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Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff

Want to drive yourself insane? Try out ESPN.com's NBA Draft Lottery Generator. (When you get to the site, it has the picks based on probability...you have to click on "Play Lottery" to actually generate the simulation)

I tried the damn thing 5-times before quitting! Not once did the Celtics end up with the #1 OR #2 picks. They got #3 twice, #4 twice and #5 once. The #1 selection went to Seattle the first time, Memphis the second, and Minnesota the last three times.

Let me repeat that; Minnesota THE LAST THREE TIMES!!! Those are the same Timberwolves with the whopping 5.3% chance of getting the top overall pick, and they landed it THREE CONSECUTIVE TIMES!!!

I'm telling you, if this is how I'm reacting with a "for fun purposes only" simulation, you don't want to be anywhere near me tonight if the C's do not end up with either the first or second pick in the real deal.

(Update: Just did it one more time, because I'll be damned if I quit before the C's get one of the top two spots. Sure enough, the sixth time was the charm. WE GOT #1!!! Now I can concentrate on work until later tonight)

Comments (2)

dboisver:

Gave up after 6 Kevin Durants and 3 Yi Jianlian - no Odens for the C's in my tries...

T2:

5?!?!?!?!?

Are you kidding me?

So much for basketball in this part of the country for the next 5-10 years!

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