How do we know that Sunday's lottery (3 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN) is massively important to the NBA? A third of a league seemingly tanked just to get into it.
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Windhorst: Why the stakes of this NBA draft lotter...
How do we know that Sunday's lottery (3 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN) is massively important to the NBA? A third of a league seemingly tanked just to get into it.
Published May 8, 2026, 1:11 PM
Updated May 13, 2026, 3:23 PM4.2K
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