{"id":4255,"date":"2026-05-11T13:26:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4255"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:26:42","slug":"clippers-could-land-a-top-6-pick-in-sundays-nba-draft-lottery-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4255","title":{"rendered":"Clippers could land a top-6 pick in Sunday\u2019s NBA\u00a0draft lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The right combination of ping-pong balls in Sunday\u2019s NBA draft lottery would change the Clippers\u2019 immediate future. Another combination gives them a 2031 draft asset that they could use in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4254\">NFL draft: Chargers trade back, select center Jake Slaughter in 2nd round<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All of this will be determined by how the lottery odds play out for the Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers and Pacers are directly linked in this year\u2019s lottery because of the trade deadline deal that sent longtime Clippers center Ivica Zubac to Indiana in exchange for a 2026 protected first-round draft pick and a 2029 unprotected Pacers first-rounder, along with Bennedict Mathurin and Isaiah Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>If the Pacers land among the top four lottery teams on Sunday (noon PT, ABC\/Ch. 7) \u2013 and they have a 52.1% chance to do so \u2013 they will retain their pick. But if the lottery drops them outside the top four to No. 5 or No. 6, the Clippers inherit the selection and have the opportunity to add another valuable young piece from a talent-laden draft that could help reset their future.<\/p>\n<p>If Indiana keeps its pick, the Clippers then get the Pacers\u2019 2031 first-rounder instead, which would be fully unprotected and valuable as a potential trade chip down the road.<\/p>\n<p>There is a 27.8% of the Clippers ending up with the No. 5 pick and a 20.1% chance for the No. 6 slot, and either scenario could certainly aid the team\u2019s quest to build a title contender as it heads into an uncertain offseason.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s draft class includes top prospects such as BYU\u2019s AJ Dybantsa, Kansas\u2019 Darryn Peterson, Duke\u2019s Cameron Boozer, North Carolina\u2019s Caleb Wilson and Arkansas\u2019 Darius Acuff Jr., among others.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4253\">NFL draft: Chargers select Mississippi State WR Brenen Thompson in 4th round<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEither way, we\u2019re going to get the team better,\u201d Lawrence Frank, the Clippers\u2019 president of basketball operations, said last month after the team finished ninth in the Western Conference at 42-40 before being eliminated by No. 10 seed Golden State in the first round of the Play-In Tournament.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many different potential options, some within our control, some that aren\u2019t, but it\u2019s our job to literally turn over every stone, every rock to figure out how we can get this team back to contender status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers\u2019 2026 first-round pick (unprotected) already belongs to the Oklahoma City Thunder as part of the Paul George trade in 2019. It currently sits at No. 12 with a 7.1% chance of landing in the top four.<\/p>\n<p>The three worst teams this season \u2013 Washington, Indiana and Brooklyn \u2013 all have 14% odds of winning the lottery. Utah and Sacramento each have an 11.5% chance of winning. The drawings will be conducted to determine the first four picks, and the remaining lottery teams will select in positions five through 14 in reverse order of their 2025-26 regular-season records.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Clippers selected center Yanic Konan Niederhauser with the 30th overall pick. They took guard Kobe Brown in the same position in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4252\">Chargers DL Teair Tart says it feels good to be wanted<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If things play out in their favor on Sunday, the Clippers would inherit the Indiana Pacers\u2019 pick (at No. 5 or 6) in next month\u2019s draft as part of the compensation for the Ivica Zubac trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Clippers could land a top-6 pick in Sunday\u2019s NBA\u00a0draft lottery - 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