2019 NBA Draft Lottery Winners and Losers—What Happened to the Celtics

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Take a look at the 2019 NBA draft lottery "winners and losers" and see how the Boston Celtics were impacted.

With a closer look into the NBA Draft Lottery, here are the takeaways from Tuesday night.

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Winner: New Orleans Pelicans: The Pelicans landed the right to draft Zion Williamson at No. 1 overall.

Winner: Memphis Grizzlies: Most expect Murray State star Ja Morant to be the No. 2 pick for the Grizzlies.

Winner: Los Angeles Lakers: The Lakers landed the No. 4 pick, which they can now try to include in a trade package with the Pelicans for Anthony Davis.

Loser: Washington Wizards: With the sixth-best odds and a 37% chance of a top 4 pick, the Wizards dropped to the No. 9 pick.

Loser: Cleveland Cavaliers and Phoenix Suns: Tied with the Knicks for the best odds at the No. 1 pick, the Cavs and Suns fell to the No. 5 and No. 6 picks.

Loser: Chicago Bulls: The Bulls will be selecting No. 7 in the NBA Draft for the third consecutive year.

One of the losers is the Boston Celtics. Boston had hoped to be a player in the effort to recruit Anthony Davis, but the combination of the Kyrie Irving meltdown and the lack of enthusiasm voiced by Davis means that Boston is in a longshot position. Davis could decide to stay and play with Williamson. 

Boston has three first round picks.

The NBA draft order is as follows:

1. New Orleans 
2. Memphis
3. New York         
4. Los Angeles Lakers     
5. Cleveland
6. Phoenix           
7. Chicago
8. Atlanta 
9. Washington
10. Atlanta (from Dallas)
11. Minnesota
12. Charlotte         
13. Miami 
14. Boston (from Sacramento via Philadelphia)

Below is the order for the remainder of the first round:

15. Detroit 
16. Orlando           
17. Brooklyn          
18. Indiana            
19. San Antonio     
20. Boston  (from LA Clippers via Memphis)
21. Oklahoma City
22. Boston
23. Utah
24. Philadelphia
25. Portland
26. Cleveland  (from Houston)
27. Brooklyn  (from Denver)
28. Golden State 
29. San Antonio  (from Toronto)
30. Milwaukee

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