Mavericks' personnel who have been in the back room of the NBA draft lottery can paint a pretty good picture of what will happen when the lottery happens May 15.
It's the room where it happens, to quote a popular Broadway musical line.
It's an interesting sanctum, with a series of presentation boards full of numbers representing all of the possible lottery combinations, an accountant's dream.
It will, in large part, be where a big part of the Mavericks' future is molded.
So, with that in mind, it's time for a lottery primer. The Mavericks certainly hope fans will not need to be reminded of the procedure on a yearly basis.