European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and St rifts Mideast edition Page 31 celtics no longer seem to have the Luck of the Irish by Jimmy Golen the associated press All that losing for after spending most of the season in con Tention for Little More than a better position in the Aba the celtics picked up an other loss in the leagues draft lottery on tuesday the fifth Overall pick the worst Case scenario going into the that not where you wanted to see our coach Doc Rivers said at the teams practice facility after the celtics effectively lost their Chance to draft College phenoms Greg Oden or Kevin you had Ping Pong Ball parties in so i think a lot of people allowed them selves to i think were going to have to continue to the lottery format gave the celtics a percent Chance this year of getting the first Overall pick expected to be the Ohio state big Man some Are compar ing to former Boston Star Bill they had an percent Chance of getting the second Likely a Forward from and they had a percent Chance of Landing the 3 which is More wide open but could be North Carolina Forward Brandan when the envelopes were Seattle and Atlanta had jumped Over the celtics and earned the rights to picks Dang that was my first celtics basketball Boss Danny Ainge Hes Rivers added with a i said something but the team with the Shamrock on its uniforms and the Mascot named Lucky appears to have exhausted its Good the celtics Haven won a title since 1986 a Gap twice As Long As the franchises previous championship despite earning their 16th Banner that they had the 2 pick in the draft from a Trade with Seattle and used it to select Maryland Star Len he died of cocaine intoxication less than 48 hours Reggie Lewis was supposed to usher the franchise from the glory Days of Mchale and Parish to the next great he dropped dead during practice in ervice credit Union w is with you whether you Are heading Home or to a new service credit Union moves with you with online banking and Bill accessibility services and shared once a you will never need to close your visit a local Branch and ask about our new military relocation visit us online or Call us Dan military relocation loan West of View pick lottery system not Well liked from Back Page this is not sour it is West i didst expect we would get 1 or just dont like it at no other sport does it this the presence of Oden and Durant created a lot of inter est in the lot More than 100 Media received Cre Oden aver aged re Bounds and blocks de spite being limited for much of the season while recover ing from right wrist Durant led the big 12 with Points and rebounds per and was the a National player of the which had a great draft night in 2006 by getting Roy and Lamarcus Aldridge through had More than Luck on its i have one Lucky my daughter gave it to its a Little Ladybug Pritchard said of his 10yearold Ken it with either Oden or in Terest in the supersonics should pick the sonics Haven been Able to get a new Arena and Arent guaranteed to be in Seattle past next hopefully it gets people More sonics president of basketball operations Lenny Wilkens Seattle has great and like we its not Over until the fat lady the Hawks were the other big Winner moving up one spot saved them from having to Send their pick to the suns As a re sult of the Joe Johnson and Atlanta also picked up Indiana from the Al Harrington Deal since the pacers stayed this gives us a Chance to look at what really need As far As help ing us Progress As a Hawks vice president and former Star Dominique Wilkins this is big for everybody wants the 2 but any time you get in the top three this is monumental for