The Boston Celtics hoped the end of the 2018-19 regular season would bring clarity to the status of the pick owed to them by the Memphis Grizzlies, but, like almost everything else this season, a monkey wrench was thrown into the works.
That monkey wrench, a three-way tie between the Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans, and Dallas Mavericks in the seventh through ninth place-slots, will be determined via drawing this Friday after the league's Board of Governors meeting.
Should the Griz get slotted anywhere but ninth, the pick will remain with the team, becoming either a 2019-20 first round pick protected 1-6, or an unprotected 2020-21 first.