It’s no secret that a lottery pick might swing the fortunes for an NBA franchise. Selecting the right guy can go a long way for a team. That kid might turn out to be the next LeBron James or Michael Jordan .
The lottery is also full of prospects who will fail to meet expectations and falter in the league. For every Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Jayson Tatum, there will also be a bunch of Kwame Brown, Anthony Bennett, and Hasheem Thabeet.
Whether it is the wrong team, limited playing time, injury woes, or lack of skill, the only guarantee when a player gets selected in the lottery is that he’ll be given generational wealth.
Each NBA team has its hits and misses while selecting within the lottery. Our focus in this list is on the selections from one to fourteen picks in th