My first lottery-night diary came in 2015. The Knicks had high hopes of winning the top pick that year, but fell two spots behind where their record stood. They still ended up with one of the two best players from that draft. I don’t know if that will happen again. I’m here to talk about what did happen last night. Confession, they say, is good for the soul.
8:30
Just before the broadcast gets underway, ESPN cuts to a shot of some of this year’s likely lottery picks, in attendance and dressed to the nines (except for Cam Reddish, whose aesthetic can only be described as “formal Kohl’s”).