The Lottery From Hell (For the Knicks)
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009Adam Silver: The fourth pick goes to the Washington Wizards.
Jay Bilas: That means Oklahoma City, Sacramento, and New York will be picking in the top three.
Commercial Break
Adam Silver: The third pick goes to the Sacramento Kings.
Adam Silver: The second pick goes to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Mike D’Antoni begins celabratory handshakes with the representatives from the Kings and Thunder.
Jay Bilas: That means that the top overall pick will go to the New York Knicks.
Adam Silver: The first pick in the draft goes to the Chicago Bulls.
The following day….
Statement from the Commissioner’s Office
May 20th, 2009
Yesterday, the Chicago Bulls won the NBA Draft Lottery despite not having any winning lottery combinations. What happened, was we mistakenly grabbed the envelope labeled “1″ from last year. While we admit the error, the ruling on the court stands, and the results will be unchanged.
Statement from John Paxson, Chicago Bulls GM…VP…what’s his job title?
May 21st, 2009
It was difficult to feel bad for the Knicks when I was stealing their picks as a result of ripping off Isiah Thomas, but this situation is different. While my greatest sympathy goes out for the Knicks franchise, we are going to keep the pick and not give it back. Well, actually, we are going to keep all options open, except giving the pick back to the Knicks, and could possibly trade the pick.




