Hornets win draft Lottery; Wizards pick 3rd

of course not, future nba draft picks are worthless. hell, 2nd round nba picks are worthless

There's also the issue of it being illegal:
The NBA prohibits teams from trading first-round draft picks in successive seasons.
Ted Stepien Rule (http://basketball.about.com/od/collegebasketballglossary/g/ted-stepien-rule.htm)

an example of why the nba does nothing for me. i did not know that

an example of why the nba does nothing for me. i did not know that

I figured you didn't; a lot of people don't. I've actually followed the NBA for a while and I didn't even know about it until this season. I found out about it during the whole Chris Paul trade fiasco.

I also just re-read my other post and I wanted to point out that I was not trying to be sarcastic/smug. I was just trying to provide some info on an odd rule. Sorry if it came off that way.

How in the world the Hornets got the #1 seed over the Bobcats baffles me.

One word...Stern

How in the world the Hornets got the #1 seed over the Bobcats baffles me.

They have the worst system in the world and it doesn't do anything for the sorry teams or parity.

If the NFL did this, I would stop watching. It's no way to run a league allowing allowing the team with the 4th worst record to get the #1 player over everybody else. In fact, the year that Chicago won the lottery and got to select Derrick Rose was a crock.

Also, Anthony Davis is going to be Kenyon Martin redux. He's a defensive player with rebounding capabilities. You know the talent in the draft sucks when a defensive type player gets drafted #1.

<-----Apparently the only person left in favor of the lottery system

<-----Apparently the only person left in favor of the lottery system

I actually like it a lot. I am just terribly suspicious of it.

Seems to me that the lottery selection would be an absolutely riveting spectacle to watch yet the NBA shrouds it in secrecy even with all the conspiracy cries running rampant. The fact they won't simply make a public event out of it and prove it is clean is odd. Especially for a league as superficial as the NBA.

<-----Apparently the only person left in favor of the lottery system

I think I would be more in favor of it if the percentages were changed around. Charlotte deserves a higher chance than 25% to win the #1 spot. It probably should start at around 65% and go something like this.

1- 65%
2- 15%
3- 5%
4- 3%
5- 1%
6- .001%
..and so on.


Using these numbers as an example, but you get the point. In the NBA, anything past the #1 spot is really crap. Most impact players are found directly at the #1 and #2 spots. That's not to say that you won't find players drafted past those spots that'll turn out to be all-stars, but you aren't going to find your LeBron James, Dwight Howards, or Derrick Roses sitting at #10.

Anybody past the #4 spot should be below 1% with winning the #1 spot.

<-----Apparently the only person left in favor of the lottery system

im a fan of it. something different, keeps it fresh. I mean, the #1 draft slot team is guranteed the best player right? thats the rule isnt it?

Brings another element to the imperfect science of drafting new talent.