Andy roeser draft lottery odds
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Clippers win draft lottery
"We're going to do our diligence and then we're going to pick the best player in the draft. A lot of people think that's Blake Griffin," Clippers president Andy Roeser said. "He's a terrific athlete, he's athletic and he's strong. Any franchise would be happy to have Blake Griffin for a long time."
Griffin appears happy that he could be heading to Los Angeles.
"I know nothing is set in stone, but L.A. is a great opportunity and if they do want me I'll do the best in whatever way I can," Griffin told ESPN.com's Andy Katz on Tuesday night. "I know it's a little bit different [with the No. 1 pick in this draft]. I've heard rumblings that this draft is weak and stuff like that so it does put me at ease a little bit. But at the same time I know I still have to perform at the level expected of me."
And perhaps someday the All-American power forward will be part of a Clippers team doing what the Lakers, its Staples Center co-tenants, were doing Tuesday night: playing in the conference finals.
"I'm not sure we've stolen the spotlight [from the Lakers]," Roeser said. "A couple of years ago we were playing in the playoffs and I would rather be in that position, no questions."
Memphis vaulted to second and Oklahoma City will pick third.
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Clippers hit the lottery, get No. 1 NBA draft pick
Danny Manning, Michael Olowokandi . . . and now Blake Griffin.
The Clippers have twice had the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft, and will get it again for a third time, having won the league’s draft lottery Tuesday night at Secaucus, N.J.
“Clearly, we’re taking Blake Griffin,” Clippers General Manager and Coach Mike Dunleavy said in a telephone interview from Barcelona, Spain.
“This guy is the No. 1 pick. We’re extremely excited. He’s the guy.”
There wasn’t much of a question the Clippers would do anything other than take the dynamic, explosive forward from Oklahoma. Dunleavy, though, wasn’t about to be coy in the wee morning hours in Spain and erased any shred of doubt about the team’s intention in the draft June 25 in New York.
They moved up from third to first -- armed with a 17.7% chance of winning -- and their upward progression had international reverberations for a beleaguered, hard-luck franchise.
Memphis will pick second, moving up from sixth, followed by Oklahoma City and Sacramento, which had the league’s worst record. The Kings, represented by Chris Webber, had a 25% chance of winning. Washington dropped from second to fifth, and Minnesota and Golden State will pick sixth and seventh, respectively.
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