I would not want to read this if I was a Wizards fan lol damn…
Jubilation, anguish and the latest offseason intel: behind the scenes from the most consequential NBA draft lottery room in decades, where the Spurs landed the right to select No. 1 prospect Victor Wembanyama.
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All around the room, team officials flipped through eight sheets of paper showing which teams owned each combination. The mood was frantic.
Ten seconds later, the third ball: No. 8. Several teams were still alive. Brett Greenberg, the Washington Wizards assistant general manager, knew instantly the Wizards had a chance. All 67 of their combinations had the No. 5 as the lowest digit. There were 11 balls left in the hopper. If the last ball drawn was No. 7, No. 9, No. 10, No. 11, No. 12 or No. 13, the Wizards would get Wembanyama. Eleven balls left; six were winners for Washington.
"Holy s---, we have a chance," Greenberg thought to himself. He hunched over his combination sheets and took a deep breath.