Take a look at the 10 teams in line for the best odds to win the top pick in next year’s NBA draft, and there’s something striking about them: They’re all trying to win.
Here we are in late November, almost a full month into the season, and we can say that the worst teams in the league have not gotten to their lowly position because that was their intent all along. In fact, the worst team in the league — the Mavericks — gave out a four-year, $94 million deal to Harrison Barnes in the offseason.
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Even the second-worst Suns, who had low expectations as they develop their young players this season, signed vets Jared Dudley and Leandro Barbosa this summer and are a year removed from signing Tyson Chandler.