If Dallas falls inside the top 7 (without winning the lottery) it will be hard for them to dig back out of that hole and make the playoffs again the following year in the West. It's top 7 protected for awhile --- so what if we get #8-12 in 2017 vs. 2016? Might be better if you think about, as that way we'd have 2 picks in the 1st each in 2016 and 2017, instead of 3 and 1. So don't feet of Dallas goes full tank -- that pick will come, and it will be a good one.
I would be fine with it either way.
There's a real legit chance that they are bad enough to be in the lottery this year but good enough to not be in the bottom 7, which means the pick would convey.
Between our own pick, the Nets pick and the Mavs pick we could dang well have 3 lottery picks next year. Two chances at a #1 overall if we win it. I get that people are tuned out to the idea of trading up in the draft, but if we have say picks 7, 11 and 14, how can a team at looking to trade out at #4 turn that down?
I get that people are upset about MJ turning down that deal Danny offered him, but it doesn't make all our picks less valuable. We don't even know how valuable they are yet.