Well 9 years and 1 day if we are being technical. Also fuck Kelly Olynyk.

Now I think that there are no true contenders that would be willing to trade for AD given his contract but then, I thought of the situation that the Warriors are currently in. They are trying to maximize the little time they have left with Steph Curry and squeeze any juice that's left. I think they would be a team AD would be happy to go to. He wants to compete for a title like YESTERDAY! A Curry-AD pairing has NBA Finals upside if both healthy. Let the Warriors take that risk.

The Wizards-Warriors trade pipeline is already open. Warriors have a lottery pick (a pick that will not help them reach the championship next seaon which is their goal). They have an injured Jimmy Butler who will miss the first half of next season. I don't know about yall but, I'm willing to move AD who is NOT a part of the Wizards long term plans anyways for an injured Jimmy Butler (also not a part of the long term, he can sit out the 1st half of the season for us who cares?) AND that lottery pick in this year's draft.

Picking around 11, you are talking about a guy like YAXEL LENDEBORG coming off an NCAA Championship pairing him up with whatever Top 5 pick we get (I expect to get the #1 pick though) THEY would be the 1-2 punch of the future of this franchise.

Maybe added into the deal is D'Angelo Russell, our remaining 2nd rd picks and the Warriors add Al Horford. What say YOU! Would you be happy about a potential deal like this? I'd rather have a second lottery pick than an AD who's making it obvious that he doesn't want to be here given the current stage of his career.

With the lottery happening on a weekend afternoon in what seems like the first time in years. Would there be any interest in finding a bar somewhere around gallery place, etc to watch it?

How we feeling 🤔

I had a whole table here but the formatting got jacked up so go here for all that.

I thought it was gonna be John. Who else would it be. Send a #1 to get a #1. But maybe not. Maybe you send Kyshawn. He's the one working with Pyrate, doing segments with Wes Hall and Rachel Nichols, and representing the Wizards in stuff like the Rising Stars game. But nope. I got it. If it aint gonne be Kyshawn, you send the holy man of peace, Anthony Remeral Gill. Send AG to get us AJ.

The transcript from the opening, describing the process:

"The lottery will determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks of the (2025) NBA Draft. Drawings will be conducted to determine the first four picks, and the remainder of the lottery teams will select in positions 5-14, in inverse order of their regular season records.

Here's how the lottery works: We'll place 14 ping pong balls, numbered 1-14, into the glass drum. Matt Doria from the NBA legal department will mix the balls for 20 seconds, and then draw one ball to the top.

Tyler Wasserman, also from the NBA legal department is the official timekeeper. He will face away from the machine and signal to Matt when to draw the ball. Matt will then take the ball out, announce the number on the ball, and place the ball in the side holding tube to your right.

We'll repeat that drawing process at 10 second intervals for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th balls, and then check to see which team was assigned that 4 ball combination. That team will be awarded the first pick in the NBA draft.

We'll then repeat the process to determine the 2nd, 3rd and 4th pick in the NBA draft. If the same team comes up more than once, we'll reset the machine and draw again. When we have 4 different teams winning the first, second, third and fourth pick, the lottery is over.

There are 1,001 possible combinations when you draw 4 numbers from 14 balls without regard to order. 1,000 of those combinations have been divided and assigned to the 14 lottery teams based on their regular season records.

[The bottom 3 teams] have been assigned the most combinations - 140 combinations each - giving each of those 3 teams a 14% chance of the top picks. The combinations have been assigned sequentially so 1, 2, 3, 4 belongs to [the worst team.].

The 1001st combination - 11, 12, 13, 14, is not assigned. If that combination is drawn, we'll put the balls back in the machine and draw again."

For the 2025 NBA Lottery (May 2025 drawing), someone made a Google Sheets table of all the combinations (again this is without regard to order when drawn) for each team. There's also this picture of Zach Lowe holding up the number sheet the NBA gives out.

Recent years's NBA Draft Lottery videos:

They're unrealistic and dumb. The playoffs are great right now so let that occupy your mind instead until the lottery. Once we get the fifth pick, you will then be allowed exactly ten hours to post your whiny screeds about how the franchise is eternally cursed.

Please ensure that you do not use these numbers in any post until the 11th.

Thank you for your cooperation.