The Brooklyn Nets appeared to fulfill the wants of almost every person in the Nets fanbase earlier this week when governor Joe Tsai announced that Bruce “Mr. Whammy” Reznick was invited to attend the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery. While Reznick can’t sit on Brooklyn’s podium due to NBA rules, him being invited is exciting to everyone with a stake in the Nets’ Lottery pick, including Reznick himself.
“If I only knew. I just got a call that they selected me,” Reznick said when asked by CJ Holmes of the New York Daily News how the entire invitation process went down. Tsai announced Monday on his X account that Reznick was being invited to attend the Lottery that will be held in Chicago, Illinois on May. 10 and the hope from the fanbase is that Mr. Whammy brings the franchise some luck in an important summer.
“Lemme tell you, my wife is up in heaven for two years. We never missed a game from Jersey to Brooklyn in 30 years. She’ll take care of that to make sure we get some players that can really help us greatly,” Reznick said, per Holmes, on the prospect of the fandom that he and his deceased wife, Judy, shared. “As far as I’m concerned, we’re a world champion every game, every year. I love them. If they lose, I love them. If they win, I love them.”
The Nets finished the 2025-26 NBA season with the third-worst record in the league (20-62), meaning they are tied with the Washington Wizards and Indiana Pacers for the highest odds of getting the No. 1 overall pick (14.0%). While Brooklyn would be hoping to not fall out of the top-3 so they have the chance of drafting one of the generational talents in BYU forward AJ Dybantsa, Kansas guard Darryn Peterson, or Duke forward Cameron Boozer.
Last year, the Nets went into the Lottery with the sixth-worst record, but they fell two spots to the eighth overall pick which they used to select BYU guard Egor Demin. This time around, Brooklyn could get the No. 1 pick, but they could also fall as far as the No. 7 pick so the hope is that Mr. Whammy would be able to bring the organization some good luck for once in awhile.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets superfan “Mr. Whammy” reacts to invitation to NBA Draft Lottery
Reporting by Sharif Phillips-Keaton, Nets Wire / Nets Wire
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