2012 NBA Draft Lottery Results and Impact

1. New Orleans Hornets
Tom Benson and the Hornets should be stoked. They only had a 13.7% chance of winning the lottery and they hit the jack pot. This team already has a great talent in Eric Gordon and they also have the 10th pick in this draft as well. ESPN NBA analyst Jon Barry alluded to the fact that the lottery was rigged by the NBA and the fact that New Orleans won the lottery has certainly stoked the fires of the conspiracy theory. Regardless, this a great landing spot for Anthony Davis because the Hornets, unlike the Cavaliers, Wizards, and Bobcats, already have an established NBA team leader in Eric Gordon.

2. Charlotte Bobcats
I bet that Michael Jordan is having a fit somewhere. There is no doubt that the Bobcats deserved to win the lottery considering they are far and away the worst team in the NBA and the worst team in the history of the league. You could see the look of utter disappointment in GM Rich Cho's eyes when Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver announced that the Bobcats had the 2nd pick in the draft. However, it's not all bad news. I think that Florida's Bradley Beal and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist are both going to be solid players. Now will Jordan and company pick the right player or will they take the next Adam Morrison/Kwame Brown?

3. Washington Wizards
Washington doesn't get the 1st or the 2nd pick in the lottery this year, but I am sure that they will be fine. Despite and awful record, this team is headed in the right direction. They have John Wall and Wizards front office has been able to do a good job of getting themselves under the cap and getting rid of cancerous players like Gilbert Arenas and Nick Young the last couple of years. The Wizards will probably take Kidd-Gilchrist or Bradley Beal. It probably all depends on who the Bobcats take. The bigger question is how many times will the Wizards change their jerseys?

The rest of the lottery picks in order are...
4. Cleveland Cavaliers
5. Sacramento (for now) Kings
6. Portland Trail Blazers
7. Golden State Warriors
8. Toronto Raptors
9. Detroit Pistons
10. New Orleans Hornets
11. Portland Trail Blazers
12. Milwaukee Bucks
13. Phoenix Suns
14. Houston Rockets

Let me know what you guys think. I will have a preliminary mock draft in the next couple of days as well as more NFL draft analysis.