Posted by Art Garcia
Draft tiebreakers were among the activities that took place at today’s Board of Governors meeting in New York. The 2010 NBA Draft comes to you from The WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden on June 24.
Randon drawing results:
- Utah (53-29) won a tiebreaker with Atlanta & Denver; Atlanta won a tiebreaker with Denver
- Boston (50-32) won a tiebreaker with San Antonio, Oklahoma City & Portland; San Antonio won a tiebreaker with OKC & Portland; Oklahoma City won a tiebreaker with Portland
- Memphis (40-42) won a tiebreaker with Toronto
- The Los Angeles Clippers (29-53) won a tiebreaker with New York
- Philadelphia (27-55) won a tiebreaker with Detroit
- Golden State (26-56) won a tiebreaker with Washington
As for the May 18 lottery, remember it’s only for the first three picks. The rest of the lottery teams (4-14) select in inverse order of their records. The list below includes the lottery odds for those first 14 not fortunate enough to be playing this weekend. Example: New Jersey has a 25% chance at the top pick (250 out of 1,000), while No. 14 Houston is at 0.5% (5 of 1,000). The teams from No. 15 on select in that order:
Current Draft order & Lottery odds for top 14 (out of 1,000)
- New Jersey (12-70) 250
- Minnesota (15-67) 199
- Sacramento (25-57 ) 156
- Golden State (26-56) 104
- Washington (26-56) 103
- Philadelphia (27-55) 53
- Detroit (27-55) 53
- LA Clippers (29-53) 23
- New York (29-53) 22 (To Utah via Phoenix)
- Indiana (32-50) 11
- New Orleans (37-45) 8
- Memphis (40-42) 7
- Toronto (40-42) 6
- Houston (42-40) 5
- Chicago (41-41) (To Milwaukee)
- Charlotte (44-38) (To Minnesota via Denver)
- Milwaukee (46-36) (To Chicago)
- Miami (47-35)
- Boston (50-32)
- San Antonio (50-32)
- Oklahoma City (50-32)
- Portland (50-32)
- Utah (53-29 (To Minnesota via Philadelphia)
- Atlanta (53-29)
- Denver (53-29) (To Memphis)
- Phoenix (54-28) (To Oklahoma City)
- Dallas (55-27) (To New Jersey)
- LA Lakers (57-25) (To Memphis)
- Orlando (59-23)
- Cleveland (61-21) (To Washington)
Your article says that Houston has a 5% chance of getting the top pick, but that’s incorrect. 5/1,000 = 0.5%
No it didn’t Moses you stooge. Learn to read.
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So true. So true,
Moses was just trying to look cool, and be like ” Hey look at me, i found an error!!!!” instead he looks like a complete idiot and probably realizes he is a not cool.