We think of the NBA Draft Lottery, first and foremost, as a way for the league's poor and downtrodden franchises to replenish ...

EDT Monday, locked inside a secure room with no way of communicating with the outside world, team executives and others will watch 14 ping-pong balls start to bounce inside a machine.

Patrick Ewing was poised to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft 40 years ago when Commissioner David Stern began the first ...