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Pre-Draft odds: 1.52% (worst odds)
The Magic, having just joined the league in 1989, had won the Draft Lottery the previous year. After picking dominant big man and future Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal with the No. 1 pick in 1992, the franchise posted their (then) best record and first non-losing season by going 41-41.
After being tied for the eighth and final playoff spot in the East with the Indiana Pacers, they missed out on the postseason due to a tiebreaker. Thus, they were owners of the best record among the non-playoff teams and had the least chances of landing the No. 1 pick.
Impact of Lottery win
Despite the odds, just three years after the weighted lottery was adopted, the Magic were the beneficiary of a huge upset as they won the 1993 Draft Lottery. In fact, their win is the biggest upset in NBA Draft Lottery history.
With the No. 1 pick, they picked Chris Webber but traded him to the Golden State Warriors, owners of the No. 3 pick, for Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway and three future first-round draft picks. The duo of O'Neal and Hardaway transformed the franchise into one of the best in the league.
Over a three-year stint (1993-96), the franchise's best at that time and second-best ever, the Magic won a combined 167 games (67.9 percent) including the franchise's only 60-win campaign and the first of two NBA Finals trips.
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San Francisco Giants: Acquire Max Scherzer
There are the usual minor upgrade candidates here -- relievers, maybe a second baseman or outfield depth -- but as this dream season continues, why not think, "How can we beat the Dodgers?" And that means getting the biggest potential difference-maker out there, and that's Scherzer. The rotation ERA has gone from 2.29 in April to 3.46 in May to 4.52 in June, so it's time to add somebody as the starters other than Kevin Gausman cool down. Farhan Zaidi has done a great job rebuilding the farm system to the point where there is depth to keep Marco Luciano and Joey Bart and still make a deal.
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Comparing spin per mph from June 13th, the date the memo dropped, until now, it looks like 32 pitchers, or 8.4%, are down two standard deviations in spin. 101, or 27%, are down one standard deviation. Also only one day into the ‘enforcement window.’ 6/22/21, 9:00 AM
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Julianna Zobrist Was Allegedly Banging The Family Pastor After Her Husband Ben Won A World Series MVP For The Chicago Cubs barstoolsports.c
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HENDERSON, Nev. -- Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib on Monday became the first active NFL player to come out as gay.
Nassib, 28, made the announcement in an Instagram post.
"What's up people?" Nassib posted. "I'm at my house here in West Chester, Pennsylvania. I just want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. I've been meaning to do this for a while now, but I finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest. I really have the best life, I've got the best family, friends and job a guy could ask for.
"I'm a pretty private person so I hope you guys know that I'm really not doing this for attention. I just think that representation and visibility are so important. I actually hope that like one day, videos like this and the whole coming-out process are just not necessary. But until then, I'm going to do my best and do my part to cultivate a culture that's accepting, that's compassionate and I'm going to start by donating $100,000 to the Trevor Project."
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Vikings’ rookie DT Jaylen Twyman was shot in the arm, leg, buttocks and shoulder, per his agent Drew Rosenhaus.. Twyman is expected to be released from the hospital this week and “there doesn’t appear to be any long-term injuries that would prohibit him from playing this season.” 6/22/21, 5:23 AM
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Chiefs star Frank Clark was arrested on Sunday for allegedly having an Uzi in his Lambo SUV, per @TMZHe was booked on a felony illegal possession of a firearm charge pic.twitter.com/
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Emergency crew rescues sex doll after mistaking it for drowning woman trib.al/EiLNyyx pic.twitter.com/
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