While our season is over, the NBA playoffs still continues on. Come here to discuss the Conference Finals with your fellow Dubs fans especially if you want to avoid the r/nba Game Thread. Let’s have fun and watch some NBA playoffs basketball!
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### WCF Game 1 – Nuggets (1) vs Lakers (7)
**Time:** 5:30PM PST
**Location:** Denver, CO
**Broadcast:** ESPN
**Line:** DEN -6.0
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Projected Starters:
Position | Nuggets| Lakers
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G | #27 Jamal Murray | #1 D’Angelo Russell
G | #5 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | #17 Dennis Schroder
F | #1 Michael Porter Jr | #15 Austin Reaves
F | #50 Aaron Gordon | #6 LeBron James
C | #15 Nikola Jokic | #3 Anthony Davis
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[ESPN Live Boxscore](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401547679)
[NBA.com Live Boxscore](https://www.nba.com/game/lal-vs-den-0042200311)
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### 2023 NBA Draft Lottery
Today, we will also make this the thread to react to the Draft Lottery since it happens right before the game and the game happens after. You may be wondering, “why not just make 2 seperate threads then?” The answer is that sounds like too much work lol
**Time:** 5:00PM PST
**Location:** Chicago, IL
**Broadcast:** ESPN
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[NBA Draft Lottery Probablities via @NBAPR](https://twitter.com/NBAPR/status/1658191663808802816)
[NBA Team Represenatives via @NBAPR](https://twitter.com/NBAPR/status/1658227837134929921/photo/1)
Team | #1 Pick | #2 Pick | #3 Pick | #4 Pick | #5 Pick | #6 Pick | #7 Pick | #8 Pick | #9 Pick | #10 Pick | #11 Pick | #12 Pick | #13 Pick | #14 Pick | Odds for a Top-4 Pick
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Detroit Pistons | 14% | 13.42% | 12.74% | 11.97% | 47.87% | – | – | -| -| – | -| -| -| -| 52.13%
Houston Rockets | 14% | 13.42%| 12.74% | 11.97%| 27.84% | 20.04%| -| -| – | -| -| -| -| – | 52.13%
SA Spurs | 14% | 13.42%| 12.74%| 11.97%| 14.83%| 26.01%| 7.03%| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| 52.13%
Charlotte Hornets | 12.5% | 12.23%| 11.89% | 11.46%| 7.24%| 25.73%| 16.76%| 2.2%| -| -| -| -| -| -| 48.07%
Portland Trail Blazers | 10.5% | 10.54% | 10.55% | 10.52%| 2.22%| 19.6%| 26.75%| 8.7% | 0.62%| -| -| -| -| -| 42.11%
Orlando Magic | 9% | 9.2% | 9.41% | 9.61% | – | 8.62%| 29.74%| 20.57%| 3.7%| 0.15% | -| -| -| -| 37.22%
Indiana Pacers | 6.8% | 7.13% | 7.5%| 7.93%| -| -| 19.72%| 35.61%| 13.85%| 1.43%| 0.03%| -| -| -| 29.36%
Washington Wizards | 6.7% | 7.03% | 7.41%| 7.84% | -| -| -| 32.91% | 31.1%| 6.62%| 0.38%| <0.01%| -| -| 28.98%
Utah Jazz | 4.5% | 4.83% | 5.23% | 5.71%| – | -| -| -| 50.73%| 25.89%| 3.02% | 0.09%| <0.01%| – | 20.27%
Dallas Mavericks | 3% | 3.27% | 3.27%| 4.01% | -| -| -| -| -| 65.91%| 18.98%| 1.21%| 0.21%| <0.01% | 8.5%
Chicago Bulls | 1.8% | 1.98% | 1.98% | 2.5% | -| -| – | -| -| -| 77.59%| 13.46%| 0.44%| <0.01% | 8.50%
OKC Thunder | 1.7% | 1.88% | 2.09%| 2.37% | – | – | -| -| -| -| – | 85.23%| 6.66% | 0.07%| 8.04%
Toronto Raptors | 1% | 1.11%| 1.25%| 1.42% | -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| 92.88%| 2.33%| 4.78%
New Orleans Pelicans| 0.5% | 0.56% | 0.63%| 0.72%| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| – | 97.59%| 2.41%
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Draft Order:
1. **San Antonio Spurs: Home of Victor Wembayama**
2. Charlotte Hornets
3. Portland Trail Blazers
4. Houston Rockets
5. Detroit Pistons (Portland moves up)
6. Orlando Magic
7. Indiana Pacers
8. Washington Wizards
9. Utah Jazz
10. Dallas Mavericks
11. Orlando Magic (via Bulls)
12. OKC Thunder
13. Toronto Raptors
14. New Orleans Pelicans
by NokCha_
43 Comments
Am I a casual for wanting to wait until I see Wembanyama play an actual NBA game before declaring him a future goat? Zack Low and Woj were saying some of the most pre mature shit I’ve ever heard earlier today.
