CHICAGO – The Grizzlies have been here before.
Not necessarily here for this reason in Chicago, where the NBA is holding Tuesday’s Draft Lottery on a rare occasion outside of metropolitan New York. But the Grizzlies have been in this position, where they’re bracing for their fate in hopes of landing the No. 1 overall pick for the first time in franchise history in the June 21 draft.
The Grizzlies enter the lottery drawing seeded second behind Phoenix and are guaranteed to land no lower than fifth on the draft board. In the last 10 NBA Lotteries, only once has the team that entered the drawing seeded second come away picking in that No.