In seven days, the Lakers will learn if they hold on to their 2016 first-round draft pick at the NBA Draft Lottery in New York.
Los Angeles has a 55.8 percent chance of keeping its selection, which will be conveyed to Philadelphia if it falls out of the top as a result of the 2012 trade for Steve Nash.
After finishing the 2015-16 season with the NBA’s second-worst record, the Lakers’ odds of winning the lottery stand at 19.9 percent. Those odds shift to an 18.8 percent shot at getting the second overall pick and 17.1 percent for the third.
Los Angeles, which will be represented by General Manager Mitch Kupchak at the Lottery, has notched a top-three pick nine times in franchise history, including last year’s selection of D’Angelo Russell with the No. 2 pick.
