008 – 2:37 PMBy Michael Rand
ESPN has once again sucked us into their draft lottery generator (even though it seems to cut off more than half the teams). All we really care about is how often the local NBA squad keeps popping up among the top two picks. And it is quite often. To us, there is no “Oden vs. Durant” type debate this year, but at this rate, you can pretty much bank on the Wolves getting, at worst, a top-5 pick. So who do you like? Michael Beasley? Derrick Rose? Someone else? Do the Wolves have one need more glaring than another, or should they just draft the best person on the board? Keep in mind, of course, that the draft isn’t for close to four months. Still.
8 Responses to "It’s time to start thinking about NBA lottery"
You forgot one important caveat!
We must remember that Kevin McHale is the person in charge of the pick when we receive it.
I smell another Paul Grant.
In the NBA you always have to draft the best available player. Now if you have a huge need and have 2 players ranked the same then you can draft for need. I go with Beasley followed by Rose and if they don’t get a top 2 pick they are screwed becaue nobody else is that good.
I’m sure the McCants will take Spencer Tollackson at some point in the draft.
I wish it was as easy to win the Powerball lottery as it is to win the ESPN generator. A trip to Vegas is needed after playing that.
The ESPN generator, I did it once, got the Wolves as the #1 pick and chalked it up as “another failed ESPN venture”…
Favorite ESPN Generator moment:
The New York Knicks get the 1st pick and select Derrick Rose. It’s like the Generator is inside Isaih Thomas’ head.
basket-ball?
There’s not a lot out there after Beasley in my opinion. Don’t we spend a bunch of ching sending scouts to Barcelona and Frankfurt for a reason?
But Dan Coleman in the second round totally makes sense.
