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NBA Draft Lottery Preview: What’s at stake for the Cavs?

By Josh Cornelissen

Darius Garland, Cleveland Cavaliers and Adam Silver, NBA Commissioner. Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images
Darius Garland, Cleveland Cavaliers and Adam Silver, NBA Commissioner. Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images /
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Koby Altman (left) and Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers. (Photo by Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports) /

There are a number of keystone dates in the course of the NBA calendar. Some of those involve games; Opening Night, Christmas Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day are all important conglomerations of NBA action. Yet the most interest is drummed up from the non-game dates: the trade deadline, the NBA Draft, the start of free agency, and the NBA Draft Lottery.

The Draft Lottery has been of key interest to the Cavs and their fans for a number of years. After multiple trips to the NBA Finals buoyed by a number of win-now trades the Cleveland Cavaliers have spent the last few seasons deep in the draft lottery, putting extra importance on the bouncing of ping pong balls to determine, in large part, the fate of the franchise.

The 2022 NBA Draft Lottery is Tuesday night. What is the draft lottery, how do you watch it and what matters for the Cavs heading into the big event?

How a team performs scouting players, balancing its salary sheet and developing talent all play a major part in its growth from rebuilding team to contender, and the Cavs have worked hard to reach their place on the staircase from the former to the latter. That being said, each team is either buoyed by or hampered by their luck in the draft lottery.

The 2022 NBA Draft Lottery is tonight: Tuesday, May 17th. What exactly is the Draft Lottery, how can you watch it, and what’s at stake for the Cavs? Once we unpack that let’s highlight the three burning questions for the Cavs heading into tonight. Here is your official 2022 NBA Draft Lottery Preview!