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Alex Speers

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

All right, Andrew, it is time for the Wheel of Fandom, the weekly segment where we spin a wheel, it lands on a team, and we become fans of that team for the next week. Now, last week, the wheel landed on the Brooklyn Nets. And if you've been following the Wheel of Fandom this season, you know that the vast majority of teams have had a very bad week when the wheel lands on them.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

All right, Andrew, it is time for the Wheel of Fandom, the weekly segment where we spin a wheel, it lands on a team, and we become fans of that team for the next week. Now, last week, the wheel landed on the Brooklyn Nets. And if you've been following the Wheel of Fandom this season, you know that the vast majority of teams have had a very bad week when the wheel lands on them.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

So what would happen when the wheel landed on a team that needed to lose to maintain their draft position? Well, they'd go on a two game winning streak. Of course, the Nets went two and two this week, losing to the Clippers and Wolves, but beating the Mavs and Wizards. They are now 25 and 52 and appear likely headed for the sixth best odds in the upcoming draft lottery.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

So what would happen when the wheel landed on a team that needed to lose to maintain their draft position? Well, they'd go on a two game winning streak. Of course, the Nets went two and two this week, losing to the Clippers and Wolves, but beating the Mavs and Wizards. They are now 25 and 52 and appear likely headed for the sixth best odds in the upcoming draft lottery.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

So what would happen when the wheel landed on a team that needed to lose to maintain their draft position? Well, they'd go on a two game winning streak. Of course, the Nets went two and two this week, losing to the Clippers and Wolves, but beating the Mavs and Wizards. They are now 25 and 52 and appear likely headed for the sixth best odds in the upcoming draft lottery.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

Per cleaning glass, the Nets have the 28th ranked offense and 24th ranked defense. Andrew, if the Nets are a favorite team, who is our guest?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

Per cleaning glass, the Nets have the 28th ranked offense and 24th ranked defense. Andrew, if the Nets are a favorite team, who is our guest?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

Per cleaning glass, the Nets have the 28th ranked offense and 24th ranked defense. Andrew, if the Nets are a favorite team, who is our guest?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

Yeah, I was on the Nets subreddit, and it's fun reading Nets fans' comments as they try to cope with this. I saw one argument that was like, yes, the Suns pick might be around 12 this year. Ours is 6. If you wanted to trade up from 12 to 6, that would cost you an extra first. So that kind of accounts for one of the firsts that we traded away. So I don't know if that helps you at all.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

Yeah, I was on the Nets subreddit, and it's fun reading Nets fans' comments as they try to cope with this. I saw one argument that was like, yes, the Suns pick might be around 12 this year. Ours is 6. If you wanted to trade up from 12 to 6, that would cost you an extra first. So that kind of accounts for one of the firsts that we traded away. So I don't know if that helps you at all.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

Yeah, I was on the Nets subreddit, and it's fun reading Nets fans' comments as they try to cope with this. I saw one argument that was like, yes, the Suns pick might be around 12 this year. Ours is 6. If you wanted to trade up from 12 to 6, that would cost you an extra first. So that kind of accounts for one of the firsts that we traded away. So I don't know if that helps you at all.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

That was one I saw.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

That was one I saw.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

That was one I saw.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

So in a rebuilding year like this, the hope is that you find some diamond in the rough, a player that you weren't thinking about at the start of the season who you now see as a future rotation player. Oh, he's going to be a part of the next good Nets team. Are there any players like that for you or like an encouraging developmental story? Nope.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

So in a rebuilding year like this, the hope is that you find some diamond in the rough, a player that you weren't thinking about at the start of the season who you now see as a future rotation player. Oh, he's going to be a part of the next good Nets team. Are there any players like that for you or like an encouraging developmental story? Nope.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

So in a rebuilding year like this, the hope is that you find some diamond in the rough, a player that you weren't thinking about at the start of the season who you now see as a future rotation player. Oh, he's going to be a part of the next good Nets team. Are there any players like that for you or like an encouraging developmental story? Nope.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

Agreed. You know who could be a free agent, Mike? Kyrie Irving.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

Agreed. You know who could be a free agent, Mike? Kyrie Irving.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam

Agreed. You know who could be a free agent, Mike? Kyrie Irving.