Nichols Lakers have a 4.7% chance of ending up in the top 4 draft lottery. If they just lose 3.5 games, that would give them a 32% chance of getting in the top 4. So going from 4.7% to 32%, which would get you a top 4 pick for yourself or another trade pi

Pelinka What did those teams Detroit San Antonio and OKC have to go through to build through the draft Multiple seasons of losses and that is just not part of our infrastructure here As much as some of us might want it to be that way its not the Lakers way

Brad Stevens today - There were a lot of teams in the NBA playing for draft positioning this year And that won't be the case next year The league is gonna be a lot better the regular seasons gonna be a lot harder

The Lakers and Thunder trade blows down the stretch of the fourth quarter

Time Runs Out as the 1 Thunder Eliminate the 4 Lakers from Playoff Contention Winning Game 4 amp Finishing the Sweep Heading to the Western Conference Finals

Presti on lottery reform Good short term solve but hopes NBA will eventually move away from a luck based solution Hopefully we can get to a point where we have a system that isn't tied to record entirely Said he prefers a complex predictable system to a simple unpredictable one

Mallory Edens reacts to Bucks getting the 10th pick in the lottery