04-16-2026, 09:18 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-16-2026, 09:19 AM by Scott41theMavs.)
(04-16-2026, 02:01 AM)F Gump Wrote: "Obviously the Friday night games have big implications on the lower end of the lottery." -- I'm not sure I understand what you are saying here ... but nothing that happens Friday has any impact on the Mavs' FRP pick in the lottery.
Regarding the Mavs 2nd rd pick, coming from PHX, we want the Suns to win and make the playoffs and as a result get the worst FRP of the 3-way tie with PHI and ORL, because ties flip-flop the draft order in rd 2.
How soon we forget.
If the Mavs had made the playoffs last year, no lottery and no Cooper.
Right now, Charlotte is 14th in the lottery odds/order, and the Tragic are tied with two other teams for 16th. If Ball and his WWE heel cheating beat Orlando, then Charlotte falls out of the lottery, while the Magic - whose pick goes to the Grizz - are in. The Warriors are 11th in the lottery odds and Suns, whose pick goes to Charlotte, are one of those other teams tied for 16th. If Steph pulls off another miracle for the privilege of getting annihilated by the Thunder, then the Warriors fall out of the lottery and Charlotte has another pick there.
If there's a team who ends up picking lower than us with more than one low lottery pick, that, to me, is the Mavs' trade partner if they have the 9th or 10th pick and one of those teams has two picks in the early to mid teens (throw in the 30 and our second rounder). Or let's say the Mavs get second, the Grizz get fourth, and whoever gets the first pick takes Dybantsa. I'll take the Grizz's fourth and their other lotto pick (if Charlotte wins).