Why do NBA teams pour so many of their resources into the draft? Why do they spend so much time, money and effort scouting players around the world, poking and prodding them at the combine and private workouts, and deliberating whom to choose?
Because the science of draft selection is at once anything but exact and yet critical to the long-term health of an organization. How a front office fares in late June can swing the fate of a franchise.
Just look at the Golden State Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs. The league's model franchises have all risen to the top of the standings by way of shrewd moves on draft day. Or, conversely, look at the Sacramento Kings and Philadelphia 76ers, for whom the draft has been mostly bust in recent years.
For every team, there's pressure to turn picks into diamonds. For these seven clubs—ranked in ascending order according to which most needs to succeed at the 2016 draft—June 23 could be the day that everything changed, for better or worse.
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2016 NBA Draft: Teams Under the Most Pressure to Hit Big
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