I think the #1 pick should go to NJ or Minnesota, but I reckon this year one of the teams with minimal chance of getting their ball to drop may sneak the first pick...a team like Houston for example.

Mr John Wall is a 99% lock on being taken with the #1 pick in any case.

Wizards win Wall, oops, I mean lottery

Just did it twice and both times it came with Philly, so theres my pick on lottery night haha

Well... My initial reaction (as a Wolves fan) is: "I am about done with the NBA."

Call me a nutter - but i am increasingly questioning the "purity" of the draft lottery.

B.S.

Washington just got no.1

Here it is - the full draft order as selected today:

FIRST ROUND
No. Team
1. Washington
2. Philadelphia
3. New Jersey
4. Minnesota
5. Sacramento
6. Golden State
7. Detroit
8. L.A. Clippers
9. Utah (From New York via Phoenix)
10. Indiana
11. New Orleans
12. Memphis
13. Toronto
14. Houston
15. Chicago (To Milwaukee)
16. Charlotte (To Minnesota via Denver)
17. Milwaukee (To Chicago)
18. Miami
19. Boston
20. San Antonio
21. Oklahoma City
22. Portland
23. Utah (To Minnesota via Philadelphia)
24. Atlanta
25. Denver (To Memphis)
26. Phoenix (To Oklahoma City)
27. Dallas (To New Jersey)
28. L.A. Lakers (To Memphis)
29. Orlando
30. Cleveland (To Washington)

SECOND ROUND
31. New Jersey
32. Minnesota (To Oklahoma City)
33. Sacramento
34/35. Washington
34/35. Golden State
36/37. Detroit
36/37. Philadelphia (To Milwaukee)
38/39. New York
38/39. L.A. Clippers (To New York via Denver)
40. Indiana
41. New Orleans (To Miami)
42/43. Toronto (To Miami)
42/43. Memphis (To L.A. Lakers)
44. Chicago (To Portland)
45. Houston (To Minnesota)
46. Charlotte (To Phoenix)
47. Milwaukee
48. Miami
49. San Antonio
50. Oklahoma City (To Dallas)
51. Portland (To Oklahoma City via Dallas and Minnesota)
52. Boston
53. Atlanta
54. Denver (To L.A. Clippers)
55. Utah
56. Phoenix (To Minnesota)
57. Dallas (pick may be conveyed to Indiana)
58. L.A. Lakers
59. Orlando
60. Cleveland (To Phoenix)

I don't even think the fans want Arenas to play for the Wizards again.

Poor John Wall, he'll be spewing if he ends up in Washington. Unless the Wizards can somehow find a GM stupid enough to take on Arenas cap-killing contract, Wall is going to have to try to co-exist with an undersized SG who needs the ball a lot to be effective. At least he'll get another top 5 draft pick to play with the following season!

New Jersey can still be pretty happy with finishing 3rd though, because they'll probably get either Turner of Favors, either of whom they could use. Favors would give them a pretty good frontcourt to grow together. They'd just have to find a new home for Yi!

Will be interesting to see what Minny does. I think they have 3 first rounders, so perhaps they can package them to move up a bit if necessary. Jefferson is another big trading chip too, since it looks like he doesn't fit Kahn's plans.

So do the Wolves trade Jefferson and take Cousins maybe? Or go for that scoring wing they need like Al-Farouq or Wes Johnson? Depending on what they do I think they could improve their team quite a lot.

If they persevere with Jefferson and Love for now, they could compliment Brewer (who I think is finally coming on and seems like a real competitor) with a pretty athletic scoring wing.