First the Celtics take their second-round series against the Washington Wizards, then take the NBA Draft Lottery. To say the very least, it’s been quite the 24-hours for the Boston who secured the top pick in next months NBA Draft with the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers following at two and three respectively.
And speaking of the Los Angeles Lakers, aside from the Celtics LA may have been the biggest winner tonight as they were able to keep their second overall pick despite a five-game winning streak near the end of the season. And to all the naysayers out there who are against the idea of tanking, if the Lakers fell outside the lottery tonight LA had a good chance at losing both picks traded to the Phoenix Suns and Orlando Magic back in 2012 when they acquired the corpse of Steve Nash and perennial ass clown Dwight Howard. On the flip, the Lakers will pick second this year and keep their 2019 pick while Philly will take LA’s 2018 pick and Orlando will take on two meaningless second rounders.
Needless to say it sounds like LA will certainly take this fate and will probably come away with Lonzo Ball if of course the Celtics don’t rip out the hearts of Lakers fans everywhere.
Here’s the entire field:
1. Boston Celtics
2. Los Angeles Lakers
3. Philadelphia 76ers
4. Phoenix Suns
5. Sacramento Kings
6. Orlando Magic
7. Minnesota Timberwolves
8. New York Knicks
9. Dallas Mavericks
10. Sacramento Kings
11. Charlotte Hornets
12. Detroit Pistons
13. Denver Nuggets
14. Miami Heat
The rest of the NBA Draft’s first and second round:
15. Portland Trail Blazers
16. Chicago Bulls
17. Milwaukee Bucks
18. Indiana Pacers
19. Atlanta Hawks
20. Portland Trail Blazers (via Memphis, via Denver and Cleveland)
21. Oklahoma City Thunder
22. Brooklyn Nets (via Washington)
23. Toronto Raptors (via Los Angeles Clippers via Milwaukee)
24. Utah Jazz
25. Orlando Magic (via Toronto)
26. Portland Trail Blazers (via Cleveland)
27. Brooklyn Nets (via Boston)
28. Los Angeles Lakers (via Houston)
29. San Antonio Spurs
30. Utah Jazz (via Golden State)
Second Round
31. Atlanta Hawks (via Brooklyn)
32. Phoenix Suns
33. Orlando Magic (via Los Angeles Lakers)
34. Sacramento Kings (via New York via New Orleans)
35. Orlando Magic
36/37. Philadelphia 76ers (via New York, via Utah and Toronto)
36/37. Boston Celtics (via Minnesota via Phoenix)
38. Chicago Bulls (via Sacramento Kings)
39. Philadelphia 76ers (via Dallas)
40. New Orleans Pelicans
41. Charlotte Hornets
42. Utah Jazz (via Detroit)
43. Houston Rockets (via Denver)
44. New York Knicks (via Chicago)
45. Houston Rockets (via Portland)
46. Philadelphia 76ers (via Miami via Atlanta)
47. Indiana Pacers
48. Milwaukee Bucks
49. Denver Nuggets (via Memphis via Oklahoma City)
50. Philadelphia 76ers (via Atlanta)
51. Denver Nuggets (via Oklahoma City)
52. Washington Wizards
53. Boston Celtics (via Cleveland)
54. Phoenix Suns (via Toronto)
55. Utah Jazz
56. Boston Celtics (via Los Angeles Clippers)
57. Brooklyn Nets (via Boston)
58. New York Knicks (via Houston)
59. San Antonio Spurs
60. Atlanta Hawks (via Golden State, via Philadelphia via Utah)
