No lottery luck for Cleveland Cavaliers, who fall to fourth in June's NBA draft after Wednesday's lottery
Mary Schmitt Boyer's Top 10 talents
Mary Schmitt Boyers top 10 players available in the NBA draft. The Cavaliers first pick will be fourth. They also have the 24th, 33rd and 34th picks.
NEW YORK -- Little did the Cavaliers know that when they won a coin flip with the New Orleans Hornets on April 26, they lost the NBA lottery.
In spite of good-luck charm Nick Gilbert and a contingent of supporters in bow ties that included Kyrie Irving of the Cavs and Bernie Kosar, Josh Cribbs and Joe Haden of the Browns, the Cavs dropped from the third slot to the fourth in Wednesday's NBA lottery to determine the order of selections in the NBA draft on June 28.
The Hornets jumped from No. 4 to No. 1, followed by Charlotte at No. 2 and Washington at No. 3.
While the Cavs likely still will be able to select from a group of players that includes Kansas forward Thomas Robinson, Connecticut center Andre Drummond and North Carolina forward Harrison Barnes, they weren't able to recreate the magic of last year, when Nick Gilbert stole the show by winning the lottery and uttering the phrase, "What's not to like?"
Though Gilbert, the 15-year-old son of Cavs owner Dan Gilbert was understandably disappointed with Wednesday's outcome, he insisted, "There's still a lot to like."
The Cavs' fate actually was determined last month after they tied with New Orleans for the third-worst record in the league at 21-45. The Cavs won the coin flip to break that tie, and got one extra combination in the lottery -- 138 chances to 137 for the Hornets.
That meant the Cavs owned combinations No. 450 to 587 out of the 1,000 assigned to the 14 teams in the lottery. The Hornets owned combinations No. 588 to 725, and that group included the winning combination of 6-4-9-7.
So if the Cavs had lost the coin flip -- or if they had won one more game to finish behind New Orleans -- Nick Gilbert would have been celebrating again Wednesday. Instead, his father tried to console him.
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