He had hollered and shot up on the stage when the Spurs were revealed as lottery winners. “Our future was already bright,” Peter J. It had been a premeditated effort and just like the last time they were this bad, it had paid off. The Spurs went 22-60, the second worst record in the league and their worst in 26 years.

They gave the run of the team to a slew of young players this season, a development year for a whole franchise, and allowed Gregg Popovich to make the best of it, hardly a capstone for a legendary coach. He thought of the hours that had been put in to get to that point, the difficult decisions that had been made, and the debate if it would be worth it. When the Spurs were called out as the winners of the No. The chance to add a great young prospect to a young team and let them grow together, it’s incredible.” It can be incredible for our organization, for our communities, for our fans around the world and for our team. We haven’t had time to digest it together. Instead, as Wright sat unmoved, San Antonio found themselves atop the draft again, another generational big man in their sights. Another, the Wizards, had six different outs - if just one of them hit, they’d find glory. Five of them needed just one more number to land the right to draft the prospected being discussed as the best since LeBron James. As representatives from 14 teams sat waiting for the final number to be drawn a little after six o’clock local time, the futures of six teams hung in the balance. The fortunes of men, women, franchises, and cities, all decided by the random procession of ping pong balls from a clear drum on the third floor of the McCormick Place West Convention Center. It’s a remarkable thing, the NBA Lottery.

Lucky t by kate brian