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Timberwolves Double Down On The Lottery

When you're the Minnesota Timberwolves, you have to lure in season ticket buyers by any means necessary. So they've come up with quite the novel plan: They're tying ticket prices to which lottery pick the team gets.

This means it is possible to pay only 43 bucks for season tickets in Minnesota next year. But you have to buy now. According to ESPN's nifty Lottery Mock Draft, the T-Wolves have a 15.6 percent chance of the top pick. Worth a shot, right?

The deal: Your season ticket pre game price is equal to whatever pick the Wolves get in the draft. They pick No. 1? $43 for 43 games, or $1 per game. Seriously. $86 for the No. 2 pick. And so on. Perhaps this underscores our insanity or our love of a great deal, but it intrigues us. It's a huge risk-reward — the cheaper the ticket, presumably, the more reason you would want to watch this team because they would be bringing in a higher-caliber pick, presumably either Derrick Rose or Michael Beasley in the case of the under $100 options. They take a tumble in the lottery and end up with a stiff and you're stuck with a couple hundred bucks worth of tickets in the cheap seats to watch a still not ready for prime time squad.

What a fascinating concept: You either win big, or lose big. Forty-three bucks for season tickets to see Michael Beasley or Derrick Rose play all year? We're 1,200 miles away, and we're tempted to buy them.

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5:01 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Leitch
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theothermatt at 05:17 PM on 04/16/08
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Will, you can stay at my mom's house and we can go to the games together!
Gourmet Spud at 05:18 PM on 04/16/08
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Well, at least we know where all the out-of-work Bear Stearns accountants ended up.
1976 Oakland Raiders at 05:19 PM on 04/16/08
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Ah yes, old time prices. Gimme five bees for a quarter! Is that a Spanish onion? Wow, Michael Beasley!
Weed Against Speed at 05:19 PM on 04/16/08
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Even if someone buys the season tickets, Glen Taylor is still going to insist the ticket-buying public tanked it down the stretch.
Moobs at 05:19 PM on 04/16/08
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Shit, if I lived in Minny it'd be worth it to see all the players I watched on the Celtics last year.

Fortunately, I get to watch the actual Celtics. So no.
BigJimSlade at 05:20 PM on 04/16/08
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Just wait till they draw the #1 pick, then trade down to get the 10th and 14th and 24th picks and force everyone to pay $48 a game.
Fundamentally UnSound at 05:20 PM on 04/16/08
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Of all the T'Wolves, you picked Corey Brewer to be the pic associated with this? Big Al Jefferson would like a word with you.
The Fan’s Attic at 05:21 PM on 04/16/08
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Depending on the tie-breakers, it looks like the absolute worst the Pups could do is 7th in the lottery. 43 x 7 = 301. $300 bucks for season tickets, albeit in nosebleed seats isn't that bad, considering they are probably twice that much regularly.
Len Bias Cocaine Surplus at 05:23 PM on 04/16/08
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the 2008-2009 T-Wolves featuring Gerald Green as halftime entertainment
UseTheForceLukeWalton at 05:23 PM on 04/16/08
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I saw a commercial for this starring that guy with the green sparkly question mark jacket.
BigJimSlade at 05:25 PM on 04/16/08
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Act Fast! The 1000th person to purchase season tickets gets to play PG for the first half of the season!
7-8 Deville at 05:25 PM on 04/16/08
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In Minnesota, this is also known as a "McHale Special".
The Teufel Shuffle at 05:26 PM on 04/16/08
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The biggest downside to this is you have to be in Minnesota.
UseTheForceLukeWalton at 05:27 PM on 04/16/08
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@BigJimSlade: That's exactly how they ended up with Marko Jaric.
Gourmet Spud at 05:30 PM on 04/16/08
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Not to be outdone, the Nuggets have announced they will base next year's prices on a multiple of Carmelo Anthony's blood-alcohol level.
Fundamentally UnSound at 05:35 PM on 04/16/08
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@UseTheForceLukeWalton: So how'd he end up with Adriana Lima? She definitely has better ball-handling than him.
Juancho at 05:45 PM on 04/16/08
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@BigJimSlade: 10k gets the GM job.
Marth at 05:48 PM on 04/16/08
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I agree that this seems entirely backwards. Wouldn't logic indicate that the higher the pick the Wolves get, the more people would be willing to pay for season tickets? This is exactly why I've always said they shouldn't give Mark Madsen front office responsibilities.
Southeast Jerome at 05:55 PM on 04/16/08
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If they make a trade to get the first and second pick, you get $43 season tickets and a Timberwolve cheerleader sits in your lap the entire game.

(Not that good a deal, actually. Have you seen those butter-faces up close?)
stealofthedraft at 05:56 PM on 04/16/08
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I guess this wat they either make more money or they get a sexy pick...
stealofthedraft at 06:24 PM on 04/16/08
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@stealofthedraft:
"way", dumbass...
J.L. White at 06:35 PM on 04/16/08
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Wait, there's an NBA owner who actually LIKES his fans? Are you sure this owner won't convince his good buddy David Stern to rig the lottery so the T-wolves get the 13th pick, and screw over the fans? Is this a devious scheme to trick the Minnesota populace to approve a new $500 million-dollar mega-palace? I'm filled with skepticism here.

/Sonics fan
NovakAintNoJokovic at 07:46 PM on 04/16/08
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Can someone explain how they will play 43 home games out of an 82 game season?

82 / 2 = 41...not 43.
drew.catt at 08:49 PM on 04/16/08
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Fuck lion!

I might be able to afford Wolves season tickets on my low-arse salary.

Target Center, here I come!