Chinook
12-10-2015, 03:41 PM
So just like the Clippers pick in 2014, the Hornets have gone from bottom-feeder to potential top-five team (record-wise) in the span of a couple years. The Spurs own the Charlotte second (from the Theo Ratliff trade like forever ago) so long as the pick falls within the last five of the draft. The Hornets are holding serve at four right now.
What kind of miracle would it be for the team to actually pick up BOTH of those "throwaway" picks from those long-forgotten deals? Is the true way for a team to go from breadline to the pent house simply to trade a heavily protected second to the Spurs? Well, we'll see.
And yes, I say this assuming the Hornets will get passed up by at least two other teams. But hell, that Clippers pick thread was actually really exciting going down the stretch of the 2013-2014 season, even though the Spurs evidently didn't want the pick.
What kind of miracle would it be for the team to actually pick up BOTH of those "throwaway" picks from those long-forgotten deals? Is the true way for a team to go from breadline to the pent house simply to trade a heavily protected second to the Spurs? Well, we'll see.
And yes, I say this assuming the Hornets will get passed up by at least two other teams. But hell, that Clippers pick thread was actually really exciting going down the stretch of the 2013-2014 season, even though the Spurs evidently didn't want the pick.