Now that the NBA Playoffs have kicked off, half of the league is eagerly anticipating the NBA Draft Lottery. Perhaps no team is as excited/nervous as the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers are in the middle of a multi-year rebuild and need all the assets they can get. Thanks to the amazingly horrible Steve Nash trade, the team will lose their pick if it falls outside of the Top 5.
The Lakers had the fourth-worst record in the league this year and are likely to keep the pick. However in these situations, teams tend to send their good luck charms to represent them at the Lottery. Don’t get your hopes up for an angry Kobe sitting at the Lottery, the team is actually sending head coach Byron Scott.
Byron Scott will be the Lakers' NBA Draft lottery representative.
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) April 24, 2015
Laker fans everywhere just cringed a little bit at the possibility of seeing Scott stone-faced as it’s announced the team has received the sixth pick in the draft.