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Orlando Magic win 2022 NBA draft lottery, followed by Oklahoma City Thunder; Sacramento Kings jump into top 4

Jamahl Mosley was feeling lucky. Heading into Tuesday night’s NBA draft lottery, the were going to be represented by president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman on stage. But early Tuesday morning, a switch was made because of a feeling Mosley had.So when the lottery took place Tuesday night at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center, it was Mosley who took the stage instead to represent the franchise.Turns out, the audible worked as the Magic won the lottery for the fourth time in franchise history and will pick first in June’s 2022 NBA draft.I haven’t been very good at this,” Weltman told reporters via videoconference. “It’s funny. Coach was feeling lucky and we let him roll the dice and tonight, he’s the coach of the year.”The Kings jumping up knocked out the Pistons, who had the No. 1 overall selection a year ago, into the No. 5 spot.The will draft at No. 6, the first time they’ve had a top-nine pick since 1989. The last time Indiana picked as high as sixth, it took Rik Smits No. 2 overall in 1988.Having on stage didn’t work as a good-luck charm for the , as they slid one spot down to No. 7.Becauspick fell in the top 10 at No. 8, that selection goes to the as part of the trade from the summer of 2019. New Orleans is the only 2022 playoff team currently with a lottery pick.Horford’s absence, meanwhile, comes as a total surprise, with no indication of any issue with the veteran forward until the team announced that he had entered the protocols. Celtics coach Ime Udoka said he initially found out about Horford’s status around 5 p.m. Tuesday. He wouldn’t say if Horford tested positive.As always, we don’t comment on the status of our guys,” Udoka said. “He’s feeling fine. We’ll go from there. Wait to see results and tests and future tests.”Sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that the Celtics are preparing to be without Horford through at least Game 2 on Thursday night.

For a player to return to game action after testing positive, there are two paths: Return two consecutive negative PCR tests at least 24 hours apart; return two consecutive PCR tests sampled at least 24 hours apart with cycle threshold (CT) values greater than 30 beginning no sooner than Day 4 and 5 after initially testing positive.This marks the third time Horford has been placed in the league’s health and safety protocols. He tested positive for COVID-19 during the preseason, and then was placed in the protocols again in December.Smart, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year, suffered the injury in Boston’s Game 7 victory over Milwaukee, when he took a tumble over Bucks superstar

Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a freshman Republican who’s been beset by scandal since taking office last year, has been ousted in a heated primary in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, according to a race call from The Associated Press.

Cawthorn lost to state Sen. Chuck Edwards, who had received the backing of some Republicans who had tired of Cawthorn’s controversies.As of the AP race call, Edwards had received more than 33% of the vote, to Cawthorn’s nearly 32% of the vote. In North Carolina, a winner just needs to cross a 30% threshold in order to avoid a July runoff election.The result is a stunning defeat for Cawthorn, who is a fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump — and who had Trump’s endorsement.Cawthorn also said he takes responsibility for various speeding tickets and for bringing a weapon to the airport, saying, “I forgot to disarm before I went through a TSA checkpoint and that’s my bad, and I have to own that one.”Cawthorn has also faced backlash for calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug” and for referring to those charged in relation to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as “political hostages.”If our election systems continue to be rigged and continue to be stolen, then it’s gonna lead to one place and it’s bloodshed,” Cawthorn said in August at a local GOP event in Macon County, N.C.

A delivery app marketing campaign offering a “free lunch”aka a $15 promo code valid for three hours — sent customers and restaurant workers alike into a spiral on Tuesday as thousands of orders jammed the system and disgruntled New Yorkers tweeted through their hunger pains.GrubHub’s New York City campaign on May 17 touted the physical and mental benefits of eating lunch, but yielded dozens of complaints, cancelled orders and service workers telling BuzzFeed News they were “exhausted” trying to keep up.A worker named Lily in charge of packing orders at a Mexican restaurant in Harlem said since the restaurant’s delivery driver couldn’t keep up with demand, she ordered an Uber and hand-delivered 11 orders herself.INSANITY,” she told BuzzFeed News over textGrubHub told BuzzFeed News that at times during the promotion that ran from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the app was averaging 6,000 orders per minute.It got overwhelming,” said Brandon Ching, who was working the counter at Greenberg’s Bagels, a popular sandwich spot in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. “We were short-staffed today so it really added extra stress to my day.”And customers were frustrated at the delays. Ebenezer Ackon told BuzzFeed News he was in 3,630th place in line to talk to GrubHub’s customer service when he gave up, after waiting more than an hour for food, and went to get something from across the street from his apartment.Blake, who didn’t want to use his last name, said the small Brooklyn cafe he ordered from received 200 orders in five minutes as soon as the promo began, so they reluctantly had to cancel orders — including his.It’s been a complete disaster,” Nathaniel, a Manhattan resident who asked that his last name not be used, told BuzzFeed News. He’d been thrilled that his order from a highly-rated sushi restaurant went through but after an hour of waiting, no response from the restaurant and nothing from GrubHub, he cancelled the order.I hope they get blasted for this extremely poorly thought out promo,” he said.One of BuzzFeed News’ own called Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken in Manhattan to check on her order after it was marked “closed” on the app, and an employee said they had done so to handle the 47 filled orders that hadn’t been picked up.Of course, plenty of customers were thrilled with their “free lunch” — remember that giving a company your email address and phone number, both required to make an order, is a valuable thing for a company to have!

During cross-examination on Tuesday, Heard, 36, was asked by Depp’s lawyer Camille Vasquez about her testimony where she addressed seeking a temporary domestic violence restraining order on May 27, 2016, so she could change the locks.Heard had said Monday that she was “falling apart” and having difficulty sleeping because of panic attacks over Depp entering the residence she was staying. She testified that building staff would let him in even if she requested he not be allowed.Vasquez then asked why Heard “felt comfortable having James Franco over the evening of May 22, 2016, Ms. Heard?” Heard responded, “I do not know when James came over,” to which the attorney said, “Okay, let’s remind you.” She then played elevator surveillance footage of Heard and Franco with the timestamp of May 22, 2016, at about 11 p.m. on their way up to her penthouse.Heard confirmed that it was Franco in the video and that they were going to her penthouse. “That’s where I lived, yes,” she said, adding that she is unsure what she knew of Depp’s schedule at the time, when asked if she was aware her husband would be out of town.The actress filed for divorce from Depp the following day, May 23, 2016. (She and Depp met while making the 2011 film The Rum Diary, and later wed in 2015.)During redirect, Heard explained about Franco, “He was my friend. And he lived next door, quite literally next door. And I, frankly, had exhausted my support network with my usual friends and was happy to welcome as much friendship at that time as I could possibly get.In her testimony Heard explained that she was “close” friends with Franco, whom she made two movies with. She also claimed that Depp would often get jealous and accuse her of having affairs with her costars and didn’t want her to continue acting.Depp, 58, has testified that he thought she and Franco were having an affair.


It got overwhelming,” said Brandon Ching, who was working the counter at Greenberg’s Bagels, a popular sandwich spot in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. “We were short-staffed today so it really added extra stress to my day.”And customers were frustrated at the delays. Ebenezer Ackon told BuzzFeed News he was in 3,630th place in line to talk to GrubHub’s customer service when he gave up, after waiting more than an hour for food, and went to get something from across the street from his apartment.Blake, who didn’t want to use his last name, said the small Brooklyn cafe he ordered from received 200 orders in five minutes as soon as the promo began, so they reluctantly had to cancel orders — including his.It’s been a complete disaster,” Nathaniel, a Manhattan resident who asked that his last name not be used, told BuzzFeed News. He’d been thrilled that his order from a highly-rated sushi restaurant went through but after an hour of waiting, no response from the restaurant and nothing from GrubHub, he cancelled the order.I hope they get blasted for this extremely poorly thought out promo,” he said.One of BuzzFeed News’ own called Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken in Manhattan to check on her order after it was marked “closed” on the app, and an employee said they had done so to handle the 47 filled orders that hadn’t been picked up.Of course, plenty of customers were thrilled with their “free lunch”

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