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especially in the NBA, the higher the guy is drafted, they typically are better players.... crazy, i know.... and that's not even going into how much more trade value 14 has over 21...

That is simply not true when you get into the teens-early 20s of the draft picks.

LINK

This page perfectly illustrates my point of how little a difference the 14th pick is from the 21st. The success rate is practically identical.

For every pick you can show me at 14 I can show you one later that had the same success if not more.

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making the playoffs only to likely get swept by OKC does NOTHING for this team going forward, in terms of long term strategy/roster development... its purely a moral victory, breeds complacency in the front office, coaching staff, and ownership, and does nothing to progress us any further than we currently are.... but hey print the shirts... "Pelicans 2024 Playoff participants"

If this is your logic then why should we try to make the playoffs any year that we aren't truly contending? No one thought we would win a title this year with Zion, so we should've stopped? Oh wait his playoff rep minutes would've done wonders for his growth? But not guys like Trey Murphy? What double standard type bullshite are we talking about?

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Posted by chRxis

None of your fricking business

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Posted on 4/18/24 at 12:03 pm to whatiknowsofar

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should we try to make the playoffs any year that we aren't truly contending?

we absolutely should have pressed on full steam ahead... however, the injury to Zion changes that drastically.... let's be realistic.... this situation is just like we seem to have with the Saints damn near every year.... is it beneficial to win the battle knowing you stand no chance in the war, and sabotaging potential future ramifications in the process.... we can probably beat the Kings without Zion... we already have... but we absolutely CANNOT beat OKC without him, so to me, and to many other people, the future possible higher draft capital outweighs a win vs. the Kings... at the end of the day, the result will be the same whether Friday night this week, or a week or so from now at the hands of OKC... the only thing different, realistically, is the FACT that our draft position will be lower... but at the end of the day, we still fall way short of what we all thought this season could possibly shape up to be, so the value of a better possible future outweighs what I see as a meaningless win Friday night... a lot like masturbation, sure it'll feel good, but at the end of the day, we are only going to be fricking ourselves...

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Oh wait his playoff rep minutes would've done wonders for his growth? But not guys like Trey Murphy?

there's no guarantee that those miinutes do anything for any of those guys... to think that b/c a player gets playoff experience, all of a sudden that makes them a sure fire thing next time around in the playoffs... you and I know there's no guarantee there... but what IS guaranteed is we win Friday, and lose out to OKC, we slip further in the draft, which decreases the capital that we could have to make our roster better, whether via draft or trade or both

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