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Cleveland Cavaliers luck has apparently run out, will pick 14th in 2022 NBA Draft

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The Cavaliers did not move up in the draft lottery after entering the draft with a 2.4% chance of moving into the top four
Cleveland Cavaliers had a very expected outcome at the Lottery draft in CLEVELAND, Ohio last night. They had a 2.4% chance of moving into the top four and the lowest odds (0.5%) of winning the lottery, but luck wasn’t on their side this time. They now have the No. 14 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, which is going to take place on June 23 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
On the night of the Lottery draft, staying put was all that Cavaliers could do as only three teams with less than a 2% chance have won the top pick since the system was implemented in 1990. The three teams that they were able to beat the odds were, Orlando Magic in 1993, Chicago Bulls in 2008, and the Cavs in 2014. Any team with odds of less than 1.5 % is yet to get the top pick.
The Orlando Magic won the lottery last night, their first since 2004 and fourth overall. They will have the first pick after entering the draft with a 14% chance of winning, along with two other teams. The three times they won the lottery before, they picked center Dwight Howard in 2004, Shaquille O’Neal in 1992, and Chris Webber in 1993. Oklahoma City, Houston, and Sacramento were the other three teams to get into the top four.
It seemed that the Cavalries might not even participate in the lottery draft as they packaged their 2022 lottery-protected first-rounder, multiple seconds, and injured veteran backup point guard Ricky Rubio for a passionate and in-form swingman, Caris LeVert. They were under a lot of heat due to winning just 22 games last season and 19 each in the two years before and were a huge doubt for the Eastern Conference playoff race until the very last day. After going 44-38 this past season made sure another lottery trip for the Cavalries.
NBA Draft Lottery 2022
Here is how the NBA Draft Lottery 2022 went last night:
1. Orlando
2. Oklahoma City
3. Houston
4. Sacramento
5. Detroit
6. Indiana
7. Portland
8. New Orleans (from Los Angeles Lakers)
9. San Antonio
10. Washington
11. New York
12. Oklahoma City (from LA Clippers)
13. Charlotte
14. Cleveland.

Aiden J. Miller
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