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Nets Are Scorching » Blog Archive » Some Nets Lottery Stuff — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:38:05 +0000

[...] people over at DailyThunder.com go into great depth about the history of the draft lottery. It is a real interesting read, and it should give us Nets’ fans some [...]

By: GAP

GAP — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:06:26 +0000

@Joe Good points Joe as always.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:57:00 +0000

We definitely want to get a FA or two when the opportunity presents (helloooo Gortat?), but it’s also important to get these young guys and develop them. When you are getting good players in the draft, they will play for you for the first 4 years or so at an incredible discount on their rookie deal. It’s when you have to resign them that it gets ugly. It’s a great opportunity to see them and learn about them and see if they are the guy that you want to go to war with.

I think there are guys that can help us in this draft at both draft spots in the first round, even if we go #7. Especially considering that Swift and Mason and Rose and hopefully Damien could be elsewhere next season. So there are roster spots to fill.

Also, Portland has 4 second round picks and can’t possibly use them all with their already jam packed roster. It would be an easy thing to get one or two of those babies.

If the miracle did happen, and we got Blake, I would even be in favor of trading Nick, my favorite player, so that there wasn’t a log jam with the bigs. He would fetch something of value.

By: Nix

Nix — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:35:39 +0000

Sorry…Just to kind of further that thought…

Teams are known for making gutsy moves to bring in players…for example… Mavs trade Harris for Kidd so they can win now.

What’s to keep the Pistons from trading Rip so that they would have the Cap space to try for a big name in that FA summer?

What if Toronto is willing to trade Jose Calderon or Jason Kapono away in order to re-sign Bosh and some other big time FA?

I know Bosh isn’t happy in Canada, but the point is…Teams do crazy things to get Free Agents and that means dropping excellent young players to get a Super Star Vet…

In order to get a great FA you have to have Cap Space and with picks we can provide that…

By: Nix

Nix — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:20:24 +0000

@Anonymous
One extra pick can go along way in a trade…

Certainly you don’t drop from #3 to #5 if it means losing Harden…

It really all depends on what Presti sees. He could completely pull out of the lottery if he feels like it. Presti is the master at doing things no one would expect and a year or so later you call him a genius for it…

I’m completely fine with getting out of this draft (if we don’t get the #1 or #2) and getting a ton of picks in the next draft where EVERYONE will be trying to make cap space so they can sign people in that amazing free agent class…

Picks=More Money=Cap Space=High Profile Free Agents

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:55:09 +0000

Sorry- for some reason put Collison in there twice and left off Livingston.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:53:05 +0000

I think Harden should make a lovely consolation prize if we don’t pick #1 or #2- I think he is clearly the best fit on the board after Griffin and Rubio, and can’t see Presti jeopardizing our abaility to pick him up. I honestly don’t see us trying to wrangle for additional picks down the road. We have two first rounders next yer already- and 8 guys under contract that definitely merit time in a playing rotation (KD,Westbrook,Green,Thabo,Krstic,Collison,Collison and White- yep, DJ goes on that list too), with Ibaka on the hook for next year or the year after. I say screw future picks- add a quality veteran or two through trade/free agency- Griffin,Rubio or Harden- and let the good times roll from there.

By: Royce

Royce — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:08:20 +0000

@Nix I think you're right. The more I think about it, the more I think if OKC doesn't get No. 1 or 2, Presti is going to do something. Maybe not, but I think he's going to try and do some moving around.

By: Nix

Nix — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:49:33 +0000

I’m beginning to think that if we get the #3 we can trade down to #5 and still get Harden…(just an easy way to pick up another late round pick for next year)

By: Nix

Nix — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:31:37 +0000

Oh man…

It’s so crazy..I was raised a Phoenix fan…Charles Barkley was my hero…then the Hornets came and I quasi adopted them, but quickly went back to Phoenix when they left…Now I’m completely Thunder and I’m hoping the Suns become the worst team in history…geez…I feel like a band wagon fan, but I can’t put myself in that category because I never had a team of my own.