“Tank for Zion Williamson” has become a theme of the 2018-19 season, and not just for the New York Knicks. The Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers and Phoenix Suns all own records within a few games of the Knicks who, at 11-47, have the NBA’s second-worst mark.
The team that possesses the worst record at season’s end will sit atop the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery. In the past, that carried a 25 percent chance to attain the No. 1 pick. The Phoenix Suns, in 2018, fulfilled that with Deandre Ayton.
It changes for 2019, however, with the new, smoothened lottery odds at the top.