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NBA draft lottery 101

Other than your scheduled monthly beer pong date with your college buddies, no event with ping pong balls is as exciting and meaningful as the NBA draft lottery, which takes place tonight.

It’s an extra exciting event for the Golden State Warriors, because it’s going to determine not just where they pick, but how many picks they have. The Warriors received a 2021 first round pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Andrew Wiggins trade, but that pick is top-three protected, which means if it lands in the top three of the draft the Wolves keep it.