Event 2025 NBA DRAFT LOTTERY, COMBINE, AND DRAFT (1 Viewer)

[SheedSoNasty]

3 tries. Fans deserve this. Blazer Brass doesn't.
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Only took me 17 tries to get into top 4. On the 17th we got #1. Seems like others are having better luck than me. The lotto is on my birthday, so here’s hoping for some luck.

 

[cheesehoff]

As long as it's not behind closed doors (it's witnessed) I'm good with it.

Depends on the witnesses.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Depends on the witnesses.

Yep. Would need to be an impartial auditor of some kind.

 

[blazerkor]

Yep. Would need to be an impartial auditor of some kind.

I don't know if this is a bit or if this is a serious conversation.

Anyway, they have Ernst & Young handle the lottery every season, it is recorded on video, every team in the lotto has a representative in the room where the lottery is done. It's extremely transparent but not broadcast live because the NBA likes to make a production of the big reveal of what lottery picks are going to what teams.

https://www.nba.com/news/nba-draft-lottery-explainer

 

[Phatguysrule]

I don't know if this is a bit or if this is a serious conversation.

Anyway, they have Ernst & Young handle the lottery every season, it is recorded on video, every team in the lotto has a representative in the room where the lottery is done. It's extremely transparent but not broadcast live because the NBA likes to make a production of the big reveal of what lottery picks are going to what teams.

https://www.nba.com/news/nba-draft-lottery-explainer

Seems like a good policy

 

[inconceivable]

 

[MickZagger]

I really like Noa Essengue.

He reminds me a bit of Kirilenko. We need to shore up some shooting in the trade/free agent market.

Essengue is just so long and disruptive which is so important in todays game

 

[SheedSoNasty]

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Are you saying that picking 9 or 10 isn’t going to be good?

 

[kjironman1]

Are you saying that picking 9 or 10 isn’t going to be good?

Wasn't Deni a 9th pick?

 

[Chris Craig]

Did the coin flip happen yet?

 

[CJ_is_Gone]

Did the coin flip happen yet?

Likely Monday or Tuesday

 

[PCmor7]

Did the coin flip happen yet?

What coin flip?

EDIT: NM, I thought they just combined the balls for the ninth and 10th spots and divided them among the two teams. I see now that if there's an odd number they have to do a coin flip for the extra ball.

 

[blazerkor]

What coin flip?

EDIT: NM, I thought they just combined the balls for the ninth and 10th spots and divided them among the two teams. I see now that if there's an odd number they have to do a coin flip for the extra ball.

It's just a draw for who gets the higher pick if neither team moves up, is my understanding and that we have equal lotto odds regardless of the draw.

 

[HoopsFanAZ]

Split the 9/10 balls.
Flip for who gets 9 if neither moves up AND for who gets an extra ball if there is one.
Happens at the lottery.

 

[inconceivable]

Split the 9/10 balls.
Flip for who gets 9 if neither moves up AND for who gets an extra ball if there is one.
Happens at the lottery.

So if the Rockets get the extra ball and ends up getting lucked into the top pick, leaving us at 10th we can say that winning the last game caused us Cooper Flagg

 

[blazerkor]

So if the Rockets get the extra ball and ends up getting lucked into the top pick, leaving us at 10th we can say that winning the last game caused us Cooper Flagg

Wow, I didn't think they had that "remainder" situation that would provide better odds for one of two teams that finish with the same record but they obviously do. They already held that drawing and the Rockets do have the slightly better odds according to this article.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...-three-teams-have-best-odds-for-cooper-flagg/

I've stated earlier that I won't continue to bemoan the fact that we didn't tank this season, so I won't but WOW, just wow.

 

[CJ_is_Gone]

Wow, I didn't think they had that "remainder" situation that would provide better odds for one of two teams that finish with the same record but they obviously do. They already held that drawing and the Rockets do have the slightly better odds according to this article.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...-three-teams-have-best-odds-for-cooper-flagg/

I've stated earlier that I won't continue to bemoan the fact that we didn't tank this season, so I won't but WOW, just wow.

