More than a few franchises will see their fates altered by the bouncing of table-tennis balls on Tuesday, as the 2016 NBA draft lottery takes place before Game 1 between the Toronto Raptors and ...

For a moment in the closed-off lottery drawing room, there is real suspense. The machine with the 14 pingpong balls inside flips on, the balls fly around, and a timekeeper with his back to it waits 20 ...