In MyGM, if you select the option to Start in the Offseason, then you get to do the draft lottery over again. Unfortunately, the correct pick protections are missing. Please fix/update them. Here they are (listed in bold) courtesy of USA Today:
LAKERS-76ERS PROTECTION
If the Lakers’ pick falls out of the top three, the 76ers get it. That comes because the Lakers traded a protected pick to the Suns in 2012 for Steve Nash, then the Suns traded that protected pick to the 76ers in a three-team deal in 2016. There’s a 46.9% chance the Lakers keep their pick, 53.1% chance they lose it.
The bizarre part here is that, if the Lakers do keep their pick, they automatically lose it next year to the Sixers, as all the protections are removed. Also, they would then lose their 2019 first-rounder to the Magic because of the 2012 Dwight Howard trade. That only works if the Lakers keep their pick, as that selection turns into two second-rounders if the Lakers are not allowed to send their 2019 first-rounder. The NBA has a rule that prevents teams from dealing two consecutive first-round picks.
KINGS-76ERS PICK SWAP
The 76ers get the higher of their pick and the Kings’ pick thanks to the Nik Stauskas trade of 2015. That means the Kings cannot pick first but could pick second, if the Sixers get the first pick.
PELICANS-KINGS PROTECTION
If the Pelicans’ pick lands in the top three via the lottery, they get to keep it. If not, the Kings get it as part of the DeMarcus Cousins trade earlier this year. The Pelicans have a 4% chance to keep their pick this year.
If they do keep it, the pick is only No. 1 protected next year.
BULLS-KINGS PROTECTION
You probably don’t need to know anything about this, but in the situation in which all three teams selected in the lottery had worse lottery odds than the Kings’ 2.8%, then the Chicago Bulls would get the Kings’ pick because it is top-10 protected. This comes as a result of a 2011 trade that sent Omri Casspi to the Cleveland Cavaliers for J.J. Hickson, as the Cavs turned around and traded the pick to the Bulls in 2015.
If the Kings keep the pick, the Bulls get two second-rounders.
Source:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/05/nba-...ick-protection