The tiebreakers have not been determined yet.

Still to be determined are the tiebreakers. When two teams in the lottery are tied, they split the lottery odds of the two slots in half and share them. A random drawing then determines who gets the higher overall slot, which is where the teams are ordered after the top four are determined. When two playoff teams are tied, however, the league just holds a random drawing to determine who gets the better pick.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I’m going by tiers - if we land a pick in the 17-20
range, this is the pick:

 

[inconceivable]

Cooper Flagg declared

 

[THE HCP]

Declared to be the best player in this draft, that’s fo sho. San Antonio bound….mark my words FAMS!

 

[inconceivable]

Declared to be the best player in this draft, that’s fo sho. San Antonio bound….mark my words FAMS!

So 3 Straight rookie of the years for the SPURS

Castle Flagg Wemby, must be nice

 

[THE HCP]

So 3 Straight rookie of the years for the SPURS

Castle Flagg Wemby, must be nice

Beginning of ANOTHER dynasty. Pays to tank in some situations.

 

[Phatguysrule]

So 3 Straight rookie of the years for the SPURS

Castle Flagg Wemby, must be nice

When you know how to rebuild you know how to rebuild...

 

[illmatic99]

I like Tre Johnson.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Which mock drafts do you all think are the best? (In terms of ranking,) From what I can see, there are some good players after 10.
I like Fleming as well, and most have him around 16th.

 

[HailBlazers]

Which mock drafts do you all think are the best? (In terms of ranking,) From what I can see, there are some good players after 10.
I like Fleming as well, and most have him around 16th.

https://nbadraftroom.com/2025-nba-mock-draft/

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Stock is down due to a season ending knee injury (non-ACL)

Super Sleeper in the second round if he stays in the draft.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Stock is down due to a season ending knee injury (non-ACL)

Super Sleeper in the second round if he stays in the draft.

“Knee injury” and “Blazers” never go well together.

 

[blazerfan11]

The tiebreakers have not been determined yet.

Blazers lost the tiebreaker.
Still have the same odds as the Rockets for the lottery.

The Houston Rockets (via Phoenix) won a random drawing Monday against the Portland Trail Blazers to potentially land a higher draft choice in the NBA's 2025 first-round. An announcement detailing the random-drawing results was made by the league office.

As things stand, the Rockets and Trail Blazers will split their odds for the May 12 draft lottery, which determines the top four selections. However, in the likely scenario that neither team jumps from the No. 9 or No. 10 odds slot into the top four, Houston would pick ahead of Portland in the first-round order.

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/vi...CRoleTxU-jHZ3DJWCZ6NGDzrgnVKqx45rpFr2uw-np2QL

 

[blazerfan11]

What a horrible trade for Brooklyn to send Phoenix's first round draft picks to Houston in exchange for Houston's first round draft picks.

edit: I guess it's not so bad because Brooklyn got their own draft picks back from Houston.
If those pics for Brooklyn were unprotected why would Houston make this trade?
Now it seems like a bad trade for Houston because Brooklyn ended up sixth from the bottom this year.

In a major trade, the Houston Rockets acquired a significant amount of draft assets from the Phoenix Suns, including the Suns' first-round pick in 2027, by trading with the Brooklyn Nets. The Rockets essentially traded their 2025 and 2026 unprotected first-round picks to the Nets, who then acquired those picks via the Kevin Durant trade. In return, the Rockets received four future first-round picks (2025, 2027, and two in 2029) from the Phoenix Suns

Rockets sent: Their 2025 and 2026 unprotected first-round picks to the Net

• Rockets received:
  • The right to swap their first-round pick (or Oklahoma City's) with Phoenix's first-round pick in 2025.
  • Phoenix's first-round pick in 2027.
  • The more favorable of Dallas's and Phoenix's first-round pick in 2029.
  • The right to swap their first-round pick with the less favorable of Dallas's and Phoenix's in 2029.
• Nets received: Their 2025 and 2026 first-round picks back from the Rockets