Unlike last year’s NBA Draft Lottery, the basketball world knows who the winner will select once the order is revealed. Duke’s Cooper Flagg is expected to be th

Every team's tier behind Flagg and Harper will include VJ Edgecombe. Front offices that value his 100th percentile explosiveness, shotmaking and defensive quickness could slot him at No. 3, particularly if they question Ace Bailey's handle and tunnel vision, Tre Johnson's lack of rim pressure and Jeremiah Fears' shooting.

Washington hasn't been to the playoffs in four straight seasons. The team's last postseason win came in 2021 in the first round against the Philadelphia 76ers. The Wizards lost the series, 4-1. They haven't moved past the opening round since 2017.