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The Real Winners of the Draft Lottery: The Atlanta Hawks

The NBA buzz this week has been all about how Portland and Seattle struck gold. Yeah, with a chance to draft to of the highest rated draft prospects in the last ten years, I'd say that they both did pretty well for themselves. However, there is probably one other team that feels like they hit the jackpot on Tuesday. That...

Jerry West Has a Right to Be Upset About the Draft Lottery

After reading Brian Berger's Sports Business Radio Blog yesterday, I became a little bit upset. In the post Mr. Berger criticized current Memphis Grizzlies GM Jerry West for these comments following the draft lottery: "It's like pitching pennies. It's grossly unfair to the team, but I've said it before, I don't think the...

NBA Draft Lottery News From the Web

05/31/12 Hornets win NBA draft lottery Source: Sportal (New Zealand) Kentucky University star Anthony Davis looks likely to head to New Orleans after the Hornets won the NBA Draft Lottery on Wednesday (local time).
05/31/12 New Orleans Hornets Beat Odds And Won The NBA Draft... Source: The Business Insider With just a 13.7% chance of winning the NBA Draft Lottery, the New Orleans Hornets overcame the odds and won the first pick in the NBA Draft and the right to select Kentucky's Anthony Davis.
05/30/12 Hornets win NBA Draft Lottery Source: CBS - WWL TV - New Orleans LA The New Orleans Hornets have won the NBA Draft Lottery and the right to select Kentucky star Anthony Davis.
05/30/12 Zachary Leonsis Plays the NBA Draft Lottery Source: NBC - NBC 4 - Washington DC When the Washington Wizards secured the first overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, Irene Pollin -- the wife of late team owner Abe -- wore her husband's 1978 NBA Championship ring and her lucky yellow jacket as lucky charms.
05/30/12 Steve: Hornets chances in the NBA Draft Lottery? Source: WWL AM 870 FM 105.3 The 2012 NBA Draft Lottery will be held in New York on Wednesday before Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Background on NBA Draft Lottery

The NBA Draft Lottery is an annual event held by the National Basketball Association (NBA) in which the teams who had missed the playoffs in the previous season, or teams who hold the draft rights of another team that missed the playoffs in the previous season, participate in a lottery process to determine the draft order in the NBA Draft.

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