As many of you may (or may not) know tonight is the 2010 NBA Lottery, one of the more underrated events in the NBA. It has everything you could ask for: drama, mystery, comedy and sports wrapped into one. It’s one of those events that you can get into whether your team is involved in it or not. Although…it’s much more stressful when your team is involved. Believe me, I think 90% of Blazer Nation were complete emotional wrecks in the buildup to the 2007 Lottery. In recent years, ESPN has turned the unintentional humor/entertainment up another notch by bringing the top 2-3 teams representatives on stage so we can all see their raw emotions. Myself, I have always been captivated by the Lottery. Growing up as a kid I thought the ping-pong balls were fun and always wanted to play with the machines. As I grew older, it was the reactions of GMs or teams randomly sending players to represent them. The mystique surrounding the envelopes always gets me.

(And yes I will use any excuse to fit a Public Enemy lyric into a blog post. For more nonsense and my lottery picks click ‘Continue Reading’ after the jump.)

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