On NBA Draft lottery day, basketball fans across the country channel their inner Hunger Games and repeat the same iconic quote to one another: 'May the odds be ever in your favor.'

And although the Charlotte Hornets won 43 games and won a game in the Play-In Tournament for the first time in franchise history, the refrain echoed throughout the Queen City as it usually does this time of year. Charlotte's odds to make a selection in the top four were slimmer than normal, but nevertheless, they still possessed a chance to leap up the order and win a chance at drafting a franchise-altering talent.

Charlotte had a 2.4% chance of jumping into the top four with a 0.5% chance of landing the number one overall pick.…