OPEN THREAD: 2008 NBA Draft Lottery @ 4:30pm

by Atma Brother ONE on May 20, 2008 3:13 PM PDT in NBA Draft Comment 26 comments

Originally Posted: May 20, 2008 11:18 AM PDT

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Update (5:22pm): Warriors stay at #14

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The drama. The suspense. As Warrior fans this is OUR playoffs.

Like we always do about this time!

[photo: warriors.com]

Jump like a lotto ball!

The hoops world order has been restored and Mr. Cohan's Golden State Warriors are back where they belong- in the lottery with the rest of the losers. (You can tell I'm not all that happy about being here.)

What we need this late afternoon my golden friends is a miracle. If you hear the Warriors name announced first and see the camera pan to Mitch Richmond for a beautfiul smile, then you'll know the miracle didn't happen and the Dubs will be picking 14th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft.

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It's the rock!

But if you hear another team called out and see a not-so-happy facial expression from some other team's representative, then you'll know a miracle did indeed happen. Here's the odds of that miracle happening for Dub Nation:

#1 Pick: 0.50%
#2 Pick: 0.59%
#3 Pick: 0.72%

Pray to the hoops gods all day today. Miracles can happen. Hey, who would've thought last year's We Believe season would have ever gone down? Not in a million-- exactly what we need right now.

Anyhow here are the rest of the losers with the biggest losers ranked first and their chances for some long weeks of fun "Beasley or Rose?" debate in parenthesis:

Miami Cold (25.0%)

S.O.S. (19.9%)

Minnesota Timberkittens (13.8%)

Memphis Teddy Bears (13.7%)

New York Bricks (7.6%)

LA Revenue Sharers (7.5%)

Milwaukee Hi5's-2-No-1's (4.3%)

Charlotte BETcats (2.8%)

Chicago Non-Bull Market (1.7%)

New Jersey J.E.T.S (just end the season) (1.1%)

Indiana Posers (0.8%)

Sacramento Dethroned (0.7%)

Portland Hail Blazers (0.6%)

Golden State Regulars (0.5%)

Check out:

2008 NBA Draft Lottery [NBA.com]
Warriors Draft Lottery 2008 [Warriors.com]
2008 NBA Draft/ Lottery Coverage [ESPN.com]
Lottery guide: Warriors have a 1.81% shot to move into top 3 [Talking Points with Tim Kawakami]
The latest edition to the SBN hoops crew Ridiculous Upside will have tremendous LIVE coverage of today's lottery. I'm ecstatic to have this site as part of the nation. They're also going to have ridiculous coverage of "NBA Draft, D-League, minor league basketball, foreign prospects and the lunacy of GMs" year round which seems like a perfect fit for Warriors fans. Show them some golden love GSoM-style.

UPDATE (3:20pm): Some more great links-

All NBA Teams To Be Represented By Musicians At Draft Lottery [Tirico Suave]- Velvet Revolver? Who?
Warriors again lottery believers [Contra Costa Times]- Couldn't have said it better myself.

From the GSoM Vault:

Poll

What does your crystal ball say about where the Warriors will be picking after today's lottery?

#1 overall

124 votes

#2 overall

45 votes

#3 overall

54 votes

#14 overall

338 votes

561 votes | Poll has closed

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I Apologize

I cursed on my last comment on our last thread about how bad I hate the Lakers.

Now moving on, I really hope we get one of the top 3 picks. I know it’s all but official that we won’t, but I just hope that we get reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal lucky today.

by Golden Boy on May 20, 2008 1:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I've got a feeling!!!!

I’m getting good “vibes” from the #2 spot. We can take whoever is left in the Beasley/Rose debate (I still think Beasley will go #1) and look for ward to 2011 line-up of:

PG-Rose
SG-Monta
SF-Lebron (just seeing if you are still paying attention)
PF-BWright
C-Beans

Sounds pretty good to me, even without King James =P.

"...OlympicMike is clearly the Barack Obama of GSoM"-Sleepy

by olympicmike on May 20, 2008 1:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A feeling deep down inside!!!! Though it could just be that al pastor burrito I had for lunch…

A poster in another thread made a nice comparison between the odds of one of our five measly ping-pong balls (out of 1,000) popping up and the odds of drawing a specific card from a deck of cards. If you count two jokers, it’s almost identical: 1.80% for the ping pong ball, 1.85% for the card.

That makes our chances seem … well, pretty slim.

Just for fun, OM (or anyone), I’m thinking of card. If you can guess it on the first guess, I will personally give the Warriors Michael Beasley…

Sign ^^^^ !!!

by Sleepy Freud on May 20, 2008 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Reality says #14.

But don’t ask me why after the lottery the disappointing feeling in my stomach after we don’t luck into the top 3.

1 Or Bust.

Warriors, Stupidest franchise in the league.

by kenntoe on May 20, 2008 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah!!

Odds be damned, let’s get the mojo rolling in our favor… you are thinking of… the two of hearts!

"...OlympicMike is clearly the Barack Obama of GSoM"-Sleepy

by olympicmike on May 20, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

OMG!!!!!

Actually, it was the 9 of diamonds. :-(

Ah well, we’re saving up our good luck for the real deal!!!

Sign ^^^^ !!!

by Sleepy Freud on May 20, 2008 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You just drew

the 9 of diamonds! That completes your straight flush, beating your opponent’s full house, and making you the World Series of Poker champion!!!

by IQofaWarrior on May 20, 2008 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

.

Are you kidding me with over half believing we will win the lotto?

by ejdacanay on May 20, 2008 1:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Haha

by Atma Brother ONE on May 20, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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haha thats a good one. but this is the highest lotto we’ve been in and when we had a better chance we’ve never won.

by ejdacanay on May 20, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha

Every one knows we aren’t going to win, but if you can’t let yourself have a little fun with the draft lottery then I don’t know how you’ve survived as a W fan. I think being hopelessly optimistic and a glutton for punishment are requirements. =P

"...OlympicMike is clearly the Barack Obama of GSoM"-Sleepy

by olympicmike on May 20, 2008 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs