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2014 NBA Draft: Boston Celtics Draft Day Survival Guide!

By Richard Spalding

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It’s here, Boston Celtics fans!!

The 2014 NBA Draft is finally upon us, along with all the hopes, wishes, dreams, unreal expectations, potential angry outbursts, and certain drunkenness that go hand-in-hand with the big day!

Cleveland is still thinking it should keep that first draft pick, eh?  How quaint!

And entirely idiotic.

In order to help you make sense of today, I have whipped up this handy little survival guide.  No – don’t thank me yet!  Wait until the day is done, and you’re still one of the survivors.

What: The 2014 NBA Draft

When: Coverage begins at 7 p.m. Eastern Time

Where: ESPN

Live Stream: WATCH ESPN

How it Works: The NBA Draft is unique, in that, out of the “Big 4” of American professional sports (MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA), the NBA draft is the only one that requires one evening to complete.  There are only two rounds in the NBA Draft, as compared to MLB’s 40, and the 7 rounds that make up both the NFL and NHL drafts.

There will be a total of 60 picks made tonight – barring trades, this will be the order of tonight’s draft, courtesy of Wikipedia:

Rnd.PickTeam
11Cleveland Cavaliers
12Milwaukee Bucks
13Philadelphia 76ers
14Orlando Magic
15Utah Jazz
16Boston Celtics
17Los Angeles Lakers
18Sacramento Kings
19Charlotte Hornets (from Detroit)9
110Philadelphia 76ers (from New Orleans)10
111Denver Nuggets
112Orlando Magic (from New York via Denver)12
113Minnesota Timberwolves
114Phoenix Suns
115Atlanta Hawks
116Chicago Bulls (from Charlotte)16
117Boston Celtics (from Brooklyn)17
118Phoenix Suns (from Washington)18
119Chicago Bulls
120Toronto Raptors
121Oklahoma City Thunder (from Dallas via L.A. Lakersand Houston)21
122Memphis Grizzlies
123Utah Jazz (from Golden State)23
124Charlotte Hornets (from Portland)24
125Houston Rockets
126Miami Heat
127Phoenix Suns (from Indiana)27
128Los Angeles Clippers
129Oklahoma City Thunder
130San Antonio Spurs
231Milwaukee Bucks
232Philadelphia 76ers
233Cleveland Cavaliers (from Orlando)33
234New York Knicks (from Boston via Dallas)34
235Utah Jazz
236Milwaukee Bucks (from L.A. Lakers via Phoenix andMinnesota)36
237Toronto Raptors (from Sacramento)37
238Detroit Pistons
239Philadelphia 76ers (from Cleveland)39
240Minnesota Timberwolves (from New Orleans)40
241Denver Nuggets
242Houston Rockets (from New York)42
243Atlanta Hawks
244Minnesota Timberwolves44
245Charlotte Hornets
246Washington Wizards
247Philadelphia 76ers (from Brooklyn via Boston andDallas)47
248Milwaukee Bucks (from Toronto via Phoenix)48
249Chicago Bulls
250Phoenix Suns
251New York Knicks (from Dallas)51
252Philadelphia 76ers (from Memphis via Cleveland)52
253Minnesota Timberwolves (from Golden State)53
254Philadelphia 76ers (from Houston via Milwaukee)54
255Miami Heat
256Denver Nuggets (from Portland)56
257Indiana Pacers
258San Antonio Spurs (from L.A. Clippers via New Orleans)58
259Toronto Raptors (from Oklahoma City via New York)59
260San Antonio Spurs

As you can see, the Boston Celtics will pick twice tonight, each time in the first round.  The Celtics own the sixth pick in the draft, which is the highest the Celtics have picked since they drafted Jeff Green fifth back in 2007.  Remember – he was traded immediately as part of the deal that brought Kevin Garnett to Titletown . . . only to be traded back to the Celtics by the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Kendrick Perkins and Nate Robinson.

The Celtics also hold the seventeenth pick in the draft, and with many players who could have been top ten players in previous drafts expected to left on the board at this point, Boston stands to be a stronger team when it is all said and done tonight.

We’ll be providing you with more draft-day coverage than you could possibly want or need all day long here at Hardwood Houdini, so keep checking in, and make sure you follow us on Twitter @houdiniceltics!  Let’s go, Boston!

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