The NBA Draft Lottery is always full of surprises, and there's always one team that finds its way into the top four when its odds had them outside of that range. This year, the league had the luxury of three teams moving up in the top four, and it was the Utah Jazz, Memphis Grizzlies, and Chicago Bulls.
The Washington Wizards were the one team that was able to stay in the top four, and they ended up with the No. 1 pick in the draft.
The Grizzlies will pick No. 2, the Grizzlies will pick No. 3 and the Bulls will pick No. 4.
As for the teams that slipped outside of the top 4, the Brooklyn Nets will pick No. 6 and the Sacramento Kings will pick No. 7.
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The Jazz will have a chance to continue to fill out their roster with young talent after drafting Ace Bailey in last year's draft. They also have other young players on their team who are set to be bright spots, and Lauri Markkanen will lead the group.
The Grizzlies have a lot of questions to answer this offseason, with one of them being what they'll do with Ja Morant. After trading Desmond Bane last offseason and Jaren Jackson Jr. at the deadline, there's no doubt that they're in rebuild mode. With the No. 3 pick, this player can be their new face, and it will be interesting to see what they do with Morant.
The Bulls are another team that decided this season that they were heading into a new direction, and it started at the trade deadline and went into the end of the season, where they hired Bryson Graham as their new VP of basketball operations.
They still have to find a head coach after Billy Donovan stepped down, but getting the No. 4 pick is a start in the right direction.
The NBA Draft Lottery is always full of surprises, and there's always one team that finds its way into the top four when its odds had them outside of that range. This year, the league had the luxury of three teams moving up in the top four, and it was the Utah Jazz, Memphis Grizzlies, and Chicago Bulls.