During a summer unlike any other for the league, the NBA announced that the 2020 draft lottery will be held Aug. 25, three-plus months later than it was originally scheduled. It’s going to require some work, but the goal now for the New Orleans Pelicans is to still be playing basketball on that Tuesday, instead of participating in a second straight lotto night.
Although the NBA has reiterated that the following dates are subject to change based on various factors, teams like New Orleans (28-36, 3.5 games behind eighth-place Memphis in the Western Conference) now have a general timeframe they can expect to follow.