Life is a lottery in NBA 'Least'

The odds that the Chicago Bulls would be trading one of their top players seemed like a long shot when the season began.

Then they lost Derrick Rose to another knee injury. Now, Luol Deng is gone after being dealt to Cleveland and it sure looks like the Bulls are holding a lottery ticket in the next NBA draft.

But there is no guarantee they will get there, given the sorry state of the NBA's Eastern Conference.