2016 NBA Draft Lottery: Full Odds and Teams with Most at Stake

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The fates of more than a dozen NBA teams will be decided Tuesday night at the NBA draft lottery. 

The event will take place at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN and should be one of the most entertaining lotteries in recent years thanks to a number of trades involving draft picks that have yet to be sorted out.

Courtesy of CBS Sports’ Sam Vecenie, here’s a look at the lottery chances for the teams involved, followed by our analysis of the teams with the most to win or lose.

 

Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers’ tanking strategy continued to pay off in 2015-16, as they again finished with the best chance to land the No. 1 pick.

But the 76ers have a lot more at stake in this lottery than their own pingpong balls. 

Philadelphia owns the rights to the Lakers’ first-round pick if it falls outside the top three. That gives the 76ers a 44.2 percent chance of owning two lottery picks this year.

Based on a previous trade with the Sacramento Kings, the 76ers also have some insurance in case they fall further down in the lottery than they expect. If the Kings’ selection is …

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