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Pelicans participation in 2022 NBA draft lottery ‘exciting' and unexpected bonus
From a rookie class that surpassed all reasonable outside expectations to an 82-game schedule that began with a 1-12 record then culminated with a postseason trip, New Orleans’ 2021-22 season was filled with positive developments – some of them completely unforeseen. Another will take place Tuesday evening, at the NBA’s draft lottery in Chicago.
The NBA draft lottery is Tuesday, and the Pelicans are a near-lock to get a top-10 pick. Here's how
Last summer, it looked as though the New Orleans Pelicans had parted ways with one of the first-round picks they got from the Los Angeles Lakers in the Anthony Davis trade, just so they could move on from two players who were poor roster fits.