2024: Luka Doncic finals appearance
2025: Tyrese Haliburton finals appearance
2026: De’Aaron Fox AND Mike Brown finals appearance
I hate every single thing about you @Vivek
@JeremyKawika As a Kings fan, I’m convinced we will never be a playoff team again with these rules. Not a free agent destination, will never be able to get a top pick and in turn will have no assets to trade.
According to sources familiar with the Kings front office, they will most likely settle on taking a guard at #7, though there are circumstances in which they could surprise and grab a forward or center with the pick.
This is developing….
Ran a simulation of this year's lotto using the 3-2-1 proposal.
#1 Kings
#2 Heat
#3 Jazz
#4 Bulls
#5 Mavericks
#6 Bucks
#7 Hawks (via Pelicans)
#8 Thunder (via Clippers)
#9 Warriors
#10 Knicks (via Wizards)
#11 Pacers
#12 Nets
#13 Grizzlies (via Suns)
#14 Hornets (via Magic)
#15 Hornets
#16 Grizzlies
1. It makes it way more of a crapshoot.
2. Will definitely curb tanking as there's little incentive to move up or doen.
3. You will see a lot of really bad teams plummet in the lottery. The worst teams won't get the top picks and I think that's fine. GMs/owners abused the current system by tanking, so losing altogether carries almost no benefit
Shots fired at Texas Tech? Texas' Steve Sarkisian via @AnwarRichardson: "There's a team in our state in another conference w/a schedule that I would argue if I played w/our 2's & 3's we could go undefeated & they’ll probably make the CFP this year” 💀
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Over the last 20 seasons, the Kings have the worst winning percentage in the league.
During that time, they’ve had a top 3 pick once.
Let that sink in.
@Nathan_26_ I would’ve also said that USU in the transition from Sprinkle to Calhoun had a disappointing offseason and they were a top team in the conference. Who knows.
@Nathan_26_ It will have to play out. We either just replaced RJ with this move or we replaced DA with this move. Both fill a void, but 1 is certainly more impactful. Going to be great defensively, but I’m not sure there’s enough offensive weapons. C off-season at best.