The most hilarious possible NBA Draft Lottery results
The 2017 NBA Draft Lottery is finally happening on Tuesday (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). The drawing is held behind closed doors with witnesses, and the results are revealed in the most excruciating, dramatic method possible. It’s basically a half hour of torture for fans of the league’s very worst teams.
There’s a twist this year: A bunch of the high picks have been traded. Some of those trades have conditions on them. That means that who gets those picks depends entirely on where they land in the lottery. The most high-profile example is the Lakers pick, which transfers to Philadelphia if it’s not in the top three.
In other words, there is a huge opportunity for bedlam. To set the stage, we put together the five most hilarious possible lottery results. Fingers crossed we get one of them!
1. The Lakers fall to No. 4 and lose their pick
This isn’t hilarious solely for Lakers haters. Remember, L.A.’s inexplicable winning streak to end the season after the Lakers’ brain trust did everything they could to set up the team to tank out? This was some really egregious tanking ... and it didn’t work!
L.A. won five straight in April to “fall” into the third-worst record after gaining control of the second-worst record for much of the season. That dropped the Lakers’ odds of keeping their pick from better than 54 percent to 46 percent. How amazing would it be if the Suns — who ended up in that second-worst slot — stayed in the top three and the Lakers fell out and gave their pick to Philadelphia?
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