If you’re a fan of an NBA team, ask yourself this question: what would you do for your team to land Victor Wembanyama?
Disregard your team’s actual chances. You may be a Bucks fan – or worse, a Lakers fan. In a vacuum, divorced from reality, what would you do?
General managers around the league are asking themselves the same question. Any team near the bottom of the standings is probably smiling to themselves.
If the lottery balls bounce their way, they may not be at the bottom for long.
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At the same time, some teams figure as more likely candidates to tank than others. Don’t be surprised if the Charlotte Hornets phone the year in. On the other hand, the Miami Heat will probably still try to turn their disappointing season around.
Could they do so by trading for Gordon Hayward?