Grizzlies won 3rd pick in NBA Draft lottery only after another team got it taken away
Memphis got a break here.
Grizzlies won 3rd pick in NBA Draft lottery only after another team got it taken away originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The NBA Draft lottery process is always a bit fascinating, and there isn't a lot of people who get to actually be in the room when it happens.
On Sunday, the action in the room apparently involved some fascinating Utah Jazz and Memphis Grizzlies quirks. NBA insider Jake Fischer got the chance to sit in the room, and when he got out, he reported this : "Emerging from the sequestered lottery room to report Utah actually won the No. 3 pick after popping up second as well.
So, the league had to toss out that outcome and draw again… which led to the Grizzlies claiming the third pick. " MORE: Warriors' Steve Kerr news means it's time to talk about LeBron and Steph This isn't the first time something like this has happened, you wouldn't think. It's just the nature of the ping pong balls that determine the lottery.
It is fascinating to think about, though. Technically, in this scenario, the Grizzlies weren't the first team to earn the No. 3 pick, but because the Jazz got the third spot after already getting No.