Despite all of our prayers and wishes, the Wizards will select 8th overall in this year’s upcoming NBA draft. It’s where they were supposed to pick. That’s the problem though. This franchise needed some lottery luck for once and came up just short.
According to Ben Golliver, the Wizards and Spurs had the exact same number combination when the first three numbers were announced for the number one pick (14, 5, 8). The Wizards held six of the possible eleven final numbers, essentially giving them a 54.5% chance at winning the first pick. Instead, the Wizards terrible lottery luck continued.