Nalod wrote:Its why its called a "Lottery"..............

No 1. pick has a 75% chance of NOT being no. 1.

StarksEwing1 wrote:I knew the knicks have been a dumb franchise but this is a whole new level. Hell even minneosta and philly must be shaking their heads in amazement.

Yes, this is the measure of how brilliant the franchise you root for is. When Minnesota, who hasn't smelled the playoffs in over a decade, and Philly, who think the name of the game is to constantly own the keys to the cellar, shake their heads at you.

nixluva wrote:The thing is that the Knicks are still in the lottery. It's not like we just fell of it. We still have a shot to land #1 and even if we don't this is a VERY good draft.

             
                   Pick 
#   Team	   Traded To W	L    Balls	#1 %	 Mock Draft	     Salary 
1  Minnesota	             16	65   250	25.0	 Karl Towns	     $4,750,000 
2  New York	             17	64   199	19.9	 Jahlil Okafor	     $4,250,000 
3  Philadelphia              18	63   156	15.6	 Emmanuel Mudiay     $3,820,000 
4  LA Lakers	             21	60   119	11.9	 D'Angelo Russell    $3,440,000 
5  Orlando	             25	56    88	8.8	 Justise Winslow     $3,120,000 
6  Sacramento	             28	53    63	6.3	 Willie Cauley-Stein $2,830,000 
7  Denver	             30	51    43	4.3	 Mario Hezonja       $2,590,000 
8  Detroit	             31	50    28	2.8	 Kristaps Porzingis  $2,370,000 
9  Charlotte	             33	48    17	1.7	 Stanley Johnson     $2,180,000 
10 Miami	             36	45    11	1.1	 Frank Kaminsky      $2,070,000 
11 Brooklyn        Atlanta   37	44     8	0.8	 Jakob Poeltl        $1,960,000 
12 Utah	                     38	43     7	0.7	 Myles Turner        $1,870,000 
13 Phoenix	             39	42     6	0.6	 Kelly Oubre         $1,770,000 
14 Oklahoma City             44	37     5	0.5	 Kris Dunn           $1,680,000

So in the end we did end up in the #2 spot for the lottery. Just looking at the likely prospects I like what I see in terms of the possible options. 1-5 looks pretty strong. My fave is Towns but I would be fine with Okafor as well. After that I actually think it's a bit of a toss up. None of the other players is without some kind of issue. Russell IMO is probably a pretty reliable player to not bust. Mainly due to the fact that he has 2 NBA level skills. His shooting and passing/handles. I feel pretty comfortable with Russell at 3.

I actually like Winslow at 4 personally. Even tho he's not really a SG but a SF. I think he could play at SG on our team in a similar way to how Butler plays. I think Winslow would be great next to any of our guards, Schved or Galloway. Absolutely LOVE his defense and hustle.

I'd take a chance on Mario Hezonja at 5. I just get a feeling that he'd be a wild card type like Manu Ginobili. Just a wild ball of energy that could really have an impact.