Tonight at 5:30 p.m. ET, the ping-pong balls will fall for the NBA Draft lottery, a night Suns fans will be happy to not have be the biggest event of the summer for the first time in years.
There is still a lot riding on this one, as cost-effective talent will be quite important for the 2020-21 season and potentially beyond as the NBA and its players negotiate a new CBA and deal with the financial windfall of the pandemic. It’s a draft with no clear-cut top player, yet as we learned from the Suns last season, creativity on draft night can go a long way in finding the proper players for your system, even if it’s not the consensus talent.