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NBA Players react to Cavaliers receiving No. 1 overall pick

ByAlex Schlinsky|
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert speaks during the jersey retirement ceremony for Zydrunas Ilgauskas (not pictured) at Quicken Loans Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert speaks during the jersey retirement ceremony for Zydrunas Ilgauskas (not pictured) at Quicken Loans Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports

Going into last night’s 2014 NBA Draft Lottery, the Cleveland Cavaliers had only a 1.7 percent chance of winning the No. 1 overall selection. Regardless, the ping pong balls fell in Cleveland’s favor once again, as they won the NBA Draft lottery and the No. 1 overall pick for the third time in the last four years.

When it was revealed that the Cavs won the No. 1 pick once again, Twitter had a nuclear meltdown. Today, we run down a few NBA player’s reactions to the result of the NBA Draft Lottery.

First up is former Cavaliers No. 1 pick, Kyrie Irving:

Austin Rivers wants to know how the Cavs got yet another No. 1 pick:

Brandon Jennings called it prior to the announcement:

Here are some more reactions:

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