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I ran the numbers and i think our best odds are if detroit wins I ran them yesterday so i dont remember exactly but if we lose out and detroit wins we get 12% chance if minn wins its 11.7 so close, but root for detroit lol unless i made a mistake of course

Thanks Magic Turk. That was a lot of work. As you said, a player who was drafted by a team might end up or be traded to another team or teams at some point during their career. In the NFL, fans consider their team as having success if they make it to a playoff(s). Would you say that in the NBA, making it to the playoffs is the same benchmark used to say a team was successful because they made it to a playoff. My question is, how many of the top 5 drafted NBA players that you listed, helped a team to make it to a playoff even if it was not on the team that drafted them? Would you be kind enough to filter out those players who had an impact or played a role in a team making it to a playoff(s). *I'm not talking about individual honors but no playoffs* I could do it, but I'm working on the last few game thread starters. :) Thanks!

I tried it, kind of fun looking at the old lottery and seeing all the busts. Point made, most NBA superstars don't stay with the team that drafts them. Here are all the Allstars TOP 5 lotto picks of last ten years and their accomplishments. 2011 NBA DRAFT 1.) Kyrie Irving (CAVS) - NBA Champion w/ CAVS, 3 time allstar, all NBA Team w/ Cavs 2-5 Busts 2012 NBA DRAFT 1.) Anthony Davis (Pelicans/Hornets) 7 time all star w/ Pels, 6 time all NBA w/Pels. Never got beyond 2nd round of playoffs. Won title w/ Lakers 3.)Bradley Beal (Wizards) - 3 time NBA All star (Playoffs 4 times never advanced beyond 2nd round) 2013 NBA DRAFT (WORST DRAFT EVER?) 2.) Victor Oladipo (MAGIC) - 2 time allstar, 1 NBA team (Magic traded away, on 5th NBA team) 2014 NBA DRAFT 3.) Joel Embiid (76ers) - 4 time allstar, 2 time all NBA, 2 time all Defense. (Playoffs 3 times, never advanced beyond 2nd round) 2015 NBA DRAFT- 1.) Karl Anthony-Towns (WOLVES) - 2 time allstar, 1 all NBA (1 playoff 1st round exit) 2.) D'Angelo Russell (Lakers) -1 Allstar game w/Nets (1 playoff 1st round exit) 4.) Kristaps Porzingis (Knicks) 1- allstar game w/ Knicks (1 playoff exist with Mavs) 2016 NBA DRAFT- 1.) Ben Simmons - (76ers) -3 time NBA Allstar, all nba team, all defense (76ers 3 playoffs, never advanced beyond 2nd round) 2.) Brandon Ingram (Lakers) - 1 time NBA Allstar (w/ Pels) 3.) Jaylen Brown (CELTICS) - 1 time NBA All star (4 playoffs, 3 ECF runnerup) 2017 NBA DRAFT- 3.) Jason Tatum (CELTICS) - 2 time NBA Allstar, 1 all NBA Team ( 3 playoffs, 2 ECF Runnerups) 2018 NBA DRAFT- 3.) Luka Doncic (Mavs) - 2 time NBA allstar, all NBA 1st team (1 playoff 1st round exit) 5.) Trae Young (HAWKS) 1 time NBA Allstar, (No playoff results yet) 2019 NBA DRAFT- 1.) Zion Williamson (Pelicans) - 1 time NBA Allstar (No playoffs yet) 2.) Ja Morant (Grizzlies) - Reigning ROY, Lost play-in game 2020 NBA DRAFT- (Rookies) 1.) Anthony Edwards (Wolves) (No playoffs) 2.) James Wiseman (Warriors) (Play-in playoffs) 3.) LaMelo Ball (Hornets) (Play-in playoffs) 4.) Patrick Williams (Bulls) (Likely no playoffs) 5.)Issac Okoro (Cavs) (No playoffs)

I continue to watch the games, and root for the Magic to play competitive basketball. As long as they play hard and compete, I think it's a positive; and while I would prefer they not win for the lottery repercussions, if it comes down to the last five minutes and they are still in it, I'm rooting my a-- off for them to pull out the win. That may seem contradictory, but that's me! I never root against them, and I'm very proud when they keep it competitive, win or lose.

Okay, my respect for this writer just seriously dropped - they should be extremely motivated to tank so they stay in the bottom 3 and DON'T lose their pick. "Let's win more games, so we fall out of the top 3 and lose our pick" said no one, ever.

It's entirely possible to understand the logic of losing the last few, meaningless, games to end the season and not want to actively watch the games as we do it.