NBA Draft Lottery- Crapshooting with Careers

Tomorrow night, live on ESPN, the NBA's worst teams will be represented, hoping that they magically get their named called last, meaning they get the #1 pick in the NBA Draft.  They would be able to draft Super-Teen (and Super-Eyebrow) Anthony Davis of Kentucky.  Yes, in the NBA's Time Square Studios (unfortunately not in Secaucus, NJ) we will get to see the Draft Lottery.

It is foolish, really.  One would imagine that the worst team should get the #1 pick each year, to make sure there is some kind of competitive balance.  But no.  Instead, the Charlotte Bobcats, who won a whopping 7 games this season, may end up at #3.  My terrible, terrible Wizards, who finished as the 2nd worst team despite winning their final 6 games, could end up outside of the top 3.  So it is a crapshoot to determine who gets Davis' services.

Beyond the Eyebrow, there is no consensus as to who should go 2nd.  In fact, some analysts have said that there is no other star in the draft.  ESPN's Chad Ford stated the only sure-fire star is Davis, but that Syracuse 2-guard Dion Waiters has the potential to be just as good.  Waiters, meanwhile, isn't projected to go in the Top 5, though some scouts have compared him favorably to Tyreke Evans and... wait for it... Dwyane Wade!

A quick side note- Not that I doubt Mr. Ford's judgement at all... But he stated that former Syracuse center and full time moron Fab Melo was not only in the best shape of his life in workouts, but also consistantly hitting 18-foot jump shots.  I watched all of my alma mater's games last year.  Never, NEVER, did I see Fab hit an 18-foot jump shot.  What kind of madness is this!?  Sigh... Moving on...

So, tomorrow at 8pm, we will find out who wins the Davis sweepstakes, and who will have to settle for Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Andre Drummond, Harrison Barnes, Waiters, or a number of other prospects who aren't "sure things".  All this, of course, while the NBA Conference Finals are still going on.  Hope springs eternal for perennial loser franchises.  Will Michael Jordan's bad luck finally turn around?  Will the fix be in and the Brooklyn Nets finagle the top pick under dubious circumstances?  Will John Wall get a real running mate here in DC?  We'll see where the ping-pong balls fall Wednesday at 8.