Golden State Warriors Hoping Shark Tooth and Dumb Luck Wins Them NBA Lottery

The Golden State Warriors are not going to leave the NBA Lottery to chance, ensuring success with a shark tooth and some lucky coin.

No, I did not make this up. 

The Basketball Jones directs our attention to an odd story of co-owners believing in magic and thinking they may have a chance to thwart bad luck. 

I guess they never read the fine print when they purchased the Warriors. 

The full report comes courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle. It's heart-warming, the ridiculous things these rich people will believe. 

Let's begin with co-owner Peter Guber, who has a shark tooth he believes will bring him untold riches—or a very nice spot in the NBA Draft. 

The lottery is on Wednesday, and the owner is heading to New York armed with a huge tooth:

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Guber was given a massive tooth from a great white shark several years back. He said it's much larger than the normal size, measuring almost 3 inches in length and weighing nearly 2 pounds.

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Not sure how that makes the tooth lucky. If a human is armed with one huge tooth, he is scoffed at and ridiculed all the way to the orthodontist. 

This poor shark must have been the laughing stock of the ocean. But Guber has some fairly sound logic:

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It brought me the Warriors, so why can't it bring the Warriors a pick?

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Ah, it brought him the Warriors. I would call that horrible luck, but we should move on. 

There is a scary question that I really didn't want to trouble Warriors fans with. What if this shark tooth, which I am confident is very magical, doesn't work?

There is a back-up plan, and it comes in the form of a even more magical lucky coin. 

General manager Bob Myers will bring a coin with him when he represents the team this week. It was given to the team by Cache Creek Casino Resort chairman Marshall McKay. Myers stated:  

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I'm open to more suggestions, but this seems pretty serious. If it works, it's even more serious. Any time you're dealing with chance, there are a lot of outcomes that you like and some that you don't. That's part of the enjoyment from the fans' perspective, but from an organizational standpoint, it's not enjoyable. It's stressful.

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I don't see how any of this fails. 

I would have rather seen these lucky charms get the teams more wins or Stephen Curry a healthy ankle, but I am glad the Warriors decided to save them for this specific moment. 

When the Warriors inch closer to a momentous pick, you will all know that it's because of an awkward shark that lost its tooth, a coin that was blessed with amazing powers or both. 

They can't lose. 

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