Last night was the NBA draft lottery that took place in New York. The NBA draft lottery is for the 14 teams in the NBA that didn't make the playoffs this year. They have a chance to land the number one spot in the draft to land the best talent out of college basketball or from overseas basketball. The projected top three picks before the NBA draft lottery from 1-3 was the Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks, and Philadelphia 76ers. But, as most of us know the lottery sometimes doesn't fall the way you would usually expect it to happen there is always that one team that sneaks into the top 3 that nobody thought would get a pick that high. For instance the Cleveland Cavaliers got the 1st pick 2 years in row which is a rarity.
Last night in the NBA draft lottery was no different. The New York Knicks who were projected to get the number 2 pick in the NBA draft lottery somehow dropped down and got the 4th pick in the draft. That was a huge blow to the Knicks front office, players, coaches, and fans. After a horrific season for the New York Knicks where they finished 17-65 you would think they would get rewarded with the number 1 pick or number 2 pick at worst. But, that wasn't the case unfortunately there are rumors that the New York Knicks are shopping the number 4 and are open to listening to trades.
The Los Angeles Lakers was the one team that shocked everyone and snuck into the top 3 picks in the draft. The Los Angeles Lakers were projected to be a number 4 pick before the NBA draft lottery. At worst the Lakers were projected to go number 5. But the Los Angeles exceeded projections and jumped to the number 2 spot for the 2015 NBA draft which will be held June 25th. I guess the early season injuries from Julius Randle and Kobe Bryant paid off since they will have a lottery pick for the second straight year in a row to add some more young talent to the LA Lakers.
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