Ha Ha. Stupid Clippers traded #1 pick for Mo Williams!

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Ha ha that is so funny. Clippers find another way to screw up a #1 pick.
 
VanillaGorilla said:
Next two years:
Mo Williams - 17 million
Baron Davis - 28.8 million
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Look at the good side of Kroc saving $11.8M. For an extra year, your Egg McMuffin doesn't get downsized to stay at $1.00. If you're a big hen, your life just got extended.
 
Here's a post I found with a little analysis (from a Clipper fan): http://www.clipsnation.com/2011/5/1...-NBA-draft-lottery-los-angeles-clippers-trade

Basically, the Clips rolled the dice on a 2.8% chance of winning the lottery in exchange for dumping $11 mil (and Baron Davis). They got unlucky, but it was a dumb trade even if the pick isn't #1. Just giving up such a valuable asset to save some dough....this is exactly the kind of bullshit money-saving move I'm so glad our owner never engages in (and sometimes preys on), which makes me appreciate Paul Allen all the more.
 
I don't get why they didn't ANY protection whatsoever. Even top 3 protection could have saved them.
 
yuyuza1 said:
I don't get why they didn't ANY protection whatsoever. Even top 3 protection could have saved them.
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They couldn't protect the pick because they had a protected first rounder the previous year. I just read about it on O-live.
 
For all of those that are calling the Clippers stupid for not protecting the pick, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE! Why? because they already had traded their 2012 first round pick (top 10 protected) to the Thunder. Therefore, what would have happened if the Clippers won the lottery today, then the pick was deffered to 2012 for the Cavs due to the Clippers keeping this pick because of the hypothetical protections, and then next year, two teams would own the Clippers 1st round pick if the Clippers had a pick outside of the top ten. As a result, the Clippers COULD NOT HAVE PROTECTED THE PICK!!!!!! Glad that that has been settled.
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http://www.nbadraft.net/forum/clippers-could-not-have-protected-pick
 
jlprk said:
Look at the good side of Kroc saving $11.8M. For an extra year, your Egg McMuffin doesn't get downsized to stay at $1.00. If you're a big hen, your life just got extended.
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You do realize Donald Sterling owns the Clippers, not the Kroc family. They own the Padres. Sterling is a real estate magnate, not a fast food billionaire.

BNM
 
RR7 said:
Meh, could have put in some sort of protection. Next year's pick is top 10 protected I believe. So they could have made this one top 5 protected, adn then 10 or above protected. OR, could have put protection on the Timberwolves pick they have next season instead. Could and should have worked around it.
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They can't change the protection on the Timberwolves pick after its already been traded.

I'm sure they'd have rather given a pick multiple years down the line with future protections but that wasn't as valuable.
 
they own Minn. pick unprotected.
 
people are assuming cleveland would have done the deal with protections, maybe they wouldnt have.
 
So ... think the Clippers could have used a Tom Penn for this botched deal that didn't need to be botched?

Gotta love the Clippers! They could have Kyrie Irving and Blake Griffin if they had only attached the correct pick to the Baron Davis trade.
 
3RA1N1AC said:
people are assuming cleveland would have done the deal with protections, maybe they wouldnt have.
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True, but the Clippers could have held out of the deal then. There was a 1 in 36ish chance that the pick would end up #1.
 
exactly, they rolled the dice and won, if you could bet 11 million dollars against rolling snake eyes, im sure everyone would in a heartbeat
 
3RA1N1AC said:
exactly, they rolled the dice and won, if you could bet 11 million dollars against rolling snake eyes, im sure everyone would in a heartbeat
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If my total net worth was exactly 11 million theres no way in hell I'd risk it.

I'd be totally happy with 11 million. Jumping up to 22 would have almost zero additional benefit. But going to 0, completely broke, would be so devastating, it would be more than 100x worse to my life than doubling up.

Now if I was Paul Allen it'd be a no-brainer yes decision, 1 in 36 chance to double up you take it all day.
 
I'm going to play devil's advocate and say they traded this pick because all of the good college players decided to stay in school instead of declaring for the draft due to the impending lock out. They're going to have the usual lottery season next year and get the #1 in 2012 and draft a supa-sta. That is so brilliant! :devilwink:
 
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