2015 NBA Draft Lottery (Live Updates)

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Tue May 19, 2015 9:31 pm

Fourteen teams are hoping to join the list of previous lottery winners with the Minnesota Timberwolves having the best odds at 25 percent, followed by the New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers.

You can view the lottery history of each team, including the players selected with their picks, by clicking on the below links.

The 76ers have their own lottery pick, while they would also be conveyed the Lakers' pick if it falls out of the top-5 and/or Miami's if it falls out of the top-10.

Pre-Draw Order

1. Minnesota Timberwolves (25%)

2. New York Knicks (19.9%)

3. Philadelphia 76ers (15.6%)

4. Los Angeles Lakers (11.9%)

5. Orlando Magic (8.8%)

6. Sacramento Kings (6.3%)

7. Denver Nuggets (4.3%)

8. Detroit Pistons (2.8%)

9. Charlotte Hornets (1.7%)

10. Miami Heat (1.1%)

11. Indiana Pacers (0.8%)

12. Utah Jazz (0.7%)

13. Phoenix Suns (0.6%)

14. Oklahoma City Thunder (0.5%)

Click here to run RealGM's Lottery Simulator.

Via RealGM Staff Report

2hard2guard · Post #2 » by **2hard2guard** » Tue May 19, 2015 10:50 pm

Hopefully the Knicks get 1 otherwise prey they pass on hackaOkafor ! And take Russell or trade down !

MaxRider · Post #3 » by **MaxRider** » Tue May 19, 2015 11:01 pm

time for the worst team to get the #1 pick
go T-Wolves

LakersLegacy · Post #4 » by **LakersLegacy** » Wed May 20, 2015 1:12 am

Great news for my Lakers! We we gladly take Towns or Okafor. It's been a rough 3 years.

1st team all rookie Clarkson
mentor Kobe
?
lotto pick Randle
Towns or Okafor

+ 30 cap space for max FA. If only a great SF was available... can't get everything at once

2hard2guard · Post #5 » by **2hard2guard** » Wed May 20, 2015 1:14 am

Your going to get stuck with Okafor ! Lol !

mawbsta · Post #6 » by **mawbsta** » Wed May 20, 2015 1:28 am

Is there any faith in the Wolves Draft strategy?

recent list of players whom the Wolves drafted
Trey Burke
Derrick Williams
Wesley Johnson
Donatus Monteijunas
Ricky Rubio
Jonny Flynn

Another list, here are the players they missed on during the draft, when they selected the names above
Stephen Curry
DeMarcus Cousins
Paul George
Kawhi Leonard
Demar Derozan
Jimmy Butler
Eric Beldsoe
Kenneth Faried
Klay Thompson
Ty Lawson
Brandon Knight

KingKellz · Post #7 » by **KingKellz** » Wed May 20, 2015 2:03 am

LakersLegacy wrote:Great news for my Lakers! We we gladly take Towns or Okafor. It's been a rough 3 years.

1st team all rookie Clarkson
mentor Kobe
?
lotto pick Randle
Towns or Okafor

+ 30 cap space for max FA. If only a great SF was available... can't get everything at once

LAKER NATION!

nikster · Post #8 » by **nikster** » Wed May 20, 2015 2:20 am

mawbsta wrote:Is there any faith in the Wolves Draft strategy?

recent list of players whom the Wolves drafted
Trey Burke
Derrick Williams
Wesley Johnson
Donatus Monteijunas
Ricky Rubio
Jonny Flynn

Another list, here are the players they missed on during the draft, when they selected the names above
Stephen Curry
DeMarcus Cousins
Paul George
Kawhi Leonard
Demar Derozan
Jimmy Butler
Eric Beldsoe
Kenneth Faried
Klay Thompson
Ty Lawson
Brandon Knight

these lists are so easy to make a teams draft picks look terrible in retrospect...T
Most of the players were luck. Those players were low in the draft and plenty of teams passed on them. The Grizz took Hasheem thabeet over Curry...Faried was 22 overall, Butler was 30th pick...meaning the entire league chose to pass him up

urinesane · Post #9 » by **urinesane** » Wed May 20, 2015 2:46 am

mawbsta wrote:Is there any faith in the Wolves Draft strategy?

recent list of players whom the Wolves drafted
Trey Burke
Derrick Williams
Wesley Johnson
Donatus Monteijunas
Ricky Rubio
Jonny Flynn

Another list, here are the players they missed on during the draft, when they selected the names above
Stephen Curry
DeMarcus Cousins
Paul George
Kawhi Leonard
Demar Derozan
Jimmy Butler
Eric Beldsoe
Kenneth Faried
Klay Thompson
Ty Lawson
Brandon Knight

Here's a list of players Flip Saunders has drafted:

Trey Burke, who he turned into Shabazz Muhammad and Gorgui Dieng (both would be drafted higher than Burke in a re-draft)
Zach Lavine (Who would be drafted higher than 13 and was 2nd team all NBA for rookies)

Yeah, go ahead and throw Kahn decisions in the Wolves face. Flip has done a damn good job so far in the draft.

Oh yeah, and he turned a disgruntled opting out Love into the ROY and someone that looks like a real future A1 franchise player. Even though most people said he had "Zero Leverage".

the_process · Post #10 » by **the_process** » Wed May 20, 2015 3:30 am

Most boring lotto ever. Everyone stayed the same except for the Lakers and Knicks flip flopping. Grats to the Wolves. Towns will look real nice up front. Towns and Wiggins is a hell of a foundation. But what is Minny gonna do with Pekovic?

ralphisBullsFan · Post #11 » by **ralphisBullsFan** » Wed May 20, 2015 4:40 am

the wovs land Wiggins and now get another number 1 pick, If they get another number 1 pick next year Lebron may sign with them....

urinesane · Post #12 » by **urinesane** » Wed May 20, 2015 6:48 am

oyoyer wrote:Most boring lotto ever. Everyone stayed the same except for the Lakers and Knicks flip flopping. Grats to the Wolves. Towns will look real nice up front. Towns and Wiggins is a hell of a foundation. But what is Minny gonna do with Pekovic?

Pek may need to limit his minutes anyway, so having someone like Towns that could play next to him at times would be nice.

If they can get 20 minutes a night out of Pek he would be OK.

Post #13 » by **Yuri Vaultin** » Wed May 20, 2015 7:19 am

oyoyer wrote:Most boring lotto ever. Everyone stayed the same except for the Lakers and Knicks flip flopping. Grats to the Wolves. Towns will look real nice up front. Towns and Wiggins is a hell of a foundation. But what is Minny gonna do with Pekovic?

What are they going to do about Dieng?

TdotRap4Lyfe · Post #14 » by **TdotRap4Lyfe** » Wed May 20, 2015 7:48 am

Including the trade that landed them Wiggens and Bennett, they now have 3 straight first overall picks.

ChuckyFE · Post #15 » by **ChuckyFE** » Wed May 20, 2015 12:41 pm

TdotRap4Lyfe wrote:Including the trade that landed them Wiggens and Bennett, they now have 3 straight first overall picks.

True... but Wiggins was the best player from a very mediocre draft class and Bennett looks like a bust.

oaktownwarriors87 · Post #16 » by **oaktownwarriors87** » Wed May 20, 2015 2:01 pm

ralphisBullsFan wrote:the wovs land Wiggins and now get another number 1 pick, If they get another number 1 pick next year Lebron may sign with them....

Anthony Bennot.

Hour much longer until Love"returns home"

castor777 · Post #17 » by **castor777** » Wed May 20, 2015 2:49 pm

mawbsta wrote:Is there any faith in the Wolves Draft strategy?

recent list of players whom the Wolves drafted
Trey Burke
Derrick Williams
Wesley Johnson
Donatus Monteijunas
Ricky Rubio
Jonny Flynn

Another list, here are the players they missed on during the draft, when they selected the names above
Stephen Curry
DeMarcus Cousins
Paul George
Kawhi Leonard
Demar Derozan
Jimmy Butler
Eric Beldsoe
Kenneth Faried
Klay Thompson
Ty Lawson
Brandon Knight

So sick of this hindsight BS, especially when you know full well the Wolves have completely different management now and you just want to kick dirt on them. It's so dumb, especially when you name plenty of players that MANY teams passed on and no one anticipated to be as good as they are now.

Congrats to the Wolves. It's been a long time spent at the bottom of the league, but really hope this pick changes everything and the young core builds to a serious contender in a few years. Fans in Minnesota deserve it.

RoyalMajesty · Post #18 » by **RoyalMajesty** » Wed May 20, 2015 4:27 pm

Yuri Vaultin wrote:
oyoyer wrote:Most boring lotto ever. Everyone stayed the same except for the Lakers and Knicks flip flopping. Grats to the Wolves. Towns will look real nice up front. Towns and Wiggins is a hell of a foundation. But what is Minny gonna do with Pekovic?

What are they going to do about Dieng?

The Timberwolves are going to do us a favor and trade Dieng to the Warriors for the 2015 1st Round Pick #30.

And then I woke up from my dreams ahaha!

MitchB3 · Post #19 » by **MitchB3** » Wed May 20, 2015 6:57 pm

Don't the Timberwolves have a center already?