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Author Message   Saarang Pilla Bewarse Username: Saarang Post Number: 135 Registered: 04-2015 Posted From: 206.29.176.76 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 1:02 pm:    https://theringer.com/2017-nba-draft-lottery-karma-rankings-bill-simmons-c912bc5 1c4f9 Bill Simmons entertainment for lottery day. Technicality no. 1: The Celtics grabbed Brooklyn’s spot thanks to 2013’s trade/pillaging, in which they did everything short of stealing Brooklyn’s credit cards and online identity. The Celts are sending owner Wyc Grousbeck to represent them when they should have sent former Nets GM Billy King. Who’s luckier for the Celtics than Billy King???? If I ever saw him, I’d keep trying to hug him even as he kept trying to punch me in the face. Technicality no. 2: The Lakers give their 2017 pick to Philly and lose 2019’s first-rounder to Orlando UNLESS they land a top-three pick. In your opinion, what’s a more realistic outcome tonight? A. A signature NBA franchise in the league’s second-biggest TV market loses two first-rounders, including a top-three player in the best lottery in 10 years, despite having one of the five most famous basketball players of all time representing them during the event in his first public act as the new face of their franchise. B. Donald Trump shaves his head, admits he colluded with Russia, apologizes to the Clintons, hands his businesses over to charities, and announces his resignation. (I’m going with “B.”) Technicality no. 3: Philly can swap spots with Sacramento thanks to an irresponsible 2015 trade that any fantasy basketball keeper league would have vetoed. (FYI: I covered every other 2017 lottery loophole in detail in this March piece.) That trade bumped Philly to a 14.7 percent chance for the first pick. Meanwhile, Kings fans have a 2.8 percent chance of seeing their team win the lottery and immediately hand the pick to Philly in a swap, after which they’ll jump on Reddit for the inevitable 6,500-post “••••••••••• VIVEK AND ••••••••••• VLADE!” thread. Technicality no. 4: Thanks to the controversial (I’m being nice) Boogie Cousins trade, Sacramento gets New Orleans’s pick unless it falls in the top three. If Philly and Sacramento were to snare the top two spots, and if Sacramento’s hated rival (the Lakers) were to fall out of the top three AND if New Orleans were to give the Kings no. 10, that would absolutely be the greatest moment in Kings history. (Don’t bank on this happening. It’s Sacramento.)