Charlotte Has a 25 Percent Chance at Anthony Davis

According to statistics released today by the NBA (see below), the woeful Charlotte Bobcats stand a 25 percent of landing the No. 1 pick at the upcoming NBA Draft lottery.

Kentucky freshman forward Anthony Davis, the consensus National Player of the Year, is expected to be that No. 1 pick and the Bobcats better hope they get him.

Michael Jordan’s club finished the season 7-59 and with 23 straight losses. Their winning percentage was the worst in NBA history.

“The best thing that can happen is for all the Ping-Pong balls to fall their way, get the No. 1 pick, pick the kid from Kentucky and they’re on their way,” former NBA coach and current TNT analyst Mike Fratello told the New York Times.

The last NCAA champion to be the No. 1 pick was current Tulsa head coach Danny Manning in 1988. Davis and the Wildcats won the NCAA championship earlier this month in New Orleans.

The Washington Wizards have a 20 percent chance of landing the No. 1 pick and the Cleveland Cavaliers and New Orleans Hornets both have about a 14 percent chance.

2012  FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

The teams entered in the lottery, to be held on May 30, 2012, are as follows (note: the first three picks in the Draft will be determined by the lottery and the remainder of the “lottery teams” will select in positions 4 through 14 in inverse order of their consolidated standings at the end of the regular season):

TEAM RECORD LOTTERY CHANCES (out of 1,000)

Charlotte        7-59	250

Washington	20-46	199

Cleveland	21-45	138

New Orleans	21-45	137

Sacramento	22-44	76

New Jersey*	22-44	75

Golden State#	23-43	36

Toronto	        23-43	35

Detroit	        25-41	17

Minnesota (To New Orleans via LA Clippers)	26-40	11

Portland	28-38	8

Milwaukee	31-35	7

Phoenix	        33-33	6

Houston	        34-32	5

The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows:

15. Philadelphia	35-31

16. New York (To Houston)	36-30

17. Dallas	36-30

18. Utah (To Minnesota)	36-30

19. Orlando	37-29

20. Denver	38-28

21. Boston	39-27

22. LA Clippers (To Boston via OKC)	40-26

23. Atlanta	40-26

24. LA Lakers (To Cleveland)	41-25

25. Memphis	41-25

26. Indiana 42-24

27. Miami	46-20

28. Oklahoma City	47-19

29. Chicago	50-16

30. San Antonio (To Golden State)	50-16

* This pick may be conveyed to Portland.

# This pick may be conveyed to Utah via New Jersey.

2012 SECOND ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

31.	Charlotte

32.	Washington

33/34.	New Orleans (To Cleveland via Miami)

33/34.	Cleveland

35/36.	New Jersey (To Golden State)

35/36.	Sacramento

37/38.	Toronto

37/38.	Golden State (To Denver via New York)

39.	Detroit

40.	Minnesota (To Portland via Houston)

41.	Portland

42.	Milwaukee

43.	Phoenix (To Atlanta)

44.	Houston (To Detroit)

45.	Philadelphia

46.	Dallas (To Washington)

47.	Utah

48.	New York

49.	Orlando

50.	Denver

51.	Boston

52.	Atlanta (To Golden State)

53.	LA Clippers

54.	Memphis (To Philadelphia)

55.	LA Lakers (To Dallas)

56.	Indiana (To Toronto)

57.	Miami (To New Jersey)

58.	Oklahoma City (To Minnesota)

59.	San Antonio

60.	Chicago (To New Jersey via Milwaukee or to LA Lakers via New

Jersey and Milwaukee)