Coin Flip Results: Celtics get 5th Slot & 17th pick UPDATED

[Donoghus]

Minor stomach punch.

I only saw on the first one. What happened with the 17th/18th pick?

We won that one per Washburn.

[Smokeeye123]

Losing the coin flip is good karma guys, it's more likely we end up top 3 now

[TA9]

Celtics won the 17th pick (From Brooklyn):

@BrooklynNets won the 17/18 tiebreaker. @Celtics get that pick over Washington (who owes it to @Suns )

Per Sean Deveney

[fairweatherfan]

Minor stomach punch.

I only saw on the first one. What happened with the 17th/18th pick?

We won that one per Washburn.

Well, better than nothing I guess.  And we'll be happy with the 5 spot's combinations if we wind up moving up anyway.

[Nowee]

No way!!  Maybe this means we'll have better luck on May 20th.

Waddup?

Darn this means that we will save all our Irish luck till the 20th of May. Right!?

[Donoghus]

And now the month + long wait commences.....

Paralysis by overanalysis, opinions, and 45 rehashes of the same ideas leading into the draft..    

[Smokeeye123]

No way!!  Maybe this means we'll have better luck on May 20th.

If we had one less of your pride wins we wouldn't be in this situation

[TA9]

Dang now we will have to wait to May 20. Seems so long away right now

[libermaniac]

Minor stomach punch.

Screw that.  We didn't come this far in our tank job to get the 4th or 5th pick.  We are going all out for #1.  This coin flip only impacted that 1 in 1001, so don't sweat it.  Go C's!!!!

[j804]

No way this is just random we came out like bandits with 2 first rounders so they stick it to us at 5 and give us the later toss up

[libermaniac]

We actually won the flip that matters ... 17 over 18.  There's no lottery involved in those picks, so you can put that in the bank.  Go C's!

[Celtics18]

It doesn't seem fair.  We didn't even get to bring Lucky or Heinsohn or Chris Herren or Walter McCarty or Sherm Douglas or Abby Chin or . . . me . . . to watch over the proceeding and add some good fortune.


Booo!!!!

[fairweatherfan]

The positive spin: we won the coin flip that guaranteed a higher pick, we just lost the one that affects the probability of getting one. 

No way this is just random we came out like bandits with 2 first rounders so they stick it to us at 5 and give us the later toss up

There's not enough  on Earth for this.

[Kane3387]

Still sucks tho if neither us or Utah gets in the top three. Means we could now finish at 8th instead of 7th if the worst happens.

[jambr380]

Bummer - I have to assume that either Utah or us will move into the top 3, so hopefully it doesn't matter in the end (unless it's that one combination that screws us).

I am happy about the 2nd coinflip - this one legitimately moves us up a spot where the other is pretty unlikely to have an effect. I am a little confused there actually is one, though. Doesn't Was already gain an advantage by winning the tie breaker? If there is a clear distinction in playoff seedings, why do they bother for the purpose of the draft?