as a lions fan hoping the pistons get the first pick so that when we’re done with our dynasty the wemby wiseman dynasty takes over the nba
Everything but the Rockets for Wemby please, as a french, i really want him to succeed and even do my hatred for Houston died down a lot, i really don’t want to root for them, even a little bit.
WCF Prediction: Nuggets will look like the much better team but what should be gentleman’s sweep for Denver will actually end up Lakers in 7 due to them getting 100 extra free throws.
lol watch Dallas will get the 1st overall pick or some weird shit like that
Between Wiggins having to miss the 2nd part of the season and us being the worst road team in the league wish we actually tanked for wemby. Could’ve traded him for a superstar and got us a few more rings
Detroit got fucked
Wiseman’s role is safe 😂
Crazy that Portland’s in the top 4
Wait this isn’t a live draw anymore?? Shameless rigging lol
Let’s us join hands and hope Portland doesn’t get the #1 over pick. 🤝
Hornets or Spurs please take 1st we dont need the rockets or lillard to get wemby
Damn victor gon be a spur
Wow spurs get wemby lol homie was hyped! Lol @ Portland with the Sike
Spurs got him, nice, and the poverty ass rockets got fucked, double nice
Damn. No wemby for us
Probably the best team wemby could’ve gone to
I hope wembanyama is a bust now. San Antonio was the last org to deserve this.
Fuck Houston LMAOOO
Wemby likely to be drafted by the Spurs, nice
Ayy, that’s a nice way to wrap up Pop’s coaching career. Great landing spot for Wemby, they definitely know how to develop a generational big man.
Best place for him to land if it was going to be a West team. Spurs roster is really bad (for now).
Just like when they got Duncan. In 1997 the Spurs were bad for one year and got the #1 pick. We all know what happened after that.
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Sucks that Wemby will be in the west for the foreseeable future, and on the spurs nonetheless.
I hope scoot goes to Portland with Dame, that back court duo would be INSANE.
Damn you can bump AD on defense on the first possession and it’s not a foul? Could’ve fooled me
I don’t understand why is Wemby so hyped. Ask any European who is the greatest European prospect ever and all of them are gonna say Luka
Go Denver.. so far their game plan looks solid.
Why couldn’t Bron play like this in game 6 against the Warriors
Can’t believe we lost to this poverty lakers team fmlll
Oh my god he just got shat on
Noo..not JVG again..know why he hates the Warriors..never considered for our HC pos. and we won titles.
Denver gotta keep this up allll series long not just tonight. We had our flashes of beating the breaks off of them but it’s first to 4 not to one. Denver can’t get cocky
flippin Reeves so damn lucky..two bank shots
Jokic triple double by halftime at this rate
The lakers are doo doo bruh
We would’ve got cooked by the nuggets lol
Lakers not so tuff when they have to play a team with SIZE.
Embiid is a beast, but man Jokic is something else
Non Jokic players scoring points have the Lakers shook.
My prediction of Nuggets in 3 looking strong
Not even mad we lost to the lakers. We honestly had no chance against this nuggets team
Oh damn Spurs got the 1st pick? Wonder how Wemby will do under Pop. Actually hilarious that the Pistons got shafted 😂
does anyone else think jokic is the best in the league rn