Lakers are still safe I think , they are third worst team , Philly has a two game tank on them.
I'd hardly call a 44% chance of losing your draft pick safe. And that's if they finish w/ the 2nd worst record, currently it's more likely that they lose the pick than keep it.
If they finish 3rd there's a 53% chance they lose it (plus their 2019 pick!!!
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41% chance they lose it if they finish alone for 2nd.
But as Phoenix has only 1 more game, the best the Lakers could do is tie for 2nd, in which case they split ping pong balls with Phoenix, which would give them ~47% chance of losing the pick.
So it'll be either 53% or 47% odds of losing their 2017 and 2019 picks.