That is because a couple of years ago, the Wizards were also one ping-pong ball away from landing Victor Wembanyama. If I had a nickel for every time the Wizards lost out on a recent generational ...

That is because a couple of years ago, the Wizards were also one ping-pong ball away from landing Victor Wembanyama. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. If I had a nickel for ...

Sometime around 6 p.m. EDT Monday, locked inside a secure room with no way of communicating with the outside world, team executives and others will watch 14 ping-pong balls start to bounce inside ...

For whatever reason, the NBA has decided to use an oddly archaic system of weighted ping-pong balls to decide where each teams will select between the No. 1 and No. 14 pick in its draft.

Another reason why conspiracy theorists say the NBA Draft Lottery is rigged is because the actual drawing of the ping-pong balls is no longer shown on live TV as it was in the past. However ...

Sometime around 6 p.m. EDT Monday, locked inside a secure room with no way of communicating with the outside world, team executives and others will watch 14 ping-pong balls start to bounce inside ...