MirORich
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-The opportunity to select Luka was not based on the record of the Cleveland CavaliersWinning a game like this rather sucks.
Despite optimism about odds, or fatalism, one does prefer to have the best odds.
Past Lotto results are irrelevant. One puts oneself in the best position one can each year. A 65% chance of drafting Top 5 is far more desirable than a 37% chance.
"Draft better!" is a fallacy. If teams could identify every diamond in the rough, the Lotto would be pointless since Draft position wouldn't matter. And with that all the arguments about organizational stability etc. etc. If the Cavs had that, they wouldn't be in their current semi-dumpster fire situation, would they?
It does matter. If it didn't, the Cavs would be looking at a bright shiny future because every player is as good as Luka, or Zion.
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That said, I am not sure how much worse the Cavs could have played short of literally benching healthy players. The Celtics fucking stank up the joint. Good Lord.
I just hope we luck out this year, because I don't want to see these last three games as part of that "What If" thread in S34 as the Cavs enter the 6th year of their rebuild because they don't have any stars.
-The Cavs put themselves in the 2nd best odds to get Zion or Ja
-The Cavs put themselves in the second best odds to get Edwards, Melo, or Wiseman
-The Sexton draft was prior to knowing with 100% certainty that LeBron was leaving, so we are about to have our third draft of the rebuild.