A Utah Jazz Fan’s NBA Draft Lottery Roller Coaster

So the NBA Draft Lottery took place Tuesday night, giving fans of the league’s non-playoff teams a few, brief moments to hope for a little luck in rebuilding their franchises. Most of those hopeful fans will have their dreams dashed in short order, but invariably someone will, quite literally, win the lottery.

As a lifelong Utah Jazz supporter, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t doing all I could to ensure our boys blue, green and gold were the recipients of fortunate tidings. These esoteric rituals included (but were not limited to) rubbing my a miniature Buddha sculpture and listening to Madonna’s 1983 classic “Lucky Star as ESPN’s broadcast approached–

So, with the good mojo seemingly…