NBA Draft: New Orleans Hornets

 

Record: 39-43, 4^th Southwest

 

Draft Picks: 13, 43

 

NBA Draft: San Antonio Spurs

 

Record: 58-24, 2^nd Southwest

 

NBA Draft Los Angeles Lakers

 

2006-07 Record: 42-40

 

2007 Picks: 19^th, 40^th, 48^th

 

Record: 67-15, 1^st Southwest

 

Draft Picks: 50 (From Miami via LA Lakers), 60

There seems to be an unusually high amount of fallout from the NBA Draft Lottery the other night. I’m assuming part of it is because of Durant/Oden and another part of it is Spurs/Jazz/Cavs/Pistons (although last night’s horrible officiating should help detract the talking heads from the lottery for a second). The majority of the reactions fell into two categories. The first: Hooray, we beat the lottery, our franchise is saved! The other: The lottery screwed us, the lottery sucks, our franchise is doomed for the next 30 years. There was really nothing in between.

With all the excitement of a lead-in to Jeopardy! the NBA Draft Lottery takes place tonight. It is always a glorious event. Where else can we watch the usually cocksure (and by “cocksure” I mean oblivious) NBA executives sweat through their suits and smile nervously while clutching some sort of lucky charm — like a lion’s tooth or gypsy tears or something — knowing that some stupid Ping Pong balls could savage their respective careers. Only in the NBA could this become not only a relevant event,

NBA Draft: Portland Trailblazers