RChildress107
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Why would the team with the #1 pick do that?
This. The Hawks better hope that a team dumb enough to trade away a generational talent who dominated a lesser league at age 19 lands the top spot.
Why would the team with the #1 pick do that?
“In eight games since the All-Star break, Collins has bumped up his production to 24 points and 11 rebounds a night, on blistering 58/48/85 shooting splits.”
My word.
Why would the team with the #1 pick do that?
We will be so blessed to see a league with Lebron, Giannis, and Zion at the same time.
Foul trouble held Collins to 10/7 in 20 min in today's loss to the Magic.
I'm going to take this moment to declare #depheat on the Trae-Luka trade. The Hawks won the trade. Young is the clear #2 to Luka in ROY but still could end up being a better player as he gains on Luka's experience playing against grown ass men.
The Hawks looked ahead and saw two things I didn't think of. First, the lottery odds change this year to give teams outside the top three a decent chance at getting the #1 pick. Second, getting better odds at Zion is worth it. The Hawks and Mavs look settled into the #5 and #6 picks. Last year, this would have given the Hawks a 14.1% chance of getting the #1 pick, 4th best behind the 3 worst teams. This year, it will give the Hawks a 19.5% chance of getting the #1 pick, the best by a solid margin over the 3 worst teams who will be at 14% each.
Isn't the Mav's pick top 5 protected?
They’re pretty much locked into the 6 or 7 spot. The Mavs would have to go winless and get passed by the Hawks. The Hawks would shut it down before that could happen.
Well the Mavs could always jump ahead of their projected spot, right?
You quoted why it’s unlikely.
Four teams are under 20 wins. Hawks have 24. Mavs and Grizzlies have 28.
You meant the Hawks then. Yeah, with the #5 + #6-8 pick, the Hawks would have the best chances of any team of getting a pick higher than projected.
The Mavs currently have a 31.9% chance at their pick being top 5, meaning that they would keep it. That’s not insignificant for the Hawks.
http://www.tankathon.com/pick_odds
This is what I meant. I was commenting on ph’s statement that the hawks were “a lock” to get the Mavs pick. The Hawks get the Mavs pick IF the Mavs don’t move up in the lottery.