Brian Windhorst implied that the Mavs will go top 4 in the draft lottery in his mock lottery Missing the playoffs and making it to the draft lottery starting to look like a grand madman's plot all along

Austin Ainge in June 2025 on manipulating draft lottery odds You won't see that this year

Bobby Marks I had a team text me last night after this came out this is a team not in the lottery and they said they would basically write a blank check if they had the opportunity to pick in the top 3 of this year's draft based on what the fines could be here

Mannix The Lakers believe they can succeed with a backcourt of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves if they can get the right type of players in the front court They are looking to build a Dallas 20 type roster similar to what Luka had when he went to the NBA Finals

Nick Wright This version of Luka means no one wants to play him He and his team are clutch and connected I'm not picking the Lakers to win the title but they are real contenders

NBA journalist Brian Windhorst claims he wont be talking about tanking anymore because he doesn't want to ruin any relationships

Brian Windhorst believes Kon will score 70 in a game one dayNot this year but down the line