The C's get T-Wolves pick in 2010 draft, at the earliest

[Enrile, Roy]

I think the Celts would get the Minnesota first rounder (from the
Ricky-Wally trade) in 2010 at the earliest.  The C's have to wait for
the Clippers to finally get a Minnesota first rounder, then they have to
wait two years.

 

Fyi, a bunch of reporters and radio hosts were shouting that the
T-Wolves blatantly tanked the last game of the season (against the
terrible Grizz), so that Minn would stay as one the bottom 10 of the
league, and not have to give the Clipps their pick in this strong draft.


 

I'll be pissed if they win Oden/Durant.  That's why it's good that the
lottery is weighted against them, and weighted for us.

 

Here's details from a snippet of an article that the Celtics stats-guru,
wrote.

*	Aside from our own picks, the Celtics are likely entitled to
receive a future first-round pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves. Due
to a league rule prohibiting teams from ever placing themselves in a
situation where two consecutive future first-round picks have been
traded away, the Celtics cannot receive the first round pick the
Timberwolves owe from the Ricky Davis/Wally Szczerbiak trade until two
years after the Timberwolves send a pick to the Clippers (from the Sam
Cassell/Marko Jaric trade). However, because the Clippers trade involved
top 10 "protection," Minnesota only has to send the pick to the Clippers
if the pick falls outside the top 10 picks in the draft. Therefore, in
future years, Celtics fans should be rooting for Minnesota to win (when,
of course, they're not playing against the Celtics) until the
Timberwolves finish a season out of the bottom ten, and send their pick
to the Clippers. Two years after this occurs, the Timberwolves will send
their first-round pick to the Celtics, subject to some "protection"
which decreases annually after the first year in which we could receive
the pick.* 
*	 
*	The situation is further complicated by a league rule that
prevents any deals being made involving drafts more than 7 drafts into
the future; as a result the Celtics cannot receive Minnesota's pick
after the 2012 draft, since the Ricky/Wally trade was made before the
2006 draft. Therefore, if the Timberwolves do not send a pick to the
Clippers by the end of the 2010 draft, the Celtics will be unable to
receive the Timberwolves' first-round pick in 2012, and will instead
receive a second-round pick in 2012.