As expected, the 2020 NBA draft lottery won’t take its usual form, with representatives from the 14 lottery teams all brought to a single location where the league reveals the results. Instead, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link), it’ll be a virtual event, with reps from the lottery teams appearing via video.
This year’s draft lottery, originally scheduled to be held on May 19, will now take place on August 20, next Thursday. We checked in on the lottery last week, noting that the top eight spots in the lottery standings are locked in, having been filled by the league’s bottom eight teams as of March 11.
Since then, the Wizards have secured the ninth spot in the lottery standings by virtue of being eliminated from playoff contention in Orlando.
The remaining spots in the lottery standings, Nos. 10-14, will be filled by the Kings, Pelicans, and the three other Western teams that don’t ultimately make the playoffs. They’ll be sorted based on their record as of March 11, so the Suns would have the 10th-best odds if they don’t make the postseason, while the Grizzlies would have the 14th-best odds if they don’t make it.
The Warriors, Cavaliers, and Timberwolves will have the best chance to land the No. 1 overall pick, at 14.0% each. Once the lottery order has been determined, teams can start ramping up their preparations for the draft, which will take place on October 16.
The crazy thing is in terms of win % the Wizards are currently worse than the Hornets
Think they would have mind bring deleted from the bubble. It was a complete waste of time for them to show. What development did they even aquire?
When you lose 6 in a row it’s not too surprising
It’s odd how the seeding games don’t count when they determine the draft order. So even though they have a worse record now than Charlotte it won’t hurt them in the draft. If the Wizards continue losing they would fall behind Chicago too, but it still won’t change where they end up in the draft lottery.
Long time coming.
Why did Warriors only interview 3 players？
Ball
Wiseman
Killian
They learned that from Don Nelson. Don’t want to give a clue on who you want to pick so you can trade accordingly.