"The NBA draft lottery is Sunday. It could be boring. It may reward tanking. Nobody knows. The story will be told by four ping-pong balls, plucked out of a hopper in a secure room, with sequestered onlookers from each of the involved teams and a few members of the media looking on. Those balls will create a four-digit combination that will match one previously assigned to the lottery teams, and with that, somebody wins the No. 1 pick in next month's draft."
"Washington, Brooklyn and Indiana all have the best odds of winning the No. 1 pick - 14% each. Those aren't great odds, of course. Washington went 3-26 after the All-Star break, a stretch that included giving up an 83-point game to Miami's Bam Adebayo. The Wizards cannot finish lower than fifth; in fact, it's basically a coin flip on whether they will finish exactly fifth or not."
"Washington has a 52.1% chance of a top-four pick, and 47.9% shot of being exactly No. 5. "This was going to be a season of development and opportunity," Wizards coach Brian Keefe said in his season-ending media availability. "And that"
The NBA draft lottery will determine the No. 1 pick through four ping-pong balls drawn in a secure room. The resulting four-digit combination matches a previously assigned lottery team combination. Washington, Brooklyn, and Indiana each hold the best odds of winning the top pick at 14%. Washington’s season included a 3-26 record after the All-Star break, including an 83-point game allowed to Bam Adebayo. Washington cannot finish worse than fifth, with a 52.1% chance of a top-four pick and a 47.9% chance of finishing exactly fifth. Wizards coach Brian Keefe described the season as focused on development and opportunity.
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