Yet again, the ping pong balls did not work in the Detroit Pistons’ favor.
Although they entered Thursday’s NBA Draft Lottery with the fifth-best odds of getting the No. 1 overall pick in the Oct. 16 draft, the Pistons fell two spots to seventh.
The Pistons' odds of getting the top pick were 10.5 percent. Their record was 20-46 when the league suspended the season on March 11; they were a half-game from moving into one of the bottom three, which would have guaranteed odds of 12.5 percent at the No.1 selection.
The Pistons moved down two spots and into likely out of position to get one of the top prospects in the draft: point guard LaMelo Ball, wing Anthony Edwards or center James Wiseman.