May 17, 2011

The Cleveland Cavaliers Win The 2011 NBA Draft Lottery


The Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2011 NBA Draft Lottery and earned the #1 pick. They got the #1 pick for the first since 2003 when they selected LeBron James. They have also selected #1 overall in 1971 and 1986. The Cavaliers also won the 4th pick in the draft from the trade with the Clippers. Minnesota got 2nd pick. The Utah Jazz who had 2 picks got 3rd and 12th. The Raptors got 5th, the Wizards got 6th, the Kings got 7th, the Pistons got 8th, the Bobcats got 9th, the Bucks got 10th, the Warriors got 11th, the Suns got 13th and the Rockets got 14th. The Cavaliers need a lot of help after winning 19 games, many people expect now the Cavaliers will pick Kyrie Irving from Duke. Derrick Williams from Arizona, Enes Kanter from Turkey, Kawhi Leonard from San Diego State, Brandon Knight from Kentucky and Kemba Walker from Connecticut are the other top players in the draft.


Here were the probabilities for the draft order for each team. Number in bold is the pick they received.

Team
Lottery
chances
Pick
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
Minnesota Timberwolves
250 .250 .215 .178 .357
Cleveland Cavaliers
199 .199 .188 .171 .319 .123
Toronto Raptors
156 .156 .157 .156 .226 .265 .040
Washington Wizards
119 .119 .126 .133 .099 .351 .161 .013
Sacramento Kings
76 .076 .084 .095 .261 .386 .093 .004
Utah Jazz (New Jersey's' pick)
75 .075 .083 .094 .413 .294 .039 .001
Detroit Pistons
43 .043 .049 .058 .599 .232 .018 .000
Cleveland Cavaliers (Los Angeles Clippers' pick)

28 .028 .033 .039 .725 .168 .008 .000
Charlotte Bobcats
17 .017 .020 .024 .813 .122 .004 .000
Milwaukee Bucks
11 .011 .013 .016 .870 .089 .002 .000
Golden State Warriors
8 .008 .009 .012 .907 .063 .001 .000
Utah Jazz
7 .007 .008 .010 .935 .039 .000
Phoenix Suns
6 .006 .007 .009 .960 .018
Houston Rockets
5 .005 .006 .007 .982

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