LIVE DISCUSSION: The 2025 NBA Draft Lottery, 7:00 PM ET on ESPN

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The time has come. The moment that we’ve all been waiting for — some of us for 15 years, the last time the Nets had its own lottery pick. That ping pong call configuration landed them No. 3 (Derrick Favors), who was later flipped in a trade that landed them Deron Williams. We know how that ended.

As Giannis rumors heat up, it’s worth pondering what the implications will be the closer we get to June 25 and the Draft and beyond. Could it impact the organization for several years? For now, we can only hope the Basketball Gods relieve the Nets of their past sins.

Brooklyn has a 9% chance at the No. 1 overall pick as well as a 37.2% chance at a top-4 pick. In the history…