2018 NBA Draft

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Magnum_3_Ball

From now on, any post about DeAndre Ayton or Luka Doncic should be immediately deleted from this thread.

Those two are pipedreams. Carlisle & Barea are going to ensure we don't draft high enough for those players. The only way we wind up with a top 2 draft pick this year is if we win the lottery.

So talking about Ayton or Doncic is just cruel at this point. And we probably shouldn't talk about Jaren Jackson Jr, Marvin Bagley, or Mohammed Bamba either. Maybe not Michael Porter Jr either.

It's time to start breaking down Wendell Carter Jr, Mikal Bridges (if he's still there when the Mavs pick), Trae Young, Kevin Knox. Hell we might fall to the 10th selection in this draft, and we might need to talk Lonnie Walker.

It's time to focus on these players. Kiss the top talent in this draft G-O-O-D-B-Y-E!

Only 1.5 games separate us from the #1 overall spot with 21 games left to play. Also, picks aren't set in stone because of the lottery rules -- even at #6, we still have a 6.3% chance at the #1 overall pick and a 21.5% chance at a top-3 pick... And on the flipside, even if we finish dead-last there's only a 25% chance of getting the #1 pick.

And I doubt we pick as low as #10 because we're 7.5 games out of that spot and we still suck. I get being concerned about falling from #2 to #6 with one win, but you don't have to always be such an extreme pessimist about everything.