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THE NBA LOTTERY TEAMS
Whether your favorite team just barely missed the playoffs or was tanking from the start, tonight represents hope. One of the most anticipated NBA Draft lotteries in history is nearly here, and one lucky franchise will walk away with its fortunes forever changed with the No. 1 pick and the chance to take generational talent Victor Wembanyama.
In case you don't know much about Wemby...
So, who is going to land him? Here are the teams with the top odds:
Here are full odds and a full explainer of how the lottery works, and here's who will be representing each lottery team.
Wembanyama will instantly lift any team. There's a reason we dedicated a weekly column to tracking who has the best chance of getting him. Our Michael Kaskey-Blomain looked at which team will be the best fit, and coming in at No. 1 are...
Kaskey-Blomain: "The Spurs are the best fit for Wembanyama. They're a steady organization with a proven track record of developing and maximizing young talent. Plus, Wembanyama would get the opportunity to start his career by playing for one of the best coaches of all time in Gregg Popovich. Also the Spurs don't currently have any sort of established identity or other young cornerstones in place, so they will immediately be able to begin building around Wembanyama."Finally, the lottery is just a bunch of ping pong balls bouncing around, but historically, some teams have been luckier than others. Our Sam Quinn did a remarkable deep dive on which teams have been the luckiest since the lottery began in 1985.
