Assuming you haven’t traded away your first-round draft pick, teams that don’t qualify for the NBA playoffs are entered into the draft lottery. Before they became a perennial NBA Championship contender, the Denver Nuggets were lottery dwellers. From 2014 to 2018, the Nuggets missed the postseason, allowing them to stockpile high-upside talent with lottery selections. While they were able to select quality players in Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr., they also had their misses.