NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Karma's a chameleon; it comes and goes (whoa, whoa). Before Thursday afternoon, the Kansas City Monarchs found nothing but misfortune in the COMO draft lottery. In the 2014 lottery, KC — projected to receive the No. 1 pick — fell to No. 4. The 2015 lottery was even worse; a rash of demerits dumped the hapless Monarchs to No. 10. But after failing to repeat their first-ever playoff appearance, the Monarchs have apparently been saved by the spirit of Johnny Cash. Commissioner Alex Smith and his wife, Bridget, conducted the 2017 lottery with the help of an acoustic guitar and a Cash soundtrack. Each of the five lottery teams — Colorado, Kansas City, Manhattan, Paisley Park and Sunnyvale — was represented by a crumpled ball of paper and tossed into the guitar. Smith was supposed to shake the paper onto a framed photo of Cash, but only four emerged. The fifth was swallowed by the guitar and could not be located. Thinking on the fly, Smith declared that the missing team would receive the No. 1 pick, with the other four scraps competing for spots Nos. 2-5 (the deciding factor: how close were they to Cash's head?). By process of elimination, Kansas City learned that its ball of paper was the one stuck in the guitar, and now the Monarchs have roughly one month to decide what they'll do with the top spot. Here is the official 2017 draft order: 1. Kansas City 2. Manhattan 3. Paisley Park 4. Sunnyvale 5. Colorado 6. Duval United 7. Minneapolis 8. Chaska 9. Manhattan (from Shorewood) 10. Sunnyvale (from Minnesnowta) 11. Sunnyvale (from Newport Beach via St. Louis) 12. Manhattan (from St. Louis) -- 13. Kansas City 14. Manhattan 15. Paisley Park 16. Sunnyvale 17. Colorado 18. Duval United 19. Minneapolis 20. Chaska 21. Kansas City (from Shorewood) 22. St. Louis (from Minnesnowta) 23. Newport Beach 24. Paisley Park (from St. Louis) Notes
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