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Does seem rather strange that we are slotted 2nd going into the lottery due to record yet our top two odds for landing spots are 5th followed by 6th. In fact, we have a better chance of landing 5th than we do 1st and 2nd combined. I suspect this thing will be fiddled with before too many years go by.
 
If we were to fall back to 4-7 spots, would you guys trade down to select Goga (I assume he will go in the 10-16 range) with another nice asset coming our way?

Seems to me like this is the draft to do it in. Kind of like the Bennet draft minus Zion and Morant/RJ.
 
If we were to fall back to 4-7 spots, would you guys trade down to select Goga (I assume he will go in the 10-16 range) with another nice asset coming our way?

Seems to me like this is the draft to do it in. Kind of like the Bennet draft minus Zion and Morant/RJ.

If you like Goga that much, just take him in the 4-7 range. Not worth the risk of moving down, missing out on a guy you like, and ending up with two mediocre assets.
 
Does seem rather strange that we are slotted 2nd going into the lottery due to record yet our top two odds for landing spots are 5th followed by 6th. In fact, we have a better chance of landing 5th than we do 1st and 2nd combined. I suspect this thing will be fiddled with before too many years go by.

NBA was correct IMHO to reduce the incentive for tanking.

To say that we're slotted for the second spot is a bit confusing. I think the better way to look at it is that we're slotted for the sixth pick. We move into 1st-4th if our numbers come up in any of the four drawings. We move into fifth if we aren't drawn but the Knicks are.

On lottery night the way to follow the reveal is to list the fourteen teams in picks 5-14 (initial floor), with the last five teams all in the fourteenth pick but ordered by losses.. Then with each reveal, the following applies:

1) The team that is selected for a slot - game over, you weren't drawn into lottery, sucks for you.

2) All teams that had the current pick number as their floor reduce their floor by one.

3) If any team(s) is/are skipped, they are lottery winners and in the top four.

4) Once four teams are drawn into top four, all remaining teams with higher initial slots (if any) are stuck with their initial slot.

5) Once the fifth pick is revealed, any teams that had a higher initial position (if any) are lottery winners and in the top four.

6) As the picks are revealed, the possible teams for each slot are always 5 - # of teams already drawn into top 4.

Since so many combinations have been pushed to later slots AND there are now four lottery drawings instead of three -- expect to see more teams skipped earlier than what we've seen in past years. Chalk is HIGHLY unlikely.

Once the top four are set and they go to commercial the chance for each team of getting the #1 pick is equal to the number of combinations for a given team divided by the number of combinations for the four teams in total.
 
NBA was correct IMHO to reduce the incentive for tanking.

To say that we're slotted for the second spot is a bit confusing. I think the better way to look at it is that we're slotted for the sixth pick. We move into 1st-4th if our numbers come up in any of the four drawings. We move into fifth if we aren't drawn but the Knicks are.

On lottery night the way to follow the reveal is to list the fourteen teams in picks 5-14 (initial floor), with the last five teams all in the fourteenth pick but ordered by losses.. Then with each reveal, the following applies:

1) The team that is selected for a slot - game over, you weren't drawn into lottery, sucks for you.

2) All teams that had the current pick number as their floor reduce their floor by one.

3) If any team(s) is/are skipped, they are lottery winners and in the top four.

4) Once four teams are drawn into top four, all remaining teams with higher initial slots (if any) are stuck with their initial slot.

5) Once the fifth pick is revealed, any teams that had a higher initial position (if any) are lottery winners and in the top four.

6) As the picks are revealed, the possible teams for each slot are always 5 - # of teams already drawn into top 4.

Since so many combinations have been pushed to later slots AND there are now four lottery drawings instead of three -- expect to see more teams skipped earlier than what we've seen in past years. Chalk is HIGHLY unlikely.

Once the top four are set and they go to commercial the chance for each team of getting the #1 pick is equal to the number of combinations for a given team divided by the number of combinations for the four teams in total.
Yeah the odds are better to not move up from 5(1 spot higher than your floor of 6), than they are to stay at #2.
But all 3 teams with the worst record have equal and better chances to win a top 4 spot than anyone 4-14.
It's not all that grim, the Cavs are more likely to be at 5 than 1, but they are also more likely to be at 1 than any team ranked 4-14.
 
Possibly unpopular opinion: being athletic "in space" is a pretty useless attribute. If a player is all alone on a fast break or has a wide-open lane to the basket, the difference between a dunk and a layup in terms of accuracy is basically nil. Vertical athleticism is only really useful (on offense) if a player uses it to finish over defenders in situations where a less athletic player would've been forced to put up a lower-percentage floater or contested layup. And if a player doesn't show that ability at the college level, it's extremely unlikely that he's going to start showing it against bigger, more athletic defenders in the NBA.
 
If you like Goga that much, just take him in the 4-7 range. Not worth the risk of moving down, missing out on a guy you like, and ending up with two mediocre assets.
Crazy thing is Givony has us picking him at 26 in his latest mock after picking Morant at #2 (assuming no change in slot after lottery).
 
I want Zion and only Zion. Hand him over to us Silver you bald headed shitcunt.
 
As I've pointed out before, there aren't actually many small-ball centers starting these days. Looking around at playoff teams, who's trotting out a small-ball lineup this weekend?

I see a lot of talk about the new NBA and the small ball lineups as it pertains to centers so I decided to look at the last ten drafts recently and found that NBA teams continue to draft legit big men and in the lottery at that. It averages about 4+ guys 6'10" or taller as lottery picks over the last ten years.

This means to me that NBA teams still value them. There has been no change whatsoever in their value to teams. I do think what has changed somewhat is that with the emphasis on 3 point scoring, teams don't feed the centers as much for points even though their efficiency is usually great. Also; I think the game is faster at times and these are big bodies running the floor and then having to wrestle under the hoop so it is harder to play them 35 or so minutes.

Ideally, we or any team would have two good big men sharing minutes at the 5 - at most the starter would be kept at or under 30 minutes.
 
I know this is a guy that is probably out of everyone's radar, but since he might be the first Portuguese player ever in the NBA, what are Neemias Queta's chances of being drafted at all? Does anyone know? He doesn't show up in any of the mock drafts i've seen besides a weird first round pick by the Spurs on Sports Illustraded.
 
I know this is a guy that is probably out of everyone's radar, but since he might be the first Portuguese player ever in the NBA, what are Neemias Queta's chances of being drafted at all? Does anyone know? He doesn't show up in any of the mock drafts i've seen besides a weird first round pick by the Spurs on Sports Illustraded.

I've heard mixed things about him, which honestly is probably good for his chances as a 50/50 kind of guy. Just needs one team out of 30 to think he's got potential, and that seems quite possible.
 
Why has Hachimura seemingly fallen down on mock drafts? Before the tournament alot of mock drafts had him top 6, now I see him in the teens.

Watching him play, you would think he has the game and body to be a modern big wing (SG/PF) especially if he can add a consistent 3 point shot. Like he is quick enough to be a SF but has a solid build that he can play PF.
 
If we were to fall back to 4-7 spots, would you guys trade down to select Goga (I assume he will go in the 10-16 range) with another nice asset coming our way?

Seems to me like this is the draft to do it in. Kind of like the Bennet draft minus Zion and Morant/RJ.
Goga should be available at 26th overall.
 

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