re: Which would you rather?

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Especially if the hypothetical is top 5 pick.

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Yeah but if the season ended today they'd pick 9th. They are more or less a .500 team since that terrible 0-8 start, so I'd expect them to keep climbing. We're not quite past the point of no return for tanking, an AD injury and trading Holiday could change things in an instant, but based on the current trajectory I think the real choice is what htran laid out. Pick 10+ or playoffs, and I think most of us choose playoffs in that scenario as long as they don't trade the draft pick to get there.