We're all familiar with the Nuggets dubious history with the NBA Draft Lottery. But the Warriors are living proof that a bad lottery night can be overcome with great drafting.
While watching NBATV on Sunday morning - two days before the much anticipated 2016 NBA Draft Lottery - I caught an episode of "Warriors Ground", a series produced locally by the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors that gives Warriors and NBA fans alike a behind-the-scenes look inside the organization. The episode I happened to watch was number six, titled "The Vision", and it begins in 2009 when the Warriors drafted Stephen Curry seventh overall and follows the many events that followed, including the sale of the franchise to Peter Guber and Joe Lacob in 2010, the hiring of "The Logo" Jerry West as an executive board member in 2011 (and West's hiring soon thereafter of current GM Bob Myers), the drafting of Klay Thompson 11th overall in 2011 and the incredible 2012 NBA Draft when the Warriors drafted Harrison Barnes seventh, Festus Ezeli 30th and Draymond Green 35th overall.