Wyc Grousbeck will represent Celtics at lottery in 2 DAYS!

[chambers]

Go on Wyc, you always promise us fireworks. Make it happen!

Chris Mannix ✔ @ChrisMannixYS
 Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck will represent the Celtics on stage at the draft lottery on Tuesday night, league source tells @TheVertical.

https://twitter.com/ChrisMannixYS/status/862766522758033408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.realgm.com%2Fboards%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ft%3D1562708

5:59 AM - 12 May 2017

[Somebody]

[dang] I'm stoked. Is this the first time in Celtics history that the owner is the representative in draft night?

[Celtics4ever]

I'm stoked. Is this the first time in Celtics history that the owner is the representative in draft night?

Wasn't he was our rep in 2007.  This article is not from them but it has some history in it.  It is from last year but indicates he has done it before.

2007 Draft Lottery: Pre-lottery projection: 2nd (19.9 percent chance at No. 1) Draft spot: 5th

When then-deputy NBA commissioner Adam Silver peaked inside the envelope assigned to the fifth pick in the 2007 draft, his eyebrows appeared to briefly shoot skyward before he pulled out the card revealing Boston's logo. Celtics legend Tommy Heinsohn, sitting with hands clasped on the podium next to Silver, stared sideways at the card for a moment before mustering a chuckle and incredulously flipping his thumbs skyward.

Coming back from commercial before announcing the top three spots, ESPN's broadcast cut to the Celtics' draft lottery party in Boston, where a fan wearing a green baseball cap backward stood mouth agape and hands on head after watching the reveal. Boston, which entered with the second-best odds of securing the No. 1 pick, hadn't just missed out on the Greg Oden/Kevin Durant sweepstakes, it had plummeted as far as it possibly could after the Portland Trail Blazers, SuperSonics and Atlanta Hawks all vaulted in the lottery.

Like Twiss a decade earlier, all Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck could think about was the impending letdown back home.

"I knew all the [ping-pong ball] numbers that we needed. It's not hard to figure out that your good combinations have certain numbers in them, and you need one or two of those numbers or you're moving down," said Grousbeck. "And so when those numbers didn't come up, you know instantly that we didn't get what we wanted.

"My feeling was, I felt badly for all the people who were about to be disappointed. Like I had my disappointment, but the immediate feeling after that was, 'Ugh, all those people gathered around Boston and all the Celtics fans are going to be so bummed out -- and it's going to be 15 minutes from now. And I wish I could stop it."

Grousbeck can chuckle now about the meteor that hit Celtics Nation in 2007.

"It turned out to be a meteor named Kevin Garnett. It was a good meteor," said Grousbeck. "Seriously, everything worked out that year, and [Celtics president of basketball operations] Danny [Ainge] did an amazing job.

The Celtics recovered well from the letdown. Ainge, who had promised Paul Pierce he would surround him with the type of talent that would make Boston a contender again or otherwise trade him to a contender, went to work with a stash of assets similar to what the team now possesses.

Ainge flipped the No. 5 pick (Jeff Green) to Seattle on draft night in exchange for Ray Allen. A month later, Boston finalized a deal that delivered Garnett to Boston and created a new Big Three. The Celtics immediately won 66 games and hung banner No. 17.

Maybe that's why Grousbeck is less stressed about this year's proceedings. The Celtics own eight picks overall, including two other first-round picks in No. 16 (via the Rajon Rondo swap with the Dallas Mavericks) and No. 23 (their own selection).

That 2007 draft lottery serves as a reminder that things will be OK if the ping-pong balls disobey again. While Ainge has stressed that the Celtics don't have a Paul Pierce on their team at the moment, they do have Isaiah Thomas -- the All-Star guard who will represent the team on stage -- along with cap space, intriguing and tradable young talent and a mountain of future picks.

But a little luck wouldn't hurt the team's quest, either.

"We have a lot of possibilities this year, so I'm not completely focused on this lottery," said Grousbeck. "I'm really hopeful. But we've got extra picks in this draft, extra picks in the future, a lot of young talent, and one of the very best coaches in the league, in my opinion, one of the best general managers in the league, a great fan base. And we got a lottery pick, it'll be somewhere between 1 and 6, so let's go."

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/15563616/nba-boston-celtics-hoping-draft-lottery-woes-come-end

[Roy H.]

I'm stoked. Is this the first time in Celtics history that the owner is the representative in draft night?

Wasn't he was our rep in 2007.  This article is not from them but it has some history in it.  It is from last year but indicates he has done it before.

2007 Draft Lottery: Pre-lottery projection: 2nd (19.9 percent chance at No. 1) Draft spot: 5th

When then-deputy NBA commissioner Adam Silver peaked inside the envelope assigned to the fifth pick in the 2007 draft, his eyebrows appeared to briefly shoot skyward before he pulled out the card revealing Boston's logo. Celtics legend Tommy Heinsohn, sitting with hands clasped on the podium next to Silver, stared sideways at the card for a moment before mustering a chuckle and incredulously flipping his thumbs skyward.

Coming back from commercial before announcing the top three spots, ESPN's broadcast cut to the Celtics' draft lottery party in Boston, where a fan wearing a green baseball cap backward stood mouth agape and hands on head after watching the reveal. Boston, which entered with the second-best odds of securing the No. 1 pick, hadn't just missed out on the Greg Oden/Kevin Durant sweepstakes, it had plummeted as far as it possibly could after the Portland Trail Blazers, SuperSonics and Atlanta Hawks all vaulted in the lottery.

