Happy NBA Draft Lottery Day: Do You Feel Lucky?
by Tom Lewis on May 19, 2009 7:39 PM EDT
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The NBA draft lottery tonight in Secaucus, NJ will confirm the draft position of the Indiana Pacers along with the other 13 lottery teams in the NBA. The odds are long for the Pacers to move up from the 13th slot in the draft. In fact, Larry Bird isn't bothering with any good luck rituals since the odds of landing the big prize are less than 1%.
Maybe I have too much Irish in me, but any chance is good enough for me to dream big and get the lucky charms working. So, please join me and pull out your lucky boxers, t-shirt, hat, or trinket you hold dear and send all your positive vibes to the Pacers. Oh, and don't let the following probabilities get you down. It only takes one!
Here are a few links of interest to peruse while waiting on the draft lottery:
- Bruno latest Caught in the Web breaks down the draft lottery for the Pacers along with a little history on past lottery picks.
- DraftExpress guru, Jonathan Givony offers up all of the draft lottery essentials for NBA.com. DE's lastest mock draft has Gerald Henderson going to the Pacers.
- Look back at the 25-year history of the NBA draft lottery.
- Mike Wells has correctly picked the winner of each NBA playoff series so far and he's sticking with the Lakers and Cavs in the conference finals.
- Sam Amico looks at the odd(s) results from past draft lotteries.
- The Baseline breaks down their Top 5 draft lotteries.
Feel free to leave you thoughts, good luck charms, positive vibes or pessimism on the draft lottery in the comments.
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We are going to do it!
I will be wearing my Pacers t-shirt and hat and rooting hard from my couch for a top 3 pick.
I feel it. This is our year!
Get pumped up and root for the Pacers for the last time until preseason.
Picture Blake Griffin in a Pacers jersey and concentrate. The ping pong balls will fall our way if we all believe.
GO PACERS!
by MagicianJobFoster on May 19, 2009 9:46 AM EDT reply actions
2 or 3?
Mike Wells touched on this a bit in his column and it made me wonder what we would do if we chose 2nd or 3rd. Griffin will be gone. Would we take Rubio? He seems a little risky. Thabeet seems like the wrong choice since we just picked up Hibbert; unless we could arrange a trade.
I suppose the answer would be Hill (my dream pick for us).
Please no one mention that this is likely a moot point. That is not in the spirit of hope. We need hope.
GO PACERS!
by MagicianJobFoster on May 19, 2009 11:51 AM EDT reply actions
good question
I’ve heard Bird rave about Rubio, but I also know that Thabeet’s defensive/shot blocking ability is coveted.
I swear that if we get a top three pick and we take Thabeet I’m out. I will renounce my Pacers fanhood. That would be the worst decision we’ve ever made. Thabeet is essentially Roy Hibbert with less offense and less overall basketball knowledge.
agreed!
please lord when we get the third pick, dont take thabeet.
by captain flitzy on May 19, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
That would be great
I wanna see Larry Bird get excited at getting the #1 pick. Let’s make it happen! Hopefully Larry has a one of his many favors from the basketball gods he can use tonight.
But I echo the sentiment on Thabeet. NO. Jordan Hill and Ricky Rubio would be good 2, 3 options. I like Rubio, though there is a danger there. But this is a particularly dangerous draft. I think we’re going to be taking a risk with any player in this draft.
True
"I saw a commercial on late night TV, it said,'Forget everything you know about slipcovers.' So I did. And it was a load off my mind. Then the commercial tried to sell me slipcovers, and I didn't know what the hell they were."
-Mitch Hedberg
from truehoop
The Pacers have 0.6% chance at the top spot. Troy Murphy, as a Pacer, scores 25+ points about 0.6% of the time.
LETS GO TROY!
list for each team
http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?page=60F6I090519
hahahah whoops!
wrong article.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-40-100/Putting-Your-Teams—Chances-of-Winning-the-Lottery-in-Familiar-Terms.html
even though its after the fact, still a good read.
by captain flitzy on May 20, 2009 7:29 AM EDT up reply actions
We'll get it
I’m feeling it. Blake Griffin jerseys on sale at Conseco starting on June 25. GO PACERS!
But in all seriousness, #13 is better than #3 if #3 would mean Hasheem Thabeet. We drafted Thabeet last year with Hibbert. We don’t need two. I want an athletic power forward who plays well in the post on offense and defends well in the first and either a solid defensive point guard or another wing to replace Quisy.
"I saw a commercial on late night TV, it said,'Forget everything you know about slipcovers.' So I did. And it was a load off my mind. Then the commercial tried to sell me slipcovers, and I didn't know what the hell they were."
-Mitch Hedberg
So
DeJuan Blair and Tasmin Mitchell or Blair and Jeremy Pargo would be my ideal drafts if we stay at 13.
"I saw a commercial on late night TV, it said,'Forget everything you know about slipcovers.' So I did. And it was a load off my mind. Then the commercial tried to sell me slipcovers, and I didn't know what the hell they were."
-Mitch Hedberg
I wish today was actually the draft
I want to know who the next Pacers All-Star will be!
"I saw a commercial on late night TV, it said,'Forget everything you know about slipcovers.' So I did. And it was a load off my mind. Then the commercial tried to sell me slipcovers, and I didn't know what the hell they were."
-Mitch Hedberg
Good news though
Once the Finals are over, there’s no two month wait, I think it was like five days last year. Haha.
Already some interesting draft questions
Does Memphis buy into Rubio as a franchise PG and become the Detroit Lions of the NBA in drafting another PG? Or do they go big? Sounds like a hard choice for them. I suggest they give the pick to Indiana, because that’d be an easy choice to make.
It is so nice of the basketball gods to reward two fantastic franchises that try so hard to win year in and year out. Those two owners really pour there heart, soul, and money into their teams.
It is so funny ESPN is like “excitement in LA for the Clippers blah blah blah” Really? what excitement? Have they looked at their roster? Their coach? There GM (same person)? Their owner?
I feel bad for Griffin. Him and Gordon. Going to have the life sucked out of them and they get GREAT role models such as Baron Davis and Zach Randolph.
If I were Griffin, I would try like hell to get out of this somehow.
Disagree on Rubio to OKC
They’ve got Westbrook who is turning into a stud. I think the only way the Thunder take Rubio is to get some things out of Sacramento, who would take him in a heartbeat.
Wouldn’t be surprised to see him go to Memphis anyway, which would be three PGs in the past four years. It would also free up Mike Conley, whether or not we’re interested in that.
I think...
that they want Westbrook to be more of a 1/2 than a 1. From what I have seen, read, heard, Rubio is a true and true point, which would free up Westbrook a little bit. Either way, it is Durants team and gonna be tough, soon.
by captain flitzy on May 20, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
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