celtics.bostonherald.com - 5/23/2007
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By Mark Murphy Boston Herald Sports Reporter Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - Updated: 05:35 AM EST S ECAUCUS, N.J. - At one time storied adversaries, Tom Heinsohn and Jerry West looked like ticked off twins last night. When the damning results from the NBA lottery were announced, leaving the Celtics [ team stats ] with the fifth pick in the June 28 draft and the Grizzlies, the team with the league s ...
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Heinsohn dealing with Celts draft
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... The Celtics stood only a 12.34 percent chance of the No. 5 nightmare that ultimately popped out of the air machine. “I’m certainly disappointed,” said Tommy Heinsohn. “It’s such an unusual thing. The sixth, fifth and fourth teams end up on top, and the first, second and third (Milwaukee) teams that have the best chances go down? It’s tough for some teams to have to deal with this. “One guy told me tonight that if his team didn’t get one of those top two picks, his team had a serious chance of going out of business. Now that’s tough. At least (the Celtics) aren’t in that situation.”
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