The NBA draft lottery again produced straight-up drama and intrigue this week, with the Dallas Mavericks defying astronomical odds to land the No. 1 overall pick. That got us thinking about the ...

Most fans are familiar with the NBA’s lottery system ... floor at the fifth pick. The chart below shows the odds (percentage likelihood) of Utah’s final draft position. The single most ...

The NBA Draft Lottery can chart the course of a franchise for years ... Under the current lottery system, there is no difference between having the worst record or third-worst record.

The biggest night of the Charlotte Hornets season comes in May, and it's not a playoff game. The franchise finished 19-63, third worst in the league. It gives them a 14% chance at winning the NBA ...

but you can blame the league for its ridiculous lottery system, which provides scant opportunity for losing teams to gain traction with the rest of the league via the draft. The lottery system ...

It's no secret that the current draft lottery system is not exactly fair. There's no case to be made that the Dallas Mavericks deserved the top pick over those three teams, the Brooklyn Nets ...

It was just a few years ago -- back in 2019 -- that the NBA changed its lottery system for the draft, giving the three worst teams even chances to grab the No. 1 overall pick and a shot at turning ...

For the first time ever, the NHL Draft Lottery will feature ... their numbers based on their lottery odds, which you can look at in this handy PDF chart! From there, it's pretty simple.

Here's how the 2025 NFL Draft could have looked under a lottery system based how the 2025 NBA Draft lottery went Monday night ...