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Orlando Magic stand pat at the NBA Draft Lottery, now the work begins

The NBA Draft Lottery is one of the weirdest days in the NBA.

For a league full of control freaks who seem to have as much data and information at their fingertips to make decisions both in-game and off the court and a game that is literally in the hands of five players and oftentimes one player with immense control over the outcome, the Lottery is random.

Yes, there are odds and math involved in determining who actually wins the thing. But at the end of the day, the result comes down to the bouncing of 14 ping pong balls in and a drum and which four get called up out of the hopper.