NBA Players react to Cavaliers receiving No. 1 overall pick
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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:
@KyrieIrving smdh.....a man how y'all doing this ish over there?!
— Austin Rivers (@AustinRivers25) May 21, 2014
Brandon Jennings called it prior to the announcement:
Here are some more reactions:
Lol
— DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins) May 21, 2014
I'm honestly not surprised
— DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins) May 21, 2014
Cavs in the top 3.. Bout to get #1.. U heard it here first IF it happens.. #haha
— Patrick Patterson (@pdpatt) May 21, 2014
I CALLED IT HAHAHA. How crazy is this.. 1.7% chance.
— Patrick Patterson (@pdpatt) May 21, 2014
How many number one picks is Cleveland gonna get smh... Yes I'm hating
— Ty Lawson (@TyLawson3) May 21, 2014
Again?!?!
— Nicolas Batum (@nicolas88batum) May 21, 2014
“@ChrisHarrisJr: How cavs get the #1 pick every year” lol foreal 👀👀👀
— Xavier Henry (@XavierHenry) May 21, 2014