Re: How the lottery works

[Mike Dynon <mdynon@ix.netcom.com>]

jmc@ptc.com wrote:
> 
> Boston can get the #4 pick in the following ways:
>    They finish worst, and don't get one of the 3 lottery picks
> OR
>    They finish 2nd, 3rd or 4th worst, don't get one of the 3 lottery
>       picks, and all the teams worse than them do get lottery picks.
> 
> Most likely, if Boston doesn't make the playoffs, they'll just miss them,
> so they'll be 11th worst or 12th worst or 13th worst, in which case they'll
> either win a top 3 lottery pick and keep their draft choice, or they'll
> have an 11th/12th/13th pick which will go to Cleveland, unless Cleveland
> decides to gamble on a future year.  So as Mike pointed out, it's highly
> unlikely that the Celtics will be losing a top 6 or 7 draft pick.
> 
> Jon Mc

With the Clips, Nuggets and Grizz in the league, I was presuming that
the Celts would not finish lower than 4th worst in the W-L standings.
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Mike Dynon
North Kingstown, RI