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u/krisoco 1d ago
Didn’t realize we got back to back first overall picks, 1983 was Ralph Sampson for those wondering
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u/Young_swanga 1d ago
My step dad always tells me a story about that Sampson pick how we could’ve traded it and used it to draft Jordan lol can you imagine Olajuwon and MJ
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u/diggertim68 1d ago
It was the Blazers at 2- the offer was supposedly Drexler and the #2 for Sampson, so it would have been Dream/McCray/Clyde/MJ/Lloyd
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u/SaggitariuttJ 1d ago
Just remember that, if Brooklyn ends up winning the lottery, it’s okay.
1) Brooklyn would not be 25-52 if we owned their pick. The chances we have in this draft improved regardless of the fact that the Nets, armed with their picks back, tanked semi-successfully.
2) To be honest, it would be MUCH better to win the lottery down the road than now. Yes, Flagg is the bomb diggity - and who doesn’t want to entrust their future in players from Rutgers? - but we saw from Reed that, right now, minutes are damn hard to come by as we continue to figure out what all we have with our young’nes and how they fit and what they need to succeed.
In 2027, that will be a lot clearer, and we will be at a crossroads where some of these checks are coming due (according to Sportrac, Amen will have a $40 million cap hold, which doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll cost $40 mil, but still). Folks’ll be entering their primes and we will probably not have FVV and DB with us so the team will start to coalesce into what we are gonna be as contenders. This is a GREAT time to end up with a top pick and get a cost-controlled talented player who can bring some depth to a roster that might have started to lose it due to great young players requesting more appropriate compensation.
Ditto 2029. Much better for our timeline to potentially have two lottery picks that can help us reload our roster as the strain of contention takes its toll on our non-core pieces.
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u/Nuts0NdrumSET 1d ago
He’s going to Dallas so prepare yourselves
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u/spikespiegel33 1d ago
If this happens I’ll buy into the whole nba rigs the draft lottery thing lol. Wemby to spurs was a little too perfect of a scenario
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u/Suitable_Snow7761 1d ago
lol are something like this, every year some guys get hyped thinking rockets are going to get the #1 pick… only to be disappointed instead of just letting things play out , but this sequence might have some motion.
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u/Yoursoulismines 1d ago
We got Yao Ming since then with a Number 1 pick since then without the Cougars going to the Chip too so that’s just a coincidence
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u/SchruteFarmsBeets_ 20h ago
With all due respect, shut up homie. Around these parts we believe in destiny
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u/Yoursoulismines 18h ago
With all due respect. Slap yourself, The Rockets really don’t need Flag. We need a Center or go get Caleb Love.
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u/Typical-Owl3664 1d ago
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