Like Twiss a decade earlier, all Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck could think about was the impending letdown back home.

"I knew all the [ping-pong ball] numbers that we needed. It's not hard to figure out that your good combinations have certain numbers in them, and you need one or two of those numbers or you're moving down," said Grousbeck. "And so when those numbers didn't come up, you know instantly that we didn't get what we wanted.

"My feeling was, I felt badly for all the people who were about to be disappointed. Like I had my disappointment, but the immediate feeling after that was, 'Ugh, all those people gathered around Boston and all the Celtics fans are going to be so bummed out -- and it's going to be 15 minutes from now. And I wish I could stop it."

Grousbeck can chuckle now about the meteor that hit Celtics Nation in 2007.

"It turned out to be a meteor named Kevin Garnett. It was a good meteor," said Grousbeck. "Seriously, everything worked out that year, and [Celtics president of basketball operations] Danny [Ainge] did an amazing job.

The Celtics recovered well from the letdown. Ainge, who had promised Paul Pierce he would surround him with the type of talent that would make Boston a contender again or otherwise trade him to a contender, went to work with a stash of assets similar to what the team now possesses.

Ainge flipped the No. 5 pick (Jeff Green) to Seattle on draft night in exchange for Ray Allen. A month later, Boston finalized a deal that delivered Garnett to Boston and created a new Big Three. The Celtics immediately won 66 games and hung banner No. 17.

Maybe that's why Grousbeck is less stressed about this year's proceedings. The Celtics own eight picks overall, including two other first-round picks in No. 16 (via the Rajon Rondo swap with the Dallas Mavericks) and No. 23 (their own selection).

That 2007 draft lottery serves as a reminder that things will be OK if the ping-pong balls disobey again. While Ainge has stressed that the Celtics don't have a Paul Pierce on their team at the moment, they do have Isaiah Thomas -- the All-Star guard who will represent the team on stage -- along with cap space, intriguing and tradable young talent and a mountain of future picks.

But a little luck wouldn't hurt the team's quest, either.

"We have a lot of possibilities this year, so I'm not completely focused on this lottery," said Grousbeck. "I'm really hopeful. But we've got extra picks in this draft, extra picks in the future, a lot of young talent, and one of the very best coaches in the league, in my opinion, one of the best general managers in the league, a great fan base. And we got a lottery pick, it'll be somewhere between 1 and 6, so let's go."

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/15563616/nba-boston-celtics-hoping-draft-lottery-woes-come-end

Tommy was our rep in 2007. Wyc may have been our observer when the balls were picked.

[dang] I'm stoked. Is this the first time in Celtics history that the owner is the representative in draft night?

Steve Pagliuca (co-owner) repped us a couple years ago.

[Chris22]

I like this. Wyc is obviously lucky.

[hodgy03038]

I was hoping for Pierce to represent us but don't think it would be legal or appropriate without officially being retired.

[Roy H.]

I was hoping for Pierce to represent us but don't think it would be legal or appropriate without officially being retired.

Yeah, he's still a member of the Clips until June 30.

[Big333223]

Love Wyc. I think he'll bring good luck. I'm excited.

[Ilikesports17]

Wyc is the most underrated part of our organization.

He put together the coach-GM combo that is the envy of most teams in the league.

[slightly biased bias fan]

Honestly, how amazing/ironic would it have been if Paul Pierce represented us at the lottery

Hello Salt, can I introduce you to wounds? 

[bopna]

Love Wyc. I think he'll bring good luck. I'm excited.

Didn't brought it in 2007...he was the rep of the Cs in the pingpong ball drawing room and we ended up with the worst pick possible...maybe Wyc should have decided to stay home on this one.

[Big333223]

Love Wyc. I think he'll bring good luck. I'm excited.

Didn't brought it in 2007...he was the rep of the Cs in the pingpong ball drawing room and we ended up with the worst pick possible...maybe Wyc should have decided to stay home on this one.

See Celtics4ever's post above. Tommy was our rep in '07, not Wyc.

[Roy H.]

Love Wyc. I think he'll bring good luck. I'm excited.

Didn't brought it in 2007...he was the rep of the Cs in the pingpong ball drawing room and we ended up with the worst pick possible...maybe Wyc should have decided to stay home on this one.

See Celtics4ever's post above. Tommy was our rep in '07, not Wyc.

There are two reps: the public one who sits up there when the card is revealed, and the private one who actually observes the ping pong balls being drawn. Wyc was that second rep in 2007.

[Somebody]

Love Wyc. I think he'll bring good luck. I'm excited.

Didn't brought it in 2007...he was the rep of the Cs in the pingpong ball drawing room and we ended up with the worst pick possible...maybe Wyc should have decided to stay home on this one.

See Celtics4ever's post above. Tommy was our rep in '07, not Wyc.

There are two reps: the public one who sits up there when the card is revealed, and the private one who actually observes the ping pong balls being drawn. Wyc was that second rep in 2007.

Honestly just hope that Silver is feeling like giving us the number one pick, we're due for some luck in the lottery

[moiso]

Wyc is the most underrated part of our organization.

He put together the coach-GM combo that is the envy of most teams in the league.

And he has amassed an incredible fireworks collection over the last few years that he can finally set off if we win the lottery.