Time to scrap the NBA lottery

Lakers president Magic Johnson, center, celebrates after getting the No. 2 overall pick for the 2017 draft. Johnson is flanked by Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck and 76ers center Joel Embiid. [PHOTO BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]ESPN's Cassidy Hubbarth breathlessly introduced the team representatives for the NBA Lottery Show on Tuesday night. You'd have thought she was announcing the dignitaries to sign the Treaty of Versailles.

Hubbarth had to dramatize the names. This was a 30-minute show with 75 seconds of drama. Ever how long it takes to open 13 envelopes. And this lottery show had better theater than most, considering there was much at stake. Would the stately Celtics get the overall No. 1…