**Official Celticsblog 2016 NBA Draft Lottery thread**

[chambers]

Please basketball jebus! One time!

One day to go!

[GreenShooter]

Why are there never any leaks, especially in today's twitter universe, about who won the lottery or who finished where? Is security that tight and do they take everyone's phone away and keep them sequestered until after 8 p.m.?

[ashanm10]

12 hours left xD

By the way, if any of you guys played the simulators yet (I'm
Using the tankathon one), is it just me or Is it [dang] hard to get Celtics to the top 4 lol? It takes me a good 20 times lol xD and this only started happening today xD

Anyway.....

PLEASE THOMAS, LEPRACHAUN MAGIC PLEASE!!!

[Silent Storm]

I'm stuck in Canada for work and I'm unsure whether I'll be able to watch it since the local TSN channel tends to show more hockey than anything else (what a surprise!). Maybe it's for the best due to how nerve wracking it is.

[greece66]

kind request to the community:

do not jinx this

I come from the future: LAL gets nr 1 pick, C's fall to nr 6.

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

Michael Jordan was the 3rd pick just saying.

...Larry Bird was the 6th pick, Paul Pierce was the 9th pick. not to mention Dirk.


Also just saying

[CroCorvus]

Can somebody please tell me whet the show starts, central european time. Thx!

[fairweatherfan]

kind request to the community:

do not jinx this

I come from the future: LAL gets nr 1 pick, C's fall to nr 6.

Not to jinx your jinx but this is impossible.   The only way Boston's at 6 is if LA's at 5.  Can't happen any other way.

[PaulP34]

Since the Brooklyn pick sits at #3 here is where the Celtics stand.

#1-15.6
#2-15.7
#3-15.6.  Brooklyn pick
#4-22.4
#5-26.5
#6-4.2

So sitting at #3 the Celtics have a 46.9% chance at a top 3 pick and a 53.1% chance at falling to the 4th, 5th and 6th pick. With only a 4.2% chance of falling to #6 its pretty much a 50% shot at 1-3 or a 50% shot at 4-5.

Let's cross our fingers....🍀

[JohnBoy65]

Why are there never any leaks, especially in today's twitter universe, about who won the lottery or who finished where? Is security that tight and do they take everyone's phone away and keep them sequestered until after 8 p.m.?

I am pretty sure that the actual lottery drawing takes place around 7:30 in a sequestered room with a representative from each of the 14 teams there. If I understand correctly, no on that is in that room is allowed to leave or have any contact with anyone outside that room until the results have been revealed on ESPN.

[walker834]

Not getting a top 2 pick might be a good thing this draft.  This is a pretty strong draft 3-10.  Are Simmons and Ingram the end all be all?

[GreenShooter]

Can somebody please tell me whet the show starts, central european time. Thx!

LOL...you have to figure that one out yourself but it's just after 8:00 pm EST (US Eastern Time Zone)

[CroCorvus]

Can somebody please tell me whet the show starts, central european time. Thx!

LOL...you have to figure that one out yourself but it's just after 8:00 pm EST (US Eastern Time Zone)

That will do. Thx

[Cman]

Since the Brooklyn pick sits at #3 here is where the Celtics stand.

#1-15.6
#2-15.7
#3-15.6.  Brooklyn pick
#4-22.4
#5-26.5
#6-4.2

So sitting at #3 the Celtics have a 46.9% chance at a top 3 pick and a 53.1% chance at falling to the 4th, 5th and 6th pick. With only a 4.2% chance of falling to #6 its pretty much a 50% shot at 1-3 or a 50% shot at 4-5.

Let's cross our fingers....🍀

Thanks for posting. I knew we had a better chance of moving down rather than up but hadn't seen the breakdown outside the top three.

[makaveli]

so the dream scenario is us getting the 1st pick AND Lakers go out of top 3 hence their pick go to the Sixers via Suns(just saw it on nba tv).