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NBA draft lottery: Blazers get Oden. Grizzlies, Celtics and Bucks get lucky. They won't get to fail with a top-three pick.
  • Draft haters aka Celtics fans

    God, there is just not a more annoying form of sports fan than the New Englander who somehow feels that life is unfair and that his/her team got gypped when they don't win the championship/lottery? I consider the Celts drop to 5 payback for a)consistently terrible management b) awful coaching c)2 decades of Auerbach manipulating every rule written and unwritten to his advantage d) Bill Simmons non-stop blabbering about his halycon Larry Legend days of yore. Please ESPN, assign him to cover the WNBA or maybe the Atlanta Thrashers.

    fyi to BS, memo from the Heartland...LL ain't exactly tearing up the NBA with his moves - who missed the playoffs and has 0/zero/bupkis draft picks to show for it. My only hope is maybe LL is still smart enough to outfox his old partner in green Ainge to give up his #5 for O'Neal. I am 100% sure that Pacers fans would give anything (even JO) to see Mike Conley Jr throw on the #1 shirt and kiss rap-sheet artist Tinsley's arse goodbye.

    Anyway, more Bristol-based BS about why are we won't see Oden and Durant cuz they are left coasters now. hmmm...do kobe and the gang suffer from lack of exposure due to 3 hour time zone difference?

    Oden and Durant will get to develop outside the harsh glare of a major media outlet and time will tell if that turns them into a Duncan or Garnett.