According to probability statistics, the odds of an American high school basketball player being drafted by an NBA team are roughly 0.03 percent, or 3 in 10,000. So what does that make the odds that two players from the same family will be selected? How about two players from the same family both being top-three overall draft picks?
Point guards Lonzo Ball, 23, and younger brother LaMelo, 19, have already defied astronomical odds in their basketball careers by what they’ve accomplished. On Friday in New Orleans, the No. 2 pick of the 2017 draft and the No.