At some point, there will be a draft. Before that, at some point, there will be a draft lottery.
In most drafts, the lottery has a modest impact on the order of the players coming off the board. In this one, it could be the difference between someone going first or fifth ... or sixth, seventh or eighth.
For the 2013 draft – the recent draft that feels most comparable to the 2020 edition, which lacks a consensus top player or two – in which Anthony Bennett wound up going No. 1 to Cleveland, there was a similar lack of clarity.