The Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery for the second time in three years as their lucky charm, Nick Gilbert. son of Dan Gilbert, predicted a No. 1 pick. The Cavaliers got lucky again and hopefully for their fan base, Gilbert is once again correct as he predicted the Cavaliers would make a playoff push.
The Cavaliers finished with the third worst record in 2013 posting a 24-58 season. Now, the Cavs can get another No.1 pick as Kyrie Irving was the 2012 Rookie of the Year and is one of the premier talents in the league. The Cavs also got their new, but old, head coach in Mike Brown back. He transformed them into contenders and even made a playoff run landing in the NBA Finals in 2007.
Magic Johnson said it best, the NBA gods are smiling down on the Cavaliers after they lost LeBron James to Miami. Entering the draft, the Orlando Magic had a 25 percent chance of winning the 2013 Draft Lottery. The Charlotte Bobcats were second with 19.9 percent chance of winning it followed by the actual winners, Cavaliers, who had a 15.6 percent chance of winning the draft.
The Cavaliers got lucky and now they believe they can win it all.
Here are the rest of the 2013 Draft Pick orders as the NBA Draft Lottery took place Tuesday evening.
2nd Orlando Magic
3rd Washington Wizards
4th Charlotte Bobcats
5th pick Phoenix Suns,
6th Pick New Orleans Pelicans
7th pick Sacramento Kings
8th pick Detroit Pistons
9th Minnesota Timberwolves
10th pick Portland Trail Blazers
11th Philadelphia 76ers
12th Pick Toronto Raptors (OKC Thunder)
13th Pick, Dallas Mavericks
14th Pick- Utah Jazz
-The Oklahoma City Thunder get the Toronto Raptors' 12th pick-
