Event 2025 NBA DRAFT LOTTERY, COMBINE, AND DRAFT

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Okay, Scoot and Ayton likely out for at least a couple games? What's the lowest we can get in the lottery now if we went full tank?
 
Favorite guys out side the top 5 for Portland at this point....

Derik Queen
- He Does as much special shit on tape as any guy in this class. Think he has the ball handling, quickness, passing and self creation to play the 4 alongside Clingan too



Carter Bryant
- Can never have enough Toumani Camara's....



Collin Murray-Boyles

This one is a tougher sell...ideally you'd pair him with a guard who's more deadly as a pull up shooter. Also questionable fit with Clingan as a long term PF offensively unless the shooting becomes a things which seems unlikely. But I just really buy the combo of physicality, defense, feel and production across the board for his age.

 
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AmirIcon said:
Okay, Scoot and Ayton likely out for at least a couple games? What's the lowest we can get in the lottery now if we went full tank?
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I think the best we can do now is 8th, Chicago went full tank at the deadline. George and Embid both healthy now so should be able to pass them, but that's it.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
I think the best we can do now is 8th, Chicago went full tank at the deadline. George and Embid both healthy now so should be able to pass them, but that's it.
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You are probably right. Tonight will be a good indicator as they have a rematch with Detroit at home.
Toronto is a possibility of catching us if they want.
 
What deal gave OKC the pick from Philly ?

Really really hard to see how Joe can move up in the draft. Even losing every game from here on out. POR will still win some knowing this org.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
I think the best we can do now is 8th, Chicago went full tank at the deadline. George and Embid both healthy now so should be able to pass them, but that's it.
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I don't know that Toronto and Brooklyn are fully dedicated to the tank or can tank as well as we've learned to. Also Chicago have shown multiple times that their dedication to the tank waxes and wanes in the late season.

I think we could have a legit shot at 5th if we went full tank. Feature Shaedon on some nights, feature Scoot on others, sit Tou and Deni on every game accept against fully healthy contenders. That being said, our front office doesn't seem to have an appetite for future success this year as much as they seem to be in need of eating the crumbs of a win here and there, so I doubt we have any better than the 9th spot in the lotto... that is unless Joe can pull both his head out of his ass and obviously at the same time pull the Vulcan's heads out of theirs.
 
Hot take: Kanon Catchings is a better NBA prospect than Egor Demin
 
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THE HCP said:
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I've seen a lot of number 1 ranked prospects who are having a good season say this... and then declare for the draft anyway. Twon't happen. Dude will be in The Association next season, let's hope that we get lotto lucky and you're putting together highlight packages for him on the nightly.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/02/14/top-college-basketball-freshmen-blake-harper/

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Crazy thing about sports, your highlights always look good, but who are you going up against? A kid playing in the ACC who is a bench warmer, not doing much…..if he was playing in the BigWest against Idaho State or whoever might look like LeBron! My daughter who plays in the WCC, but these past two seasons played against Stanford,UCLA,LSU,Georgia and a ton of top programs….. she got hers and is thriving. But has a friend who couldn’t even get off her HS and Club bench onto the field when they were younger, is playing at a D3 and looks like fucking Messi.

There are some that it doesn’t matter, like Dame and Curry in college, but I always take highlight packs with a grain of salt.

This had nothing to do with the highlights you just shared, just popped into my mind.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
Hey! I was just about to post that story. Kid didn't even start on his HS team, barely found a college, then he got in shape....Who knows if he will even be drafted but 30 NBA scouts have gone to see him. This link might work better if you are having trouble with Rasta's:
https://web.archive.org/web/2025021...top-college-basketball-freshmen-blake-harper/
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This sounds too good to be true, and in fact he had never dunked before he got to college! - but what the coaching staff did was make him burn off the puppy fat in the Summer. Shades of Marc Gasol/Jokic? Or, because he's only 6'8", maybe Jared Dudley?

Remember that Ja Morant also went to a HBCU and he turned out okay...
 
blazerkor said:
I've seen a lot of number 1 ranked prospects who are having a good season say this... and then declare for the draft anyway. Twon't happen. Dude will be in The Association next season, let's hope that we get lotto lucky and you're putting together highlight packages for him on the nightly.
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It's a different time. Dude can be big man on campus and get paid to do so.

I think he still goes to the NBA but I wouldn't be shocked if he stayed if the $$$ is right.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
It's a different time. Dude can be big man on campus and get paid to do so.

I think he still goes to the NBA but I wouldn't be shocked if he stayed if the $$$ is right.
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The highest paid NCAA athlete was Shedeur Sanders this last year and he was making 5.1M, the highest paid basketball player was making under 2M. So 13M next season for the first pick in the NBA plus what he would get from sponsors just isn't going to be touched by NIL money. Plus he's delaying his big payday of that first extension. I haven't seen NIL stop the one and done system for the top prospects and I don't expect it to... at least not in it's current iteration.
 
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