Here’s the important math for the New York Knicks entering Tuesday night’s NBA draft lottery:
The Knicks finished in a tie with the Minnesota Timberwolves for the sixth-worst record in the NBA (thanks to four wins in their last nine games) and lost a tiebreaker to Minnesota a few days after the regular season. So New York enters the lottery with the seventh-best odds to land the No. 1 pick.
The Knicks will either end up with a top-three pick or a pick somewhere from 7-10, as teams can't slip more than three spots.