As the Sixers approach their March slate of games Philadelphia should avoid picking within the lottery for the first time since the 2012 draft. They're stocking their bench with shooters as supplements to their core and don't have to rely on their own undoing to land a possible top-10 pick. The Lakers hold a 26-34 record with a revamped roster but aren't making piercing noise as a playoff contender and 10 of their next 11 are against current seeded playoff teams.
2018 might be Bryan Colangelo's coup de grace on a six-year run of lottery hauls, bolstered by the team's previous regime, and we needed quality insight as to how to prep and what we should monitor as June nears.