Don't look now, but the Lakers are only 5 games back of the 8-seed out west, which would mean a 0% chance of a top-5 pick in this years draft.
The three teams that stand between them and the playoffs are The Pelicans sans Boogie, The Clippers sans Blake, and The Jazz sans anyone not named Gobert. The Lakers really seem to be hitting their stride, and I think it's at least more probable at this point that they make the playoffs than it is that they slide back 5 games and overtake that 5th-from-the-bottom spot in the league.
All that is to say, looks like we need to close the book on Bagley, Doncic, Ayton, Bamba, Porter, and Young and start looking ahead to RJ Barrett, Bol Bol, and Cam Reddish.