BOW TIE WINS DRAFT LOTTERY!!!

In a stunning development, the Cavs won the Draft Lottery for the first time since the LeBron draft.  It wasn't with their own pick which had a 19.9% chance to win the 1st overall pick, it was the pick they got from the Clippers from the Mo Williams trade that won (maybe the best thing Mo Williams has done for the organization) though it only had a 2.8% chance of winning.  Their original pick actually dropped two spots from the 2nd pick to the 4th pick, leaving them with the 1st and 4th pick in this years draft.  They are expected to take Kyrie Irving with the 1st pick and probably take the best available with the 4th pick.  The Timberwolves fell to the 2nd pick despite having the worst record in the NBA last season.

The Cavs also kept another budding tradition alive when neither Owner Dan Gilbert nor GM Chris Grant sat on stage during the reading of the draft order.  Their celebrity seat warmer was Dan Gilbert's son, Nick.  Nick Gilbert was born with Neurofibromatosis and his father calls Nick his hero.  Some, like Wolves GM David Kahn, credit the Cavs win to the fact that Nick Gilbert was up there.  Kahn was quoted jokily saying, "This league has a habit, and I am just going to say habit, of producing some pretty incredible story lines.  Last year it was Abe Pollin's widow and this year it was a 14-year-old boy and the only thing we have in common is we have both been bar mitzvahed."  Our friend David Kahn has not always been correct when evaluating situations (see his draft and trade history) and again finds himself in the wrong here.  The writers here at Draft Day Bow Ties know the truth behind the Cavs surprising victory... Nick was sporting a bow tie.

We here at DDBT know that the Cavs owe their victory to Nick Gilbert's Bow Tie (the glasses are also pretty dope and definitely assisted in the obtaining of the 1st pick).  Rumor has it, Kevin Love has decided to wear a bow tie before every game next season and David Kahn is currently out buying his bow tie for draft day.  We wish the T-Wolves the best of luck and hope they learn from their lack of bow ties.  In a small moral victory, they will probably draft Arizona's Derrick Williams with the 2nd pick which is who they would have taken with the 1st pick had they won it.  The wait for Ricky Rubio is still on in Minnesota (and we hope he loves to wear bow ties).