In professional sports, luck is always nice, and usually needed. Very rarely do you see a team win a championship without a little luck along the way. Just look at Utah being in the Western Conference Finals this year; they were lucky to have top seeded Dallas knocked out in round number one. Or the Cardinals a year ago; lucky to get some timely pitching from Jeff Weaver (who by the way has made people sleepless in Seattle).
But what I am referring to is the NBA Draft- which will be held at 8:30 p.m. ET Tuesday night. Luck is always evident when a ping pong ball determines your fate. Just look at Cleveland a few years back. Had the Cavs not gotten the number one pick, what happens? They used that pick on LeBron James, but what if they had gotten the number 6 pick, or 7? What if they ended up with a Darko Millicic? The Cavs would still be a lottery team today if that were the case, but they got lucky and now they are amongst the elite Eastern Conference teams. That is if you could call anybody in the East "elite". But luck is just what the Pacers are going to be looking for tomorrow night. Nobody likes their odds, but what if? What if they end up with Greg Oden? I'll tell you one thing, if they don't get lucky it's going to be another long season. You can be sure of that.
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