The NBA Draft Lottery is upon us! Tomorrow at 5:00 pm PST on ESPN the league will broadcast the order of the 2014 NBA Draft. After an abysmal season full of injury and disappointment, this is an exciting time for Lakers fans.
The Lakers finished the 2013-2014 season with a record of 27-55. It was the 6th worst record in the NBA. Unlike the NFL however, the NBA does not seed the draft directly by record. It has a draft “lottery” where any of the 14 teams that missed the playoffs have a chance to win the #1 - #3 picks. The first 3 picks are determined by the lottery, and picks 4-14 go in order of worse record to best. Essentially the Lakers will either pick at 1, 2, 3, or 6, 7, 8, 9. For more details see the list below:
Lakers draft position odds:
1) 6.3%
2) 7.09%
3) 8.10%
4) 0%
5) 0%
6) 43.99%
7) 30.44%
8) 3.96%
9) 0.1%
Let’s pray the Lakers get a good pick! The better their pick is there will be more quality players available to draft. Who they draft will also affect who they choose for their head coach. It’s not everything, but a lot of the Lakers’ future hinges on the success of this draft.
I’ll have more on the potential coaches as things get closer to being ironed out. At the moment I’m rooting for UCONN coach Kevin Ollie…Until next time…GO LAKERS!!!
