Tonight, the Pistons will be one of the 14 teams crossing their fingers, rubbing their lucky rabbit feet, etc., hoping to land the No. 1 overall pick and the right to draft #unibrow. The Pistons are currently in the No. 9 spot, so their odds are not good, but they're better than four other teams. They have a 6.1-percent chance of landing in the top three and a 1.7-percent chance of the No. 1 overall pick. The Pistons have a better chance of winding up with a pick worse than the No. 9. (After the jump is a chart I pulled from Wikipedia with all the odds.)
Brandon Knight will be the team's representative at the event.
WHAT: 2012 NBA Draft Lottery
WHERE: Times Square, New York City
WHEN: May 30, 2012 (that's today)
TIME: 8 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN
We'll likely put up a lottery thread closer to the show, but in case that doesn't happen this can also be used. While you wait, make sure you check out Kevin's Round 1 big board.
| eed | Chances | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th |
| 1 | 250 | .250 | .215 | .178 | .357 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 199 | .199 | .188 | .171 | .319 | .123 | |||||||||
| 3 | 156 | .156 | .157 | .156 | .226 | .265 | .040 | ||||||||
| 4 | 119 | .119 | .126 | .133 | .099 | .351 | .160 | .012 | |||||||
| 5 | 88 | .088 | .097 | .107 | .261 | .360 | .084 | .004 | |||||||
| 6 | 63 | .063 | .071 | .081 | .439 | .305 | .040 | .001 | |||||||
| 7 | 43 | .043 | .049 | .058 | .599 | .232 | .018 | .000 | |||||||
| 8 | 28 | .028 | .033 | .039 | .724 | .168 | .008 | .000 | |||||||
| 9 | 17 | .017 | .020 | .024 | .813 | .122 | .004 | .000 | |||||||
| 10 | 11 | .011 | .013 | .016 | .870 | .089 | .002 | .000 | |||||||
| 11 | 8 | .008 | .009 | .012 | .907 | .063 | .001 | .000 | |||||||
| 12 | 7 | .007 | .008 | .010 | .935 | .039 | .000 | ||||||||
| 13 | 6 | .006 | .007 | .009 | .960 | .018 | |||||||||
| 14 | 5 | .005 | .006 | .007 | .982 |