NBA draft lottery

(Newser) - NBA Commissioner Adam Silver insisted Wednesday that the league will change its draft process to address its tanking problem before next season. The NBA's board of governors discussed tanking—teams trying not to win in order to have better odds of landing the best possible draft pick—at its...

(Newser) - The Dallas Mavericks beat the odds on Monday night in Chicago, winning the NBA draft lottery drawing along with the opportunity to use their No. 1 pick to choose Duke star Cooper Flagg. With a regular season record of 39-43 record, the Mavericks had a 1.8% chance of selecting...

(Newser) - Nicolas “Nick” Gilbert, the son of Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert who became the team's good luck charm at NBA draft lotteries, has died. He was 26. A funeral announcement posted by the Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield, Michigan, said Gilbert died Saturday “peacefully at home surrounded...