Celtics have no need for Lottery luck charms this year

With the Celtics not in the draft lottery, we won’t get another glimpse of co-owner Steve Pagliuca’s ceramic rooster, which he brought with him on stage at last year’s lottery for good luck.The NBA Draft Lottery takes place Tuesday night and the Celtics will not be participating. What does that mean beyond the fact that the Celtics were good enough to avoid a trip to Times Square in the spring time?

It means that we won’t get another glimpse of co-owner Steve Pagliuca’s ceramic rooster, which he pack into a suitcase and brought with him to last year’s lottery for good luck. The figurine, a symbol of good luck in Portugal, was given to Pagliuca by Robert Sherman, the U.S. ambassador to that…