Are we the most unlucky team in the NBA?
No, we are not, but we are top five...
The Heat have never moved up in the lottery, in 11 appearances, and have moved down often.
The Kings not only usually drop, in many more lottery appearances, but on top of that they also have SOME bad luck in the picking department. Even as inept as they are they could have lucked into a good player (and then traded him away to the Pacers or spurs) by now.
The Nuggets have dropped in 11 of 16 lotteries.
With their "luck" this season the wizard got the #1 but before that they were cursed.
And the Pacers. We have had 12 appearances, we have dropped 3 times. Have had the top four pick 1 time but in a goofy ah era of the lottery with insane rules.
Looks like the Heat and the Pacers have manufactured their own "bad" luck by usually not being in the lottery at all and when they are it's usually in the teens.
And I'd say the Nuggets have the worst luck followed by the Kings (with the idea that sometimes you create your own good and bad luck)