I Might Be Psychic

I was looking through my archives tonight, trying to find my post from Memorial Day, when I clicked on the May archive and found something I had written following the NBA Draft Lottery about the Boston Celtics and their fifth overall pick in the draft.

Intended to ease the worries of Celtics fans distraught over the team's draft position, the post provided a breakdown of every player chosen fifth overall since 1985 and their career performances in the three major statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists). Taking a quick look back, I realized something weird: while Boston traded its first round selection on draft night, the team's two biggest off-season acquisitions - Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen - were former number five picks themselves. What a coincidence.

In fact, here's what I wrote about Boston's possibilities for draft night:

Basically, this is what it comes down to for the Celtics on draft night:
best case, they end up with Dwyane Wade or Kevin Garnett, a special player who
could make an immediate impact.

When I wrote "they end up with Kevin Garnett", I didn't actually mean they would end up with Kevin Garnett.