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could receive Indiana's first round pick if it fell outside the top four picks.
So the Clippers will pick fifth, while the Pacers have no draft pick at all.
DeBansa, who led Division I in scoring last season, and Darren Peterson, the electric guard at Kansas, are just two of the coveted players.
The top ten picks could all be players who just wrapped up their freshman year.
That talent helps lead to widespread tanking, a.k.a.
purposely losing for a better draft pick in the NBA this season.
The Washington Wizards won the race to the bottom.
They'll pick first, followed by the Utah Jazz and the Memphis Grizzlies.
The unlucky team was the Indiana Pacers, who had a 52% chance at a top-four pick.
But back in February, they rolled the dice in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers, saying that L.A.
could receive Indiana's first-round pick if it fell outside the top four.
That's exactly what happened.
So the Clippers will pick fifth, while the Pacers have no draft pick at all.
The season opens in Canada, where the new Toronto Tempo will host their first game in team history when they take on the Washington Mystics.
On Saturday, the other new team, the Portland Fire, will host the Chicago Sky.
Both new teams are hoping to repeat the success of the Golden State Valkyries, who led the league in attendance last season in their inaugural year in the league.