The NBA’s draft lottery took place on Sunday, in what will ultimately be the final year under the old draft format. Teams have been attempting to tank their way to the top overall pick of the draft. Many times, it’s successful. And even when it’s not, teams still luck up into a top-five pick. Case in point, the Houston Rockets of yesteryear, who identified a need to hit the reset button and start over in 2020. The Rockets nabbed top-five draft picks in four consecutive years, landing Jalen Green, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson and Reed Sheppard. Which is the definition of having luck on their side. Granted, several of these picks came by way of owning other teams’ draft capital from trades, so the Rockets didn’t tank their way to all of these picks. Houston emerged victorious in Sunday’s draft lottery as well, without even having a lottery pick. Or a first-round pick at all, for that matter.…