The Magic defied those odds and became the luckiest lottery winner in NBA history, still to this day. With fellow big man Chris Webber atop that year's draft class, the Magic traded the No. 1 pick to the Golden State Warriors for No. 3 pick Penny Hardaway along with three future first-rounders.

The NBA draft lottery took place on Monday and changed the upcoming NBA landscape in a big way. The Utah Jazz (17-65), Washington Wizards (18-64) and Charlotte Hornets (19-63) each had a 14% chance of landing the No.

Late last month, the Dallas Mavericks and Chicago Bulls squared off in a seemingly inconsequential coin-flip, with little attention paid to a small tiebreaking matter between two teams that didn’t even reach the first round of the NBA playoffs.