Lawrence Frank dislikes calling it “remodeling” or “rebuilding” or anything else that acknowledges the Clippers ripped apart their franchise by trading an unhappy Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets last summer and a surprised Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons last winter.

“Reshaping,” is Frank’s preferred word.

No matter how you describe it, the Clippers find themselves in an unfamiliar position heading into the NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday in Chicago, when they will learn the selection order for not one but two possible top draft picks June 21. They have their own pick, plus one they got from Detroit.

Frank, the Clippers’ president of basketball operations, isn’t messing around.

Jerry West, the Clippers’ special consultant, will represent the team at the lottery.

Who better to send than “The Logo”, the legendary NBA player, coach and executive?

If anyone can bring the Clippers the right kind of luck in Chicago, it’s West.

The draft lottery is all about luck.

Some teams tanked to get into position to be included in the lottery, shedding top players and salaries for a chance to follow in the footsteps of the Philadelphia 76ers, whose trust in the process was long and painful but ultimately proved fruitful in 2017-18.

The Clippers’ case is different.

They expected to be a playoff qualifier for the seventh consecutive season, even after trading Paul for a package of players that included Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams. They believed they could win 50 games or more for the sixth consecutive time.

Injuries to key players, including Griffin and Beverley, torpedoed their plans, though. When the Pistons called about acquiring Griffin before the trade deadline, the Clippers decided it was time to part ways with their oft-injured power forward and continue to “reshape” their roster.

In essence, the Clippers acknowledged giving Griffin a five-year, $173 million extension last summer was a mistake, and they corrected it on Jan. 29 by swapping him, Brice Johnson and Willie Reed for Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic, plus the Pistons’ first-round draft pick.

Now, the Clippers begin the next step in their transformation.

The Clippers finished with the 13th-worst record in the NBA (42-40), which means their chances of jumping to the No. 1 overall pick are a microscopic 0.6 percent. Their chances at moving up to a top-three pick are only 2.2 percent, but the worst they could do is select 14th.

Not bad, considering the Clippers haven’t had a pick this high since they selected Al-Farouq Aminu eighth overall out of Wake Forest in the 2010 draft. They haven’t had the No. 1 pick since taking Griffin from Oklahoma in 2009.

Now, here’s where it gets interesting. The Clippers also have the Pistons’ pick in the Griffin trade, but there is a remote possibility that Detroit could keep it. There is a 0.7 percent chance this pick could go from 12th to first and also a 2.5 percent chance it could move into the top three.

The Pistons would retain the pick if it jumps into the top four and then send their 2019 first-round pick (also top-four protected) to the Clippers. That scenario could keep repeating itself until the 2021 pick comes into play, which would be unprotected.

Odds are the Clippers will have both first-round picks this year and remain in the general vicinity of the 12th and 13th selections. In that scenario, they could re-stock their roster for the long term before moving on to free agency and the possibility of further changes starting July 1.

After all, Bradley will be a free agent, and DeAndre Jