It’s not a great chance – 10.5 percent – but it’s not a 0.5 percent chance, either. The Atlanta Hawks could get ridiculously lucky in the lottery and wind up with the No. 1 pick, which means they’d wind up with Zion Williamson, the most gifted collegiate player of this century. Because there’s a 0.0 chance that the team that hooks the No. 1 pick doesn’t take Zion.
That would be like not drafting Michael Jordan, which happened, or Kevin Durant, which also happened. There’s not a Zion in every draft. The three biggest talents to enter the NBA since Tim Duncan in 1997 are LeBron James, drafted No.