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Warriors draft room: Why Obi Toppin would be a nice lottery prize

Just like the real lottery, the NBA Draft Lottery comes with a disclaimer that prizes will vary. One year the winner could be prepping for the arrival of Zion Williamson, the following year it might be welcoming a guy from Mt. Zion Prep.

That’s the reality the Warriors and the league’s also-rans are preparing for in what’s considered to be a down year for incoming NBA talent.

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But Obi Toppin from Dayton, by way of Mt. Zion Prep in Baltimore, is the kind of “consolation prize” the Warriors and others could get on board with after the lottery on May 19.