Fingers Crossed for NBA Draft Lottery

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Linkage - May 20
Published 5/20/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
... of highly touted guards expected to be among the top picks and with president and general manager Bryan Colangelo likely to try and trade one of his point guards between now and the start of the regular season, who finishes where could determine possible trading partners. As well, Colangelo is also likely to contemplate moving up in the draft – packaging his pick with a player or two for a better choice and maybe a player in return – so knowing who’ll draft where is significant. - Toronto Star In this decade alone, only two teams that drafted a top-two pick have turned that ...

Raps interested in how the ping pong balls fall
Published 5/20/2008 by Cuzzy at Cuzoogle
... The Raptors won’t be involved in the lottery – they have the 17th pick regardless of what happens tonight – but you can bet they will be watching the proceedings closely nonetheless. With a handful of highly touted guards expected to be among the top picks and with president and general manager Bryan Colangelo likely to try and trade one of his point guards between now and the start of the regular season, who finishes where could determine possible trading partners. As well, Colangelo is also likely to contemplate moving up in the draft – packaging his pick with a player ...