If Warriors keep pick, they'll still owe Utah

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Many Warriors fans are looking for resolution today when itcomes to their teams first-round selection in the upcoming NBA draft. DuringWednesdays draft lottery, the Warriors will find out whether they have theirown selection in the June 28 draft or whether they will lose it.This all goes back to a trade that involved the Warriorsacquiring point guard Marcus Williams from New Jersey back in 2008.To refresh, the Warriors will get to keep their pick if itis the No. 1 pick through the No. 7 pick. If the pick winds up being No. 8 orworse, it will be conveyed to Utah.While most Warriors fans are hoping for the team to stay putat No. 7or even move up to one of the top-three picksthat will still comewith a price. Should the Warriors keep their pick this season, then theyll bein virtually the same position next year with their pick and Utah.Lets say the Warriors keep their pick this year. What thatwould mean is that next years pick would go to Utah, unless it is one of thetop-six picks in the draft.If the Warriors were to end up keeping next years pick,too, it would mean that the 2014 pick would go to Utah unless it is one of thetop-six picks in the draft.So, for the Warriors to keep their picks in each of the nextthree seasons, theyd have to have the No. 7 pick or better in 2012, the No. 6pick or better in 2013 and the No. 6 pick or better in 2014.If the Warriors dont convey their first-round pick to Utahin any of the next three seasons, then the Jazz would receive the Warriorssecond-round picks in 2014 and 2016.The hope among Warriors fans is that they get to keep theirfirst-round pick this offseason and then make the playoffs in 2012-13. Underthat scenario, the Warriors would give their pick to Utah next seasonandbest of all, it wouldnt be a lottery pick.If youre looking for worst-case scenario, it might gosomething like this: The Warriors keep the No. 7 pick in this draft, but thenhave another disappointing season in 2012-13, putting next summers pick inperil again.Yes, the Warriors will find out today whether or not theyllhave a high draft pick come June 28. But even if they do hold onto it, theuncertainty with Utah isnt over.

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