This is how good lucky Bryan Colangelo is: He's not even in the NBA draft lottery and he still wins.
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| ELISE AMENDOLA/AP |
| Celtics coach Doc Rivers, left, and general manager Danny Ainge speak with the press after the NBA draft lottery on Tuesday, May 22, 2007. Boston had the second worst record in the 2006-07 season, but fell three spots to the fifth pick after the lottery. |
You can bet the Raptors president and general manager and his merry band of basketball advisors were gloating last night when Portland and Seattle bumped Boston out of the top two spots in the NBA draft lottery, leaving the Western Conference to deal with Greg Oden and Kevin Durant, the two saviours of the draft this year.
The Celtics, an Atlantic Division rival of the Raptors, won't get either of those studs to add to Paul Pierce and Al Jefferson. The C's should get a good player at No. 5 but not the best.
And you don't think they think they're cursed in Boston? They went in the tank in 1997 trying to get Tim Duncan, lost the lottery and ended up picking Chauncey Billups; they went in the tank in 2007 and got shafted again.
The only Eastern team to really do anything big was Atlanta, which hung on to No. 3 (if they had slipped to four or lower, the pick would have gone to Phoenix) and added No. 11 from Indiana. Of course, they're the Hawks so they'll probably ignore all the point guards out there and pick from small forwards and shooting guards.
All in all, a pretty good day for the Raptors.
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