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7 NBA teams tanking for loaded 2026 NBA Draft, ranked by No. 1 pick chances
Ricky O’Donnell, SBNation
Tanking for one player is a fool’s errand under the revamped NBA Draft lottery odds, where teams in the No. 10 and No. 11 starting spots respectively have jumped up to the first pick each of the last two years. Fortunately for the worst teams in the NBA entering the 2025-26 regular season, the next draft class has three prospects worthy of going No. 1 overall.
The 2026 NBA Draft might have the strongest top-three since 2003. Kansas’ Darryn Peterson, Duke’s Cameron Boozer, and BYU’s AJ Dybantsa all feel like they would be either in the conversation or the odds-on favorite for the No. 1 overall pick in any typical NBA Draft. The college season will inform us on how these players will eventually come off the board, but the fact that getting the third pick is just as good as getting No. 1 in a normal year makes this an especially tempting year to tank.
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