#SLOE: People's Basketball Sim League

Good Evening, tonight begins the first of two days coverage of the 2000 NBA draft Lottery. Lets look at the events surrounding the draft:

Sunday: Draft and Draft Lottery Preview Show

Monday 6PM: NBA Draft Lottery with 2 musical guests

Monday (Post Lotto) Into Tuesday 8 AM (Official Start) 2000 NBA Draft

With that, lets head to Van Memphis GM Enrique to kick off our Draft Lotto Pre-Show

Enrique: Good evening, welcome to the 2000 Draft Lottery Pre-Show. Before we even begin, as is customary, we'd like to congratulate the Los Angeles Lakers and their GM BallsoHard on their championship season. It was a great run and we look forward to what they can do next season.

Enrique: However, tonight is not about the past or the present, but rather, it is about the future. As we close the book on one season, we begin to look ahead to the next chapter of our league, as tonight we begin what will decide the selection order of the teams vying for the future talents and superstars of SLOE in the 2000 NBA Draft. Tonight, we will examine the top three prospects and the top three possible destinations for those prospects. All that and more, right after this:

Enrique: Welcome back to the 2000 NBA Draft Lotto Pre-Show. We'd like to kick off our first segment looking at the three teams that are vying for the top three picks.
First Team up, the Orlando Magic. One year ago, this team nearly reached the pinnacle of the sport as they reached the 98-99 NBA Finals squaring off against the Warriors and losing to them in 5 short games. Shortly thereafter, GM Coltsguy began a systematic demolition of his team. While he brought back Jerry Stackhouse, the key components of his Eastern Conference Championship run were gone. With three draft picks in this draft and some cap space, CG is hoping to make a splash and jumpstart his rebuilding process with a top talent in this draft.
Next up is the Wizards, via the formerly protected pick of the New York Knicks. After an error with a former trade, GM Xist was able to pay cash to unprotect this valued pick. While there are still some vets in Washington, the youth movement has certainly started, bringing in young players like Lamar Odom, Rashard Lewis, and Michael Olowakandi and 3 more picks currently slotted in the 2-17 pick range. Will any of these picks move up? There is certainly potential growing in the Wizards organization
Finally, the Seattle SuperSonics. A team that was certainly in disarray as former GM Trell, looked to start over, selling off talent for space and cap room. With a whopping 5 draft picks, more than 30 million in cap room, and only carrying 2nd year forward Wally Szczerbiak on their roster, the people of Seattle are hoping more than anything to land this pick. They need to be, because the better their picks land, the quicker the rebuilding process can even begin in Seattle

Enrique: We'll be right back with more after this commercial break:

Enrique: Welcome back. We wanted to now announce our not one, but two (!!!!) musical acts for tomorrow night. You can look forward to them interrupting at inopportune times and right at the height of drama. Ladies and gentlemen, two of the hottest acts in music right now, their albums, No Strings Attached and Country Grammar were both released earlier this year, and they both look to be able to top the charts this year, N*SYNC AND NELLY!!!!!!!!!!


Enrique: Thank you guys, we look forward to seeing you all tomorrow night for the festivities. Now onto the player highlights.

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Rockets are represented today by Ruben Patterson.

Pistons owner, sort of here, sort of not. You know.

Enrique: Good Evening, and welcome to the 2000 NBA Draft Lotto. Before introducing our musical acts for the night once again, I'd like to reveal the order for those not in the Lotto

TrayWithAnA wrote:Pistons owner, sort of here, sort of not. You know.

Enrique: I'm not sure who that person is, security, please remove him

78# wrote:

Rockets are represented today by Ruben Patterson.

Enrique: Security can you also remove Ruben, he's bumming me out AND he's representing the Rockets, so just take him away too. Well, sorry everyone for that delay, but it takes us right into our first commercial break, we'll be back right after this:

Enrique: Welcome back! As I was saying before the security issues, we are now going to reveal the slots for picks outside of the draft lottery:

14.*Seattle Supersonics (From DEN)
15.*Miami Heat
16.*Seattle Supersonics (From ATL)
17.*Phoenix Suns
18.*Washington Wizards (From CHA)
19.*Indiana Pacers
20.*Detroit Pistons (From UTA)
21.*New Jersey Nets
22.*Minnesota Timberwolves
23.*Dallas Mavericks (From TOR)
24.*Seattle Supersonics (From BOS)
25.*Chicago Bulls (From MIL)
26.*Orlando Magic (From GSW)
27.*Orlando Magic (From DAL)
28.*Milwaukee Bucks (From LAL)
29.*Sacramento Kings

Enrique: And now I would like to re-introduce our musical guests for tonight, two of the hottest acts in music right now, their albums, No Strings Attached and Country Grammar were both released earlier this year, and they both look to be able to top the charts this year, N*SYNC AND NELLY!!!!!!!!!!
Enrique: Performing first tonight, please welcome to the stage N*Sync!!!

Enrique: Alrgiht, welcome back and thank you N*Sync for that performance, Nelly will be taking the stage before the next commercial break. Oh, thats now? Ladies and gentlemen, NELLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This live show is making up for the lack of depth in the draft itself.

TrayWithAnA wrote:This live show is making up for the lack of depth in the draft itself.

Enrique: We do what we can random person with a Pistons hat on

Enrique: Welcome back again and thank you Nelly! We will now begin to reveal the results of the NBA Draft Lotto. But first, a quick look at the current standing draft order in the Draft Preview page:

1 Supersonics
2 Wizards (From Knicks)
3 Magic
4 Bulls
5 Trailblazers
6 Pistons
7 Wizards (From Rockets)
8 Hawks (From 76ers)
9 Rockets (From Grizzlies)
10 Clippers
11 Rockets (From Wizards)
12 Rockets (From Spurs)
13 Supersonics (From Cavaliers)

Enrique: And now, without any further ado, we will begin to reveal the lottery results.

Enrique: With that, we have reached the top 10 picks and our next musical performance by N*Sync!!!!!!!!!

Enrique:Welcome back once again to the 2000 NBA Draft Lotto. We're really getting into it now as we've now reached the top 10 picks. With that, lets find out who's next.

Enrique: And now we head to another commercial break. Thanks Nelly!!!