The NBA confirmed each team’s representatives today for this year’s draft lottery, which will take place on Tuesday night. As confirmed by the league (via Twitter), here are this year’s reps for lottery teams:
- Boston Celtics: Wyc Grousbeck (owner)
- Phoenix Suns: Devin Booker
- Los Angeles Lakers: Magic Johnson (president of basketball operations)
- Philadelphia 76ers: Joel Embiid
- Orlando Magic: Frank Vogel (head coach)
- Minnesota Timberwolves: Andrew Wiggins
- New York Knicks: Walt Frazier (MSG Network broadcaster)
- Sacramento Kings: Dave Joerger (head coach)
- Dallas Mavericks: Michael Finley (assistant VP of basketball operations)
- New Orleans Pelicans: Alvin Gentry (head coach)
- Charlotte Hornets: Rich Cho (GM)
- Detroit Pistons: Jeff Bower (GM)
- Denver Nuggets: Gary Harris
- Miami Heat: Alonzo Mourning (VP of player programs)
Additionally, the NBA also announced that it will reveal several award winners and award finalists later this week. The league will unveil its three All-NBA teams on Thursday. Then, prior to the Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday, the NBA will name its three finalists for each major award: MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Most Improved Player, and Coach of the Year.
Those individual awards won’t be officially announced until June 26, during the NBA’s inaugural awards broadcast on TNT. However, the All-NBA announcement on Thursday will be an intriguing one. A team’s ability to offer a player a more lucrative Designated Veteran Extension hinges on whether or not he earns an All-NBA nod. So teams like the Pacers and Jazz will be watching very closely to see if Paul George and Gordon Hayward earn All-NBA spots and become eligible for those super-max extensions.
JO JO!
You listed “defensive player of the year” twice. ;)
Hah, clearly very excited about that award. Thanks, it’s been fixed.
Dear Basketball Gods,
Please Give CLT a top 5 pick
I may be lost what is CLT?
Charlotte maybe?
Oh god I’m imagining other Celtics fans if they win tonight and win the lottery…
My fiance will probably punch me in the d*ck for waking the kids up.. Haha..
And I’m a Celtics fan myself, but if they win 1 out of the 2 home games against Cleveland if they get there, some people will be jumping for joy about how they can beat the Warriors in 7… I’m hearing about it already from some fellow C’s fans. It’s crazy!
Looking forward to the daily rendition of the “Brad Stevens Can Do No Wrong” song mocking those Celtics fans on one of the Boston radio shows I listen to. Always a blast.
They CAN beat the Warriors, but they can’t beat the Cavs.
I absolutely love the mixture of GMs, former players, owners, and especially the up and coming young players that will be representing their teams for the lottery. This is what us fans of poor teams have been waiting for all year
As a Phoenix fan I’m really hoping they get the #1 overall. If they don’t I kinda hope Miami or Denver does because they are the only other cities on that list that have never had a #1 overall pick. (The Bobcat/Hornets franchise hasn’t had a #1 overall pick, but the city did when the original Hornets did in 1991).