NBA mock draft 2026: Lottery sim delivers 2 shocking winners, punishes tankers

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• NBA mock draft 2026: Lottery sim delivers 2 shocking winners, punishes tankers

  Here’s our latest 2026 NBA mock draft, with surprising results after we simmed the lottery order.

  Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAArticle published: 2026-02-12 13:00:00 UTC

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• The NBA changed the lottery odds in 2019 to discourage tanking. The 2026 draft might undo all of it

  The NBA’s 2019 lottery reform flattened the odds for top picks. Since then, 11 of 28 top-four selections have gone to teams with seventh-or-worse lottery ...

  Publisher:NBA Analysis NetworkArticle published: 2026-02-12 17:45:00 UTC