Shameka Nixon The Who Dat Daily.Com Pelicans Contributor

New Orleans,LA – The New Orleans Pelicans were looking for a little extra luck in the NBA Draft Lottery Thursday afternoon. New Orleans were fortunate last year landing phenom star forward Zion Williamson from Duke with the 1st overall selection. The Pelicans GM Trajan Langdon was in attendance virtually for the lottery selection. The team ended up with the 13th selection this year, which players like: Phoenix’s Devin Booker, Utah’s Donovan Mitchell and Miami’s Tyler Herro were all taken.

This is the order of the lottery:

2020 NBA Draft Lottery Results

1. Minnesota
2. Golden State
3. Charlotte
4. Chicago
5. Cleveland
6. Atlanta
7. Detroit
8. New York
9. Washington
10. Phoenix
11. San Antonio
12. Sacramento
13. New Orleans
14. Boston (from Memphis)

New Orleans also owns several second round selections in this draft as well.

2020 Second Round Draft Choice Order

31.       Dallas (from Golden State)
32.       Charlotte (from Cleveland via LA Clippers and Orlando)
33.       Minnesota
34.       Philadelphia (from Atlanta)
35.       Sacramento (from Detroit via Phoenix)
36.       Philadelphia (from New York)
37.       Washington (from Chicago)
38.       New York (from Charlotte)
39.       New Orleans (from Washington via Milwaukee)
40.       Memphis (from Phoenix)
41.       San Antonio
42.       New Orleans
43.       Sacramento
44.       Chicago (from Memphis)
45.       Orlando
46.       Portland
47.       Boston (from Brooklyn via Charlotte, Orlando and Philadelphia)
48.       Golden State (from Dallas via Philadelphia)
49.       Philadelphia
50.       Atlanta (from Miami via Sacramento, Cleveland and Boston)
51.       Golden State (from Utah via Dallas, Detroit and Cleveland)
52.       Sacramento (from Houston)
53.       Oklahoma City
54.       Indiana
55.       Brooklyn (from Denver)
56.       Charlotte (from Boston)
57.       LA Clippers
58.       Philadelphia (from Los Angeles Lakers via Orlando)
59.       Toronto
60.       New Orleans (from Milwaukee)

This NBA Draft is considered top heavy and not very deep. Some mock drafts have the Pelicans selecting everyone from Vanderbilt’s Aaron Neismith to Villanova’s Saddiq Bey.

The team has to find a new coach after firing Coach Alvin Gentry and fill holes in its roster moving ahead.  The NBA Draft is scheduled for Oct. 16 2020.

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