The 7 Luckiest Franchises In Sports

Some professional sports franchises are luckier than others.

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00:00Some professional sports teams are lucky, some aren't so lucky, but today I'm feeling positive,

00:04so I'm going to focus on the lucky ones. So with that being said, here are the seven

00:07luckiest franchises in professional sports. Right off the bat, I'm going to go with the

00:10San Antonio Spurs. They have great timing when it comes to the NBA Draft Lottery. First,

00:14they got Tim Duncan, then they built a dynasty, then they were bad for a little bit, then guess

00:18what? They win the NBA Draft Lottery when Wemby's coming out, a once-in-a-generational talent,

00:22and now they have the number two pick in a very talented draft. The San Antonio Spurs are in a

00:26great spot. Next up, I'm going with the New England Patriots. Literally the greatest player

00:30of all time fell to them in the sixth round. I'm not going to give their front office credit for

00:34that. If they thought he was going to be the best player of all time, they would have taken him in

00:37the first round. They got lucky here. Plus, they also got lucky with the tuck rule. If the tuck rule

00:41was different, they would not have won the Super Bowl. That should have been a fumble. The Pats are

00:45very lucky. Third on the list, I'm going with the Lakers. Every star player in the NBA wants to play

00:49for the Lakers. They don't have to do any convincing when it comes to free agency. I can be the GM. The

00:53Lakers are very lucky. Fourth on the list, I'm going with the Yankees for basically the same

00:56reason. Up until the Mets started spending way more than anyone else, the Yankees could literally

01:00pick a free agent and be like, yeah, we want them, and then get them. The GM doesn't really have to

01:04do anything. They get to play in New York. It's partly because of the history, so they did kind

01:07of earn it. But yes, the Yankees are very lucky. Fifth on the list, I'm going with the Oklahoma City

01:11Thunder. First of all, they're very lucky that the Portland Trailblazers took Greg Oden over Kevin

01:15Durant. They've had great luck in the draft ever since. Russell Westbrook, James Harden, and possibly the

01:20biggest thing that brought them the most luck is that Kawhi Leonard really wanted to put

01:23with Paul George, so the Clippers overpaid for him, sending OKC a bunch of draft picks,

01:27and SGA, who just won MVP. The Thunder are very lucky. Sixth on the list, I'm going with the Green

01:32Bay Packers. They had back-to-back Hall of Fame quarterbacks in Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers,

01:35and on top of that, they were very good at the right time back in the day. So despite being a very

01:39small market team, they have a national fan base. I don't know if they would have survived in Green Bay

01:43if that didn't happen. The Packers are very lucky. And last but not least, I'm going with the

01:47Cleveland Cavaliers. They won the NBA Draft Lottery when LeBron was coming out. That's extremely lucky.

01:51And then when he left to go to Miami, guess what? They get the number one pick again,

01:54and it's Kyrie Irving, which made LeBron want to come back, and then they won a title.

01:58The Cavs are very lucky.