According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index, the Lakers have about a 47 percent chance of their pick falling among the first three slots, allowing them to keep it. The Lakers would've had as much as a 56 percent chance of keeping their pick had they finished with the NBA's second-worst record, which they were on pace to do until they won five of their final six games to end the season, meaning they finished with the third-worst record instead. "Listen, I think you have to be prepared for whatever scenario when you're looking at a random event like the lottery," Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka said Thursday during exit interviews at the team's practice facility. "People are asking, 'Do you guys have to have to that pick?' That's something that I get asked at every single game. I think we're prepared to have it, and we also have a plan if we don't." Read more http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19154021/lakers-says-prepared-lose-pick-sixers
