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Pelicans take Lakers’ first-round pick, will select No. 8 overall
New Orleans did not cash in on its 6.0 percent odds of winning Tuesday’s draft lottery, nor did the Pelicans capitalize on a 26.3 percent chance of moving up into a top-four pick. Yet New Orleans still came away a winner in Chicago, simply by procuring the Los Angeles Lakers’ first-round selection.
Pelicans get the No. 8 pick in the NBA draft. 5 players they could target.
Thanks to the Los Angeles Lakers’ missteps this season, the New Orleans Pelicans will have a top-10 pick in this summer’s NBA draft.
Pelicans secure top 10 pick in 2022 NBA Draft. See betting favorite to be draft's top pick.
After entering the night with a 99.6 percent chance to land a top 10 pick, the New Orleans Pelicans will be picking inside the top 10 for the eighth time in team history.
Who should Pelicans target with No. 8 pick in 2022 NBA Draft?
The Pelicans will officially receive another top-10 pick from the Lakers in this year’s draft, as the gift that was once the Anthony Davis trade keeps on giving. New Orleans is scheduled to have the No. 8 selection in the draft on June 23. The Lakers’ pick landed where it had the highest odds of doing so, and the only way the pick wouldn’t have gone to the Pelicans was if it had dropped outside the top 10, which it had only a 0.4 percent chance of doing.