The New Orleans Pelicans currently have the best odds to select seventh in the 2019 NBA Draft this summer. With two games remaining in the season and no rational reason to try to win either contest, the Pelicans could benefit greatly long term by adding two more notches in the loss column by season’s end, starting tonight in Sacramento.
The race to the bottom in the NBA is a close one, and the Pelicans can still wind up drafting anywhere from sixth to ninth depending on how everything shakes out from here. The final game of New Orleans’ 2018-2019 campaign is against the Golden State Warriors, which will more than likely be a loss even if the Warriors are resting several guys for the playoffs.