Hornets Win NBA Draft Lottery, Will Pick No. 1

Over at SB Nation’s AtTheHive.com, our own Royan Cruyff has already become enamored by the unibrow and is encouraging Hornets fans do the same and brow down.

Over on Twitter, Cruyff is continuing to display an uncanny ability to eloquently articulate his feelings and excitement for the Hornets. This was what his Twitter feed looked like just moments after the Hornets logo was unveiled from the envelope announcing the No. 1 pick:

The Hornets lost the coin flip, and got the second set of combinations. The winning combination -- the one that will station Anthony Davis in New Orleans for the next several years -- came from that set.

Alas, a lucky coin flip turned out to be just the opposite, and New Orleans will reap the rewards.

For more on the Bobcats, visit Rufus On Fire. Pray for Cardboard Gerald.

Here’s the full draft order for the first round.

1. New Orleans

Wojnarowski reported that even if the Nets win the No. 1 overall pick in Wednesday night’s 2012 NBA Draft lottery, Williams may look to play somewhere else next season. Wojnarowski also reported that New Jersey would be willing to deal consensus first overall pick Anthony Davis out of Kentucky in an effort to acquire Howard.

For more on Williams and the Nets, head over to the SB Nation blog NetsDaily and check out SBN New York.

Therefore, let’s take a quick look back at the last two mock drafts from our own Tom Ziller. Here’s who Ziller had each team taking.

(Note: Ziller’s May 15 mock draft predicted the lottery, while his May 7 mock draft was ordered by worst record).

The Nets remain committed to acquiring Howard, so much so that they would even be willing to part with Davis in a trade if that’s what it takes, reports Wojnarowski.

For more on the Nets, visit Nets Daily and SB Nation New York.

Wednesday’s 2012 NBA Draft Lottery will determine who David Stern loves most will win dibs on Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Thomas Robinson ... and who will face ulcer-forming decisions like “can we straighten out Andre Drummond?” and “Harrison Barnes is a better pro than college player, right?” As such, this is a Big Deal for NBA team bloggers; what happens on Wednesday sets the course of discussion for the next month. Fans of the lotto winner will start planning 2016 championship parades. Fans of the No. 4 squad will brace for civil war.

In other words, this is the best time of year to blog about a bad team.