The Washington Wizards were dealt the worst-case scenario during Monday’s NBA draft lottery. The team with the second-best odds to land Cooper Flagg tumbled all the way down to sixth in the order.
The Wizards entered Monday’s draw with a 14.0% chance to win the first overall pick and a 52.1% shot to at least move into the top four. There was only about a 20% chance that Washington would fall to sixth. Four teams needed to leapfrog the Wizards for that to happen — and it did.
The Dallas Mavericks won the draft (*cough* rigged *cough*) with just 1.