Or to push draftees past the expansion draft, but this is a double edged sword, since you'd have 2 more teams in the pool picking ahead of you. Also, assuming 2028 is the expansion draft, I think 2027 may be the worst year to make a pick: not enough data to determine if a player is worth protecting, but soon enough that you feel compelled to do so, so there's a very real chance you waste a protection spot on a bust and/or leave a good player unprotected. May be better to move it closer (say, use the 27 pick this year if you like the draft so that you have 2 years to evaluate) or push it to 29 (past the expansion draft). Should be an interesting discussion in terms of which strategy the Spurs adopt.
Govenors are meeting at the end of this month to vote on it
Switch Dallas and Memphis....keep the Texas teams together.
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This probably improves their chances at keeping Ant long term with an easier path to the Finals..Also, Brian Wright trading 2031 Minny pick instead of the Kings one (swap) looking even more smarter by the day.
I believe the Thunder still get the money from the Supersonic merch. Regarding that, I'm curious if they get extra compensation, if the new Seattle franchise just becomes the Sonics again.
... at least i get summer league and the NBA cup
This looks to pretty much nail it... though I have to ask... what's the point of even having divisions? I never even look at the division standings and honestly I can't even remember who is in what division.
Any ideas where you are headed next?even if a vegas club gets approved, by the time they set up shop here i'm probably gonna be out of vegas.
still, much better being here than charlottesville
im here until ~june 2028 when wifey's residency ends
Nice. We've considered head to SoCal to be closer to my wife's parents (I unfortunately don't have much of an immediate family anymore beyond my wife and kids... parents, grandparents, aunts have all passed). I feel like spending time in MA and now HI has been training for living in high cost environments
Yeah, sending Minnesota East is like giving them a handful of top-5 lottery picks for nothing. I'd love to see them send the Spurs east, but doubt it happens.
I think at this point it is nothing more than a geographic delineation for scheduling purposes and a third tiebreaker..
if it wasnt for having kids i dont think i'd necessarily go back to LA. i dont hate the place, and i understand that cost of living is proportional to desirability, but that ratio is out of whack in LANice. We've considered head to SoCal to be closer to my wife's parents (I unfortunately don't have much of an immediate family anymore beyond my wife and kids... parents, grandparents, aunts have all passed). I feel like spending time in MA and now HI has been training for living in high cost environments
Conference strength was the big reason the title count in the 80s went Lakers 5, Celtics 3. If the Lakers were having to through the Sixers, Bucks, and Pistons every year and getting beat to shit in those dogfights while the Celtics got a free pass to the Finals I think the count would have been reversed. 1987 was the clearest example of this where the Celtics had to run an injured McHale into the ground fighting Chicago, Milwaukee, and then an amazing Pistons team while the Lakers got a 37 win Nuggets team in the first, a 42 win Warriors team in the second, and a 39 win Sonics team in the WCF that had a worse record than Boston's first round opponent: the 40-42 Bulls. You give the Celtics that cakewalk to the Finals and they probably just rest McHale for 2 series and he's fresh for the Finals.
Still have Minnesota's 2030 swap right?
Time to move to GinzaNice. We've considered head to SoCal to be closer to my wife's parents (I unfortunately don't have much of an immediate family anymore beyond my wife and kids... parents, grandparents, aunts have all passed). I feel like spending time in MA and now HI has been training for living in high cost environments