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          Lottery team draft fixes: Magic, Kings, Pistons and Hornets

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          • Chad Ford
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            Chad Ford
            ESPN Senior Writer
            • Senior NBA Writer for ESPN.com
            • ESPN Insider NBA Draft Analyst since 2002
            • Writes ESPN's NBA Draft Top 100 and Lottery Mock Draft
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          • Kevin Pelton
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            Kevin Pelton
            ESPN Senior Writer
            • Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series
            • Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers
            • Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system
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          May 1, 2015, 11:00 AM ET

          ESPN Insider's Chad Ford and Kevin Pelton return to provide the kind of discussions that are happening in front offices around the NBA -- where scouts and statistics experts are breaking down NBA draft prospects using their "eyes, ears and numbers."

          Kevin Pelton: During the next few weeks, we'll take a look at the biggest need I identified for each team in my Roster Reload series, and how those teams might be able to fill it in the draft. Having already covered the bottom four teams, today we take a look at the teams entering the lottery fifth through eighth: the Magic, Kings, Pistons and Hornets.