Lottery Day Links 5/22

by FLCeltsFan @ CelticsBlog on May 22, 2007 4:00 AM EDT in Boston Celtics News & Links

HeraldÂ Â Draft lottery has been a Spur in the Celtics side
'97 drawing was a cruel twist of fate
Duncan disaster picked at PitinoÂ Â Â Â Â
GlobeÂ Â Â Time to put Celtics in their place
Green RoomÂ Â Ready or not it's lottery day
East Valley TribuneÂ Â Â Â If ping pong balls cooperate, Suns could have 4th pick
HoopsworldÂ Â Â Let Oden and Durant choose
ESPN InsiderÂ Â Oden even better than advertisedÂ
ESPN Page 2Â Â Â Chronicling the NBA's cinematic moments
CelticsStuff LiveÂ Â Ping pong ball nirvanna
The fabulous feng shui dragon
ForbesÂ Â Oden and Durant are lottery plums
MSNBCÂ Â Â Bad lottery luck can doom a franchise for years
Gadsden TimesÂ Â Heinsohn high on Celtics but low on chance for top pick
SI.comÂ Â Â Lottery teams hoping for a 1-2 jackpot of Oden and Durant
Sporting NewsÂ Â Â Remaking the Celtics historyÂ Â
EnterpriseÂ Â Â Â Oden or Durant would suit needy Celtics just fine
Seacoast OnlineÂ Â Celtics hope to land top pick in lottery
Hartford CourantÂ Â Â Oden could have a team living largeÂ
Indy StarÂ No rest for Oden and Conley as they await their destinationÂ
Philly InquirerÂ Â Â Lottery only part of NBA's troublesÂ
Sun JournalÂ Â Â Heinsohn looking to hook the number 1 pickÂ
SouthCoast TodayÂ Â Â Predicting the lottery with help from beyondÂ Â
Cape Cod TimesÂ Â Â Â Will there be a reward for lost season?Â Â

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Correction:

1. In his Herald article, Mark Murphy writes: " 2001-02, CELTICS (49-33, second in Atlantic), Pitino finally pops mid-way through the season, and doesnÃ¢â‚¬â"¢t return with the team from a road trip in Florida. Jim OÃ¢â‚¬â"¢Brien, until now his quiet second in command, takes over, and the team responds with a huge sigh of relief."

In fact, Pitino popped midway through the 36-46 2000-2001 season. They made a late run at the playoffs under Obie, but missed.

by Brickowski on May 22, 2007 8:51 AM EDT reply actions

Its really incredible how people act like Duncan WAS A CELTIC, and was somehow kidnapped by history.

by VT Bill on May 22, 2007 9:10 AM EDT reply actions

I thought it interesting that the psychic “saw” Phoenix getting the first pick. Phoenix can only get the pick if it is 4th or lower.

by FLCeltsFan @ CelticsBlog on May 22, 2007 9:14 AM EDT reply actions

FLCeltsFan: that’s why it has credibility. It’s “through a glass, darkly.” Better get psychologically prepared for #3.

by Eeyore III on May 22, 2007 9:27 AM EDT reply actions

Can any Insiders tell us if Ford has anything interesting to say about Oden?

by clover on May 22, 2007 11:32 AM EDT reply actions

That Twiss article was interesting. I did not know that they do two trial runs prior to the official drawing. According to the article, In the first two trials we had Duncan. Twiss thought that we had good odds of winning in the real drawing but statistically speaking the odds of us winning 3 times in a row were incredibly low. 0.36*0.36*0.36 = 4.7%.

by FrieCod on May 22, 2007 12:06 PM EDT reply actions