Betting On The NBA Draft Lottery. Really. [NBA Draft Lottery]
Deadspin —
... We are but a mere two weeks from the NBA Draft Lottery, in which we discover what poor budding NBA superstar is shuttled off to Madison Square Garden. If you can't wait to see what happens, or if you just don't find the shuffling of ping-pong balls as thrilling as perhaps you should, worry not. Now ...
Draft Lottery: Creepin in the minivan
Deceptively Quick —
My lazy playoff enjoyment was interrupted today by the realization that the NBA Draft Lottery is nearly upon us. I'm am a very loyal fan of this. I thank the League every year around this time for applying the law of large numbers probability to a small individual set of random drawings. Last season, obviously this worked out as Portland cashed in a 5.3% of getting the top pick. This time around the odds of that top pick have shrunk to 6/1,000, but the beauty of the system means our chances of seeing some sort of "unlikely" shit are pretty decent. ...
The Sunday Click -- Whose Destiny Is It?
Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog —
... DRAFT DILEMMA Scott Howard- Cooper of the Sacramento Bee looks at the potential irony of the Grizzlies getting the top pick in the Draft at Tuesday's Lottery ... The draft lottery is Tuesday and: • Anyone with a cruel streak is rooting for the Grizzlies to get the No. 1 pick. They have the fourth-best odds to get there and, if the complicated process breaks right at NBA Entertainment headquarters in Secaucus, N.J., the first-best chance for a nervous breakdown. The dilemma? The Grizzlies have a much greater roster need for power forward Michael Beasley than hometown ...
NBA Lottery! (Exclamation point!)
The Big Picture —
... Miami's odds are the best, with Seattle also having a pretty legit shot at the top pick in June's draft. Although the Warriors missed out on the playoffs, there are five silver linings, coming in the shape of five bouncy balls. (Complete odds list here). ...
The Morning Hangover - Feeling Lucky? Chatter
10,000 Takes —
... If you are one of the roughly hundreds of Timberwolves fans left in Minnesota, then tonight is a very important night in the rebuilding of the local hardwood five. The 2008 NBA Draft Lottery will be held at halftime of tonight's Detroit @ Boston game. Minnesota's odds of ...
Breaking Down the Odds of Winning the Lottery
Brew Hoop —
... in which Mo Williams had double-digit assists in 2007/08: 9.1 % (6 of 66)
Three-pointers Andrew Bogut has made in his career: 6.7 % (1 of 15)
Minutes Awvee Storey spent on the court for the Bucks in 2007/08: 6.6 % (258 of 3900)
Odds the Bucks had of winning the first overall pick when they did in 2005: 6.3 % (63 of 1000)
The probability of the Bucks winning the first overall pick: 4.3 % (43 of 1000)
Games in which Desmond Mason led the Bucks in scoring in 2007/08: ...
NBA Draft Lottery
CelticsBlog —
... I laughed and then returned my focus to the approaching NBA Draft Lottery. It was a really big deal. Fast forward to this year and I did not even realize it is tonight until roughly 20 minutes ago. How great is that? Just something to keep in mind as the Celtics play in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. ...
OPEN THREAD: 2008 NBA Draft Lottery @ 4:30pm
Golden State Of Mind —
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The latest edition to the SBN hoops crew Ridiculous Upside will have tremendous LIVE coverage of today's lottery. I'm ecstatic to have this site as part of the nation. They're also going to have ridiculous coverage of "NBA Draft, D-League, minor league basketball, foreign prospects and the lunacy of GMs" year round which ...
Tonight, Ping Pong Balls Galore [NBA Draft Lottery]
Deadspin —
... "Ping Pong Balls And A Dream" is what NBA.com is calling it, and hey, who can't get excited about that? There's no obvious No. 1 and No. 2 like Oden and Durant last year, though certainly Derrick Rose is going to make someone awfully happy. True Hoop has a good ...
Rant of the Day
The Rogue Hour —
... Now see that's the shit I'm talking about. How the fuck do the Bucks drop to the 8th spot in the draft when we were all lined up to be 5th or better!!?? And then the Bulls of all teams jumps up to number 1???!!!! Is it bad karma for hiring their ex-coach!? Maybe some of those Bill Simmon's draft conspiracy scenarios are true after all. ...
NBA Draft: Derrick Rose or Michael Beasley?
Intentional Foul —
... The Chicago Bulls defied some serious odds and won the NBA Lottery, meaning they will have the first overall pick at the NBA Draft on June 26. Before the lottery was drawn, the Bulls only had a 1.7 percent chance of getting the overall number one pick. Conversely, the Miami Heat, who are picking second and had the most balls in the drawing, had a 25 percent chance of getting the number one. ...
Collins returns to Chicago:
SportsFilter —
May 29, 2008 Collins returns to Chicago: : TNT analyst Doug Collins returns to the Bulls after being replaced by Phil Jackson in 1989. In February, Collins commented he wouldn't consider coaching for another five or six years. How things change. read story | posted by curlyelk to Basketball at 11:58 AM CDT older Fines will be imposed for clea You re not logged in. Please log in or register .
All Hail The Pathos Of The NBA Draft Lottery [Ten Humans]
Deadspin —
... Last year was a particularly great one: The Bulls somehow lucked into Derrick Rose, and we got to watch someone named Steve Schanwald, executive vice president for basketball operations, display his balding middle aged white guy pumped-up face. This was legitimately the closest Steve Schanwald will ever come to any semblance of athletic activity, and it was glorious: He looks like a guy who just pulled out an amazing final-round victory at Trivia Night at Applebee's. The only reason Schanwald was there in the first place was because the Bulls had such small odds to win the top ...
