Team with the least lottery draw! Lake Cay is on the list, Spurs are the top, Raptors create miracles

For an NBA team that wants to compete for the championship or complete reconstruction, the first round pick is undoubtedly the most valuable asset. If you can have a lottery, it will make the team even more powerful. Once these signings can select new stars with great potential, the team's strength will undoubtedly be further improved. The Celtics were able to complete reconstruction in just a few years and win the championship because they used their lottery draws for two consecutive years to get the two Tanhualangs, Tatum and Brown.

The more lottery draws you get, the probability of the team winning the championship will also increase. However, in the history of the NBA, there are many cases of winning the lottery with the least number of lottery. The US media CP has specially listed 10 teams with the least lottery but ultimately won the championship. Let’s take a look at which teams they are!

10th place: Nuggets (2022-23 season)

Lotto signings: 5 Lotto players: Murray, Porter (Free) Pope, Gordon, Green (Trading)

The Nuggets won the first championship in the team's history. The overall performance of the team can be said to be impeccable. Whether it is the depth of the lineup or the performance on both offense and defense, they are among the best in the league. And in that team that won the championship, there were a total of 5 lottery players. Among them, Murray and Porter were selected by the Nuggets with their own signing positions, while Pope, Gordon and Green got it through trades.

Of course, in addition to the outstanding performance of the above players, Jokic is the most important key to winning the championship. This player with a 41st pick in the second round that year has grown into the strongest inside line in the league in a few years. At least half of the Nuggets' championships rely on Jokic's performance on the court.

tied for ninth place: Lakers (2009-10 season), Spurs (2006-07 season, 2002-03 season), Celtics (2023-24 season)

Lotto signings: 4

After O'Neal chose to join the Heat, Kobe, who led the team alone, has been trying to find a way to prove one thing, that is, without O'Neal himself, he can also help the team win the championship. But reality directly gave him a loud slap in the face. After not achieving results for several consecutive years, the Lakers made a big deal that was "robbery" in the 2009-10 season, and got Gasol at a completely negligible price. Everyone knows the story after

that Kobe and Gasol have a tacit understanding. The two teamed up to help the Lakers reach the Finals for three consecutive seasons and successfully won two consecutive championships. In addition to the two of them, Lakers' lottery players Odom and Bynum also performed well and were important players in winning the championship.

In the long history of the NBA, the Spurs have always been a model for spending small money to do big things. They always maintain sufficient competitiveness with their unique talent vision and sustainable development strategies. In particular, the "GDP combination" composed of Duncan, Ginobili and Parker has helped the team be one of the strongest teams in the league in ten years. In the two championship seasons of 2002-03 and 2006-07, the Spurs had only 4 lottery players.

Parker and Ginobili were both selected at very low picks, which shows the team's management's unique vision and the strong strength of cultivating players.

Celtic management is always able to make god-level operations in the trading market. Back then, they used the old Big Three to directly exchange for the Nets' signing position, thus choosing Tatum and Brown. In the offseason in 2023, they got the player Boss, who has been plagued by injuries.

So in the 2023-24 season, the Celtics, who had two lottery draws, plus four lottos, Boston and Horford, swept the Mavericks led by Doncic in the finals, helping the Celtics to top the league again after 16 years.

4th place: Spurs (2004-05 season), Celtics (2007-08 season)

The team's lottery players are Duncan, Horry and Robinson. But they also have Parker and Ginobili, which makes the team still the top team in the league.

In the offseason in 2007, after completing two shocking league transactions, the Celtics officially formed the three giants of Pierce + Garnett + Ray Allen, and they happened to be the only three lottery players in the team. In the first season of cooperation, the three showed their strength to sweep the league and won the league's first record without any suspense. After defeating the Lakers in the finals, he helped the team win the championship trophy.

Second place: Bucks (2020-21 season), Spurs (2013-14 season)

The season when the Bucks won the championship, Lopez was the only player in the lottery. But Antetokounmpo, who has the 50 superstars in the team, has grown into one of the strongest forwards in the league in just a few years.

On the stage of the finals, the Bucks successfully won four consecutive games in an unfavorable situation of falling behind 0-2, and finally won the championship trophy.

The Spurs rely on the ultra-long standby of the GDP combination, and the treasure Leonard was found, all of which made the Spurs full of combat effectiveness. In the end, they successfully defeated the Heat and completed their revenge, and ended their opponent's dream of winning three consecutive championships.

No. 1: Raptors (2018-19 season)

After being reimbursed by the Warriors' footsteps season in the playoffs, Leonard's conflict with the Spurs management gradually deepened during the recovery process. In the end, the relationship between the two sides completely broke down in the summer of 2018, so the Raptors seized the fleeting opportunity and successfully brought Leonard to the team.

There was no lottery player in the team at that time. But when we enter the playoffs, everyone is trying to play their role. Siakam, who is brave inside, Van Vreet who keeps creating miracles, Duthy Lowry, and Leonard who is never ruthless at critical moments, finally won the first championship trophy in team history.