After a brief, wonderful one-year respite from the NBA lottery, the Los Angeles Lakers are back, once again reliant on the bounces of 1000 ping-pong balls to help determine their fate.
The Lakers fully own their 2019 first-round pick, so the stakes are not terribly high, at least compared to the nerve-racking lotteries from 2015 to 2017, when even a slight drop could have sent the team’s choice elsewhere. Feel free to watch this one with a low heart rate, as there isn’t much that can happen to really affect next season’s outcome.
With that out of the way, let’s take a quick look back at all the factors going into the evening.