With a lucky charm from the franchise's best days, the Washington Wizards won the NBA's draft lottery Tuesday night. Washington moved up from the No. 5 spot to earn the top pick in next month's draft, when it will likely choose between Kentucky freshman John Wall and national player of the year Evan Turner of Ohio State. The Philadelphia 76ers, another disappointment this season, moved up from the sixth spot to grab the No. 2 pick. The New Jersey Nets continued the run of failure by teams with the best chance of winning, falling to the third. The Wizards were represented by Irene Pollin, who wore the 1978 Bullets championship ring of her late husband, longtime owner Abe Pollin. When the Wizards pulled off the surprising win, Irene Pollin's jaw dropped and appeared to mouth 'Oh my God!!' with wide eyes. Abe Pollin died at age 85 in November. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2010/news/story?id=5199693
Hmmm im curious as what the wizards will do... they have a good core in Wall (if they pick and keep him), Blatche, Jhow and co... Would they start Arenas at the 2?
John Wall/Agent Zero backcourt should be interesting since both are ball dominant guys. This brings the same issue Wizards had with Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison with Agent Zero. There just isn't enough ball to go around when Agent Zero is there.
