Celtics, with Nets pick, win Draft Lottery

And the first pick in the 2017 NBA Draft goes to ... Not the Nets.

Instead, the Celtics, the team that scammed the Nets in the 2013 trade, won the overall No. 1 pick. The pick is the next to last payment in the trade that brought Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry to the Nets. Next year’s first round pick, also unprotected, goes to Boston.

To make matters worse, Pierce tweeted out his feelings.

The Lakers finished second and the 76ers third, part of a swap with the Kings. The Kings in fact may be the biggest winner other than the Celtics and Lakers, taking home the fifth and tenth pick.

Other teams with two picks in the draft include the Nets, Trail Blazers, Lakers, Magic and Jazz.

Here’s the full Draft order... thanks to Zags Blog.

1. Boston (from Brooklyn)
2. Los Angeles Lakers
3. Philadelphia (from Sacramento)
4. Phoenix
5. Sacramento (from Philadelphia)
6. Orlando
7. Minnesota
8. New York
9. Dallas
10. Sacramento (from New Orleans)
11. Charlotte
12. Detroit
13. Denver
14. Miami
15. Portland
16. Chicago
17. Milwaukee
18. Indiana
19. Atlanta
20. Portland (from Memphis via Denver and Cleveland)
21. Oklahoma City
22. Brooklyn (from Washington)
23. Toronto (from LA Clippers via Milwaukee)
24. Utah
25. Orlando (from Toronto)
26. Portland (from Cleveland)
27. Brooklyn (from Boston)
28. Los Angeles Lakers (from Houston)
29. San Antonio
30. Utah (from Golden State)
31. Atlanta (from Brooklyn)
32. Phoenix
33. Orlando (from Los Angeles Lakers)
34. Sacramento (from Philadelphia via New Orleans)
35. Orlando
36. Philadelphia (from New York via Utah and Toronto)
37. Boston (from Minnesota via Phoenix)
38. Chicago (from Sacramento via Cleveland)
39. Philadelphia (from Dallas)
40. New Orleans
41. Charlotte
42. Utah (from Detroit)
43. Houston (from Denver)
44. New York (from Chicago)
45. Houston (from Portland)
46. Philadelphia (from Miami via Atlanta)
47. Indiana
48. Milwaukee
49. Denver (from Memphis via Oklahoma City)
50. Philadelphia (from Atlanta)
51. Denver (from Oklahoma City)
52. Washington
53. Boston (from Cleveland)
54. Phoenix (from Toronto)
55. Utah
56. Boston (from LA Clippers)
57. Brooklyn (from Boston)
58. New York (from Houston)
59. San Antonio
60. Atlanta (from Golden State via Philadelphia and Utah)

With the 22nd, 27th and 57th picks, the Nets are 17th in Tankathon’s draft power rankings. The Kings with the fifth, tenth and 34th picks are ranked first.

• N.B.A. Draft Lottery: Celtics, Already No. 1 in the East, Add Pick No. 1 - Mike Vorkunov - New York Times
• Nets get the worst possible result to a deal they already lost - Brian Lewis - New York Post
• Paul Pierce twists knife on Nets with brutal lottery tweet - New York Post
• NBA mock draft: Celtics grab Fultz, Lakers snag Ball and Knicks pick … - Fred Kerber - New York Post
• Nets eye this Latvian big man as Kristaps Porzingis answer - Brian Lewis - New York Post
• NBA Draft Lottery: Nets’ disastrous 2013 trade stings again - Greg Logan - Newsday
• Celtics earn No. 1 pick at NBA Draft lottery, which originally belonged to Nets - Daniel Popper - New York Daily News
• Boston Celtics get top pick in NBA draft thanks to Nets trade - Ohm Youngmisuk - ESPN
• Celtics' Danny Ainge: Getting top pick 'very fun' as patience pays off - Chris Forsberg - ESPN
• Paul Pierce jokes that No. 1 pick was his retirement gift to Celtics - Des Bieler - Washington Post
• The Celtics won the 2017 NBA draft lottery, and the No. 1 pick in the 2017 draft - Dan Devine - Yahoo! Sports
• Winners And Losers From The NBA Draft Lottery - Ben Golliver - Sports Illustrated
• Paul Pierce on Boston Celtics winning 2017 NBA Draft lottery: 'Look what I leave behind for the Celts' - Tom Westerholm - Springfield Republican
• Paul Pierce is still delivering for the Celtics, even in retirement - Sean Smyth & Jason Tuohey - Boston Globe
• PAUL PIERCE TWEETS HE GAVE CELTICS TOP PICK ON HIS WAY OUT - D.J. Bean - Comcast Sports Net