May 20, 2008
Knicks, Nets Hope Draft Lottery Balls Bounce Their Way
Tonight, the NBA holds its annual draft lottery in Secaucus, NJ to determine the order of the first 14 team picks for the draft on June 26. The lottery, broadcast on ESPN at 8 p.m., utilizes a somewhat complicated formula of team records, probability, and ping-pong balls. How complicated? Check out this explanation (the Wikipedia entry can be helpful).
The Miami Heat have a 25% chance of nabbing the first pick. Going into tonight's draft, the Knicks, who had the fifth worst record in the league, have a 7.6% chance of getting the first draft pick.
With the 10th worst record, the Nets have a 1.1% chance of getting first pick, but Nets investor Jay-Z, the representative on hand tonight, is hopeful. He says, "This is very exciting and I hope my nickname ‘Lucky Lefty’ holds up."
Flashback: The first lottery was held in 1985--and that's when Patrick Ewing was selected by the Knicks. It's also when people accused NBA commissioner David Stern of rigging the lottery.
Update: Wacky! With only a 1.7% chance of winning the first draft pick, the Chicago Bulls beat the odds and won it! The Knicks ended up with the 6th pick and the Nets have the 10th.
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D'antoni is a motherfucking IDIOT!!!! First of all, His decision making skills are highly suspect as He's already made a dumb decision to coach NY instead of Chicago for just 1 million more. Anybody with a brain would have taken that Chicago job. Second of all, He's a shit coach who lucked out when he landed Steve Nash. look at his record pre-Nash and you'll see a piece of shit coach. Third of all, Chicago just landed the Number 1 pick against all odds and the prospect is a Derrick Rose a really good point Guard a la Nash but who can also defend. The Knicks have 7th pick and won't get the player they need. Karma is calling and he says "Fuck James Dolan!"
Bulls win the draft lottery even though they had a 1.7% chance going in. Knicks get the sixth pick.
I love the knicks!