omar36 wrote:realitically this far in the season, we arent sniffing top 3 unless silver blesses us. draft is deep so we should get someone good but this kid looks like a star
It's a lottery. We've have had 2 years since the NBA changed the lottery odds. Lets look at the Top4 rather than top3 since the odds make it easier for teams outside of top4 to drop into the top4. In 2019, of the bottom 4 teams, only 1 team stayed in the top 4 picks (which was Knicks who had the worse record and got the #3 pick. The other bottom 4 teams went 5-6-7 in the draft).
In 2020, of the bottom 4 teams, 2 teams stayed in the top 4 (Warriors were the worse team and got #2 and Minny was second worse and got #1. The other 2 bottom4 teams got the 5th and 6th pick).
So lets not think its over because Raptors can't finish with a worse record than Minny, Detroit, Houston or Orlando. Just ensure you have all your lucky charms ready on lottery day.