Luke Walton is still the assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors as they fight to become back-to-back NBA champions, but next season he will be the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, basically starting from scratch. The Lakers needed to place in the top 3 of the draft lottery or their pick would go to the Phoenix Suns via the previous trade for Steve Nash. The Warriors decided to play a prank on their coach before he flies the coop.
(Photos) NBA: Did Dikembe Mutombo Reveal the Draft Lottery is Rigged?
On Tuesday at 4:36 p.m., former NBA player and Sixer Dikembe Mutombo tweeted out (then quickly deleted) an old picture of himself and Allen Iverson and congratulated the Philadelphia 76ers on getting the No. 1 pick in the upcoming 2016 draft. There was one problem… the Draft Lottery wasn’t scheduled until 8 p.m that night.
