NBA Draft Lottery: Could the pick rich Celtics get even richer?

It is pretty hard to focus on anything but the NBA playoffs at this point, but it is worth taking a brief detour to peek at an event that could change the fortunes of a few teams tonight. The NBA Draft Lottery will air at halftime of tonight’s Game 2.

Believe it or not, there’s still a (slim) chance that the Celtics could win the lottery with the Lakers’ pick. Specifically, there’s a 2.87% chance that the pick ends up in either slot #2 or #3 and conveys to the Boston Celtics. How did we get here?

Well, there’s a long Trust The Process story about how the Sixers ended up with the Lakers and Kings picks, but the protected pick came to us via the pre-draft trade last year. The Celtics, who owned…