The Official NBA Lottery Day Thread

[ockingsfan]

Well, the Kings annual tradition has finally come today!

The NBA lottery drawings are today at 4:30PM PT on ESPN!

Good Luck to the Kings and De'Aaron Fox!

Come on De'Aaron let's show your clutchness today and get that last second (ping pong) ball for the WIN!!!

King-arma!!!

GO KINGS!!!

 

[Iced Espresso]

Predict 8th pick.

I picked us at 7 about a month before the season ended in position pre lottery.

You can bank on 8.

 

[Joshoua]

Predict 8th pick.

I picked us at 7 about a month before the season ended in position pre lottery.

You can bank on 8.

We’re winning the lottery

 

[Warhawk]

I am going in expecting 8th. Anything better is cause for celebration.

 

[Iced Espresso]

We’re winning the lottery

I hope so man.

 

[burekijogurt]

we are going to get 2nd pick, but that makes me nervous. too much room for error...

 

[ockingsfan]

we are going to get 2nd pick, but that makes me nervous. too much room for error...

2nd would be good too. We take whoever is left of Doncic or Ayton.

 

[Joshoua]

we are going to get 2nd pick, but that makes me nervous. too much room for error...

It’s Doncic or Ayton there’s literally 0 room for air

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Friendly reminder that picking 8th would mean we would have been better served winning an extra game or two

 

[SLAB]

I ran a simulator like 7 times, and got two #2s and a #1.

Keep the good luck going tonight.

(I fully expect to fall. The good luck for the decade happened last lottery)

 

[sterö]

You jinxed it... I opened the thread for the first time last year and we immediately jumped up for the first time in almost forever

 

[VF21]

Friendly reminder that picking 8th would mean we would have been better served winning an extra game or two

Friendly reminder that hindsight is always 20/20.

 

[Joshoua]

Friendly reminder that hindsight is always 20/20.

A lot of people couldn’t pick Donovan Mitchell in a lineup last year in June but those same people swear they had Mitchell high in the draft

 

[ESP47]

A lot of people couldn’t pick Donovan Mitchell in a lineup last year in June but those same people swear they had Mitchell high in the draft

We talked about him plenty. Blob and a couple others had him really high on their radars. Most other people would have thought about taking him at 10 but more than likely wouldn't have because of Bogie/Buddy. It's not like he wasn't talked about and then in hindsight we all acted like we saw it coming. Most of us were raving about his personality and his defense more than his offense.

 

[LPKingsFan]

Longtime posters of this forum... did you see who is representing Dallas at the lottery tonight?

 

[sactowndog]

I ran a simulator like 7 times, and got two #2s and a #1.

Keep the good luck going tonight.

(I fully expect to fall. The good luck for the decade happened last lottery)

The simulator gods would never weight results by location Somehow I expect their ad revenues double by giving everyone hope!!

 

[King Baller]

1st pick here we come!

 

[jiimbob]

My money is on picking 8th, however if De'Aaron is clutch I almost prefer the 2nd pick so to decrease the chance of pulling a Portland.

 

[burekijogurt]

2nd would be good too. We take whoever is left of Doncic or Ayton.

It’s Doncic or Ayton there’s literally 0 room for air

right, but what if the one we get busts or is not as good as some Donovan Mitchell picked later. then we could have had the best player but did not choose him. #1 is even worse

 

[upinsmoke]

Longtime posters of this forum... did you see who is representing Dallas at the lottery tonight?

No.

 

[jiimbob]

I see Michael Finley is representing the Mavs, but its Scott Perryrepresenting the Knicks that I'd watch for.
If two teams could beat the odds I'd like the Knicks yo be the other. Aside from the frozen envelop, New York has probably had the worst luck of any team in the lottery and they are not obvious tsnk masters.

 

[Iced Espresso]

Friendly reminder that picking 8th would mean we would have been better served winning an extra game or two

Nope, because the Bulls will win the lotto.

 

[HndsmCelt]

Predict 8th pick.

I picked us at 7 about a month before the season ended in position pre lottery.

You can bank on 8.

The odds of the Kings ending up with the 8th pick are actually worse than the odds of the Kings getting lucky and getting the number one pick your optimism is overwhelming!

 

[jiimbob]

I see Cleveland has Nick Gilbert, the owners son picking for them again. The kid has got them two #1 picks, personally Iv'e seen enough of him.

 

[Iced Espresso]

The odds of the Kings ending up with the 8th pick are actually worse than the odds of the Kings getting lucky and getting the number one pick your optimism is overwhelming!

5.3 roughly at number 1, like 22 for 8th.

http://www.tankathon.com/pick_odds

 

[theclash4u5]

Nope, because the Bulls will win the lotto.

Yep

 

[Iced Espresso]

Nice to see that no one picked doom level 9 or 10 for the poll.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

I’ll say we get the 7th pick. We used all our luck last year when we got the 3rd pick (even then being the Kangz, we picked 5th due to a Kangz trade). No way we get lucky two years im a row.

 

[New Era]

Man, this sucks so bad. I just want to get back to the playoffs so we don't have to be a part of this crap show every damn year.

 

[New Era]

What time is the actual lottery? I'm wasting time at work watching all these interviews. I thought it was at 7:30 EST?