[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Macindoc

I believe you are correct. That would be quite the game of 3D chess, predicting exactly when a competing team would go from a contender to a lottery team without insider knowledge of their future plans.

I'm not sure it's about precisely predicting where that team's pick will be in three years but an unprotected pick has more value than a protected pick because it could fall in the theoretical protected zone.