Somebody else mentioned this, but it’s true that Patrick never had a true “second banana,” a reliable other player. He made do with Starks, whom I loved but as we all know had serious flaws, and Oakley, who led the league in effort if not talent. I guess Anthony Mason came closest, although he was kind of erratic as a scorer.

Anyway, I’ll always think of him knocking down a J with the Knicks announcer stating, “Patrick… EWING.”

“yeah, I know that, what I mean is the position after the balls are drawn. if teams are tied and don’t get picked in the top three, they need to be placed in some order, and it seems as if it’s just done randomly, determined prior to the lottery by the league office.”

I think it is done by coin flip. We were tied with Toronto in 2005 and I think they won the coin flip to get ahead of us. I think.

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The one the worse than giving away an unprotected top five lottery pick is winning your way out of top five lottery pick. When we are picking 7th we will really need Isiah’s luck/talent to find a winner.

yeah, I know that, what I mean is the position after the balls are drawn. if teams are tied and don’t get picked in the top three, they need to be placed in some order, and it seems as if it’s just done randomly, determined prior to the lottery by the league office.

Portland was tied for the sixth worst record last year, and Seattle was fifth, so let’s wait and see how it actually shakes out. I’d say the karma gods owe us, but Dolan and Isiah have been such assholes, I’m not really sure that’s true.

if the top six are gone, maybe DeAndre Jordan is an option, although I don’t know nearly enough about him. he’d be a project, but it’s not like we’re going anywhere soon. Westbrook might be good also, if he declares and if he can really play PG in the pros. I’m still hoping for Rose or Mayo personally…