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NBA draft lottery 2024 winners and losers: Hawks, Pistons make list

Sunday's 2024 NBA Draft Lottery helped or hurt teams in their respective rebuilding timelines.

Usually the teams with the worst records land the top overall pick, but that wasn't the case this year.

The Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards and Charlotte Hornets all had the top-three odds to pick first overall after a rough campaign, but they were all leapfrogged by the Atlanta Hawks, who didn't have high odds to jump the competition.

So, which teams won the draft lottery and who didn't? Let's analyze five teams:

WINNER: Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta won the draft lottery despite having just 3% odds.