Behind the Scenes at The Lottery

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What next for the Indiana Pacers? Unfortunately, the NBA Draft Lottery, May 19. After having gone to the brink of nearly making the playoffs, the Pacers now go to the brink of basically having no shot at all of landing one of the top three picks in the draft. I’ve been there, seen that, done that. It’s not pretty.

Back in 2008, I attended the lottery as the Pacers’ designated representative for the actual lottery that takes place prior to the made-for-TV unveiling. I left Indianapolis thinking the same way every time the Powerball goes above $100 million: we can win this thing. While President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird – our stage representative – waited for the TV…