Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024

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Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#1 » by Godaddycurse » Sun May 12, 2024 3:26 am

Put in your guesses for who makes the top 4:

My guess:

1) Washington
2) Portland
3) Toronto
4) Charlotte

All of the top 3 teams traded away their star(s) and could use a boost to draw fans/become competitive again. I got the top 3 right last year so hoping for a repeat :pray:
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Re: Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#2 » by Snakebites » Sun May 12, 2024 3:30 am

I question the value of a thread like this. It's random.
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Re: Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#3 » by Godaddycurse » Sun May 12, 2024 3:32 am

Snakebites wrote:I question the value of a thread like this. It's random.


Its for bragging rights.. also figure we will need a thread to talk about the actual lottery tmr anyways
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Re: Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#4 » by Snakebites » Sun May 12, 2024 3:34 am

Godaddycurse wrote:
Snakebites wrote:I question the value of a thread like this. It's random.


Its for bragging rights.. also figure we will need a thread to talk about the actual lottery tmr anyways

Yeah, I dunno. I'm not sure it warrants bragging rights anymore than me correctly predicting I flip a coin and I getting heads, then tails, then tails again.

Unless, again, you think it isn't random.

In any event, the Pistons have fallen to 5th despite having top odds two years in a row now. May as well make it a hat trick. It's already been raining for a long time. May as well pour again.
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Re: Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#5 » by HornetJail » Sun May 12, 2024 3:41 am

my prediction:
1) Detroit
2) Memphis
3) Portland
4) Houston (their own pick, and OKC only gets a 2025 2nd instead)

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Re: Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#6 » by penbeast0 » Sun May 12, 2024 3:56 am

I assume it's random; the most likely conspiracy theory one was Patrick Ewing to the Knicks. The league helping the biggest market recover from decades of bad decision making seemed awfully fortuitous considering the odds.
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Re: Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#7 » by Godaddycurse » Sun May 12, 2024 4:01 am

penbeast0 wrote:I assume it's random; the most likely conspiracy theory one was Patrick Ewing to the Knicks. The league helping the biggest market recover from decades of bad decision making seemed awfully fortuitous considering the odds.


There was also Kyrie post Lebron and Zion post AD. Both Orlando and SAS also got #1 when they were missing a franchise player. All just a coincidence of course :wink:
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Re: Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#8 » by BarbaGrizz » Sun May 12, 2024 4:04 am

NBA will award Memphis for competing the whole season albeit the record number of injuries, so we´ll jump to top 4
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Re: Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#9 » by JRoy » Sun May 12, 2024 4:12 am

SAS gets #1 overall, trades down for the guy they wanted all along. #1 overall busts and their guy is multiple all star.
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Re: Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#10 » by JustBuzzin » Sun May 12, 2024 4:19 am

Considering I think the lottery is rigged I will give my guess.

1st this is a weak draft. The Spurs need a legit running mate for Wemby, but one problem they won the #1 pick last year. No chance they get #1 when next year draft is much better.

Washington feels like the team that will get #1 imo.

#1 Washington
#2 Detroit
#3 Charlotte
#4 San Antonio
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Re: Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#11 » by MasterIchiro » Sun May 12, 2024 5:20 am

The lottery was designed to prevent tanking teams from rigging the draft.

You have it backwards.

NBA randomized it.
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Re: Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#12 » by tester551 » Sun May 12, 2024 7:14 am

I hope Toronto does. Id live to use the nick name if Dino-Sarr in the future
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Re: Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#13 » by Astaluego » Sun May 12, 2024 8:03 am

Wizards..Sarr
Hornets..Holand
Pistons..Risacher
Blazers.. Buzelis
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Re: Who Wins Draft Lottery 2024 

Post#14 » by Case2012 » Sun May 12, 2024 8:10 am

The nba usually rewards teams whose star players leave after asking for a trade, so i think it'll be the blazers, who will take a big that has career ending injuries within his first few years or be a bust over a guard that leads the league in scoring year after year.
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