Ryan5231

Morant is getting too overhyped. Kris Dunn was once hyped. So was Markelle Fultz and Lonzo Ball. It's tough to predict these things. Tatum's far likelier to get into star territory, but no question he's regressed.

I don't know much about Langdon's background, but one thing that the new gm must have experience with is trade negotiation. This AD trade is too important to entrust to someone with no experience on that front.

Not sure if this is what you're asking about, but each number in the cell is the % chance that team gets that selection.

So for each team, if you add up all their percentages for each slot they can land at, it should equal 100%. Therefore, the chances of getting top 4 is just adding their chances at 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Based on your take, I think you need to learn reading comprehension. We're discussing someone of Barrett's prospect ranking, we're not talking about all prospects.

1. I'm not disagreeing with pushing Boston to commit. That's definite.

2. The Knicks would be idiots to not do a deal whether it's now, later, or a year from now. We're taking their 'last place in the entire NBA' assets in exchange for a hall of famer.

3. Even in a world where the Knicks suddenly don't want to be relevant again and want to play hardball with Demps, what are we talking about? Them taking what off the table? Some non-lottery 1st rounder off the table? AD in the east is in the playoffs guaranteed.

Why in the world would you entertain the idea of giving AD to Knicks now and automatically moving down 3 spots in the draft?

The Knicks offer pivots around whoever the Pelicans have as the best player in the draft. Without that, the offer is garbage. There's literally nothing in the Knicks offer that you would ever gamble on. You think Knox is going to turn into something? I'll bet any of you any amount of money that Knox never makes an all-star game. He didn't even crack the rising stars roster for all-star weekend, and now he's supposed to be some sort of valuable asset that can be included in a package for a Hall of Fame 25-year-old MVP caliber big man?

Knox doesn't even average 1 assist per game. Can't get one? Y'all need to stop fricking around.

I've read long before any of this that AD and Kyrie are friends and would like to play together.

So the thinking in some circles is that Celtics need to make a trade for AD in order to lock in Kyrie staying.

New Orleans is a poor city and the only way to get people to the games is via winning. That's it. There's no marketing that's going to save this team. There's no all-star reserve with a name that's going to save this team. It's going to come down to straight winning games. Lose for a year and a half and then you're good to go for the next 10 years.

The NBA wants AD on a super team. They don't care what market it's in. The Pelicans need to figure out a way to get a star player here or AD is gone.

Either way, we got saved. His market value was 5-10 million and we were about to pay 40mil for at most a year and a half.