The Atlanta Hawks will enter the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery (on May 14) with only a 10.5 percent chance to secure the No. 1 overall pick. Even when taking into account the potential of a trade that would vault the team into the top spot before late June, the odds aren’t great that Duke freshman Zion Williamson will find his way to Atlanta, even as fans attempt to will the transaction into existence.
However, a panel of four analysts from ESPN — Jonathan Givony, Bobby Marks, Kevin Pelton and Mike Schmitz — set out to “rank the 14 teams with a chance at the No.