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2017 NBA Draft Lottery offers few surprises

ByTamberlyn Richardson|
May 17, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker represents his team during the NBA draft lottery at New York Hilton Midtown. The Philadelphia 76ers received the first overall pick in the 2016 draft. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
May 17, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker represents his team during the NBA draft lottery at New York Hilton Midtown. The Philadelphia 76ers received the first overall pick in the 2016 draft. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

The 2017 NBA Draft Lottery held Tuesday, May 16 offered few surprises as the ping pong balls fell almost exactly as predicted.

On Tuesday night the 2017 NBA Draft Lottery occurred with 14 teams on site hoping to move up and capture one of the coveted top spots. This years draft is particularly deep, especially at the guard position.

All sides of the business were represented as players (both former and existing), coaches and management were on hand to represent their respective teams.

Lottery Draft:

Listed below in order are the picks as they were selected one through 14. In addition the team representative on site, and odds of winning pre-draw. Asterisks signify relevant notes :

  1. Boston Celtics: Wyc Grousbeck- Govenor-Managing Partner, 25.0 percent
  2. *Los Angeles Lakers: Magic Johnson-President, Basketball Operations, 15.6 percent
  3. **Philadelphia 76ers: Joel Embiid, Center, 14. 7 percent
  4. ***Phoenix Suns:  Devin Booker, Shooting Guard, 19.9 percent
  5. ****Sacramento Kings: Dave Joerger, Head Coach, *0 percent.
  6. Orlando Magic: Frank Vogel, Head Coach, 8.8 percent
  7. Minnesota Timberwolves: Andrew Wiggins, Small Forward, 5.3 percent
  8. New York Knicks: Walt Frazier, former player, 5.3 percent
  9. Dallas Mavericks: Michael Finley, Assistant Vice President Basketball Operations, 1.7 percent
  10. *****New Orleans Pelicans: Alvin Gentry, Head Coach, 1.1 percent
  11. Charlotte Hornet: Rich Cho, Executive Vice President/General Manager, 0.8 percent
  12. Detroit Pistons: Jeff Bower, General Manager, 0.7
  13. Denver Nuggets: Gary Harris, Shooting Guard, 0.6 percent
  14. Miami Heat: Alonzo Mourning, VP of Player Programs/Former Player, 0.5 percent

Full Coverage of the event can be found on nba.com

 Notes:

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* Lakers retained their pick which they were in jeopardy of losing to Philly if they fell out of top 3

**Philadelphia had a mixed bag as they didn’t get the Lakers pick but lucked out being able to swap with the Kings. Since the 76ers pick was fifth they swapped to get the Kings third pick

*** An unlucky evening for Phoenix who had the second best odds to capture the top spot, but fell out of the top three

****Sacramento as per above had zero chance of getting the top pick and even lost their third pick to Philly who swapped their fifth pick. Their second pick (10) comes courtesy of New Orleans which was only top 3 protected. If their own pick had been ten or higher it would have gone to Chicago, so overall things could have been much worse.

*****By far the unluckiest team of the night was New Orleans who needed a top three selection to keep their pick. By falling into the tenth selection it gave Sacramento there second of two top ten picks (this was part of the DeMarcus Cousins trade).

All teams will begin the process of preparation now for the 2017 NBA Draft occurring  on June 22. The OKC Thunder have the 21st pick in the draft.

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