NBA lottery odds and mock draft

Duke's Jabari Parker, left, celebrates alongside teammate Rasheed Sulaimon after scoring a basket against North Carolina State in the ACC tournament semifinals Saturday. Parker could be the first overall pick of the 2014 NBA draft.

By Ben Bolch

March 15, 2014 3:10 PM PT

CHASING LOTTERY BALLS

The NBA’s regular season ends April 16, and for the bottom-dwellers the draft lottery on May 20 looms large. Below are standings of the eight worst teams after Friday’s games, their odds to land the No. 1 overall pick and mock draft picks from current position:

TEAM/W-L/Pct./Odds/MOCK DRAFT SELECTION

1. Milwaukee/13-53/.197/25%/Jabari Parker, F, Duke

2. Philadelphia//15-50/.231/19.9%/Andrew Wiggins, F, Kansas

3. Orlando/19-48/.284/15.6%/Dante Exum, G, Australia

4. Boston/22-44/.333/11.9%/Joel Embiid, C, Kansas

5. Lakers/22-44/.333/8.88%/Julius Randle, F, Kentucky

6. Utah/22-44/.333/6.3%/Marcus Smart, G, Oklahoma State

7. Sacramento/23-42/.354/4.3%/Aaron Gordon, F, Arizona

8. Detroit/25-40/.385/2.8%/Tyler Ennis, G, Syracuse

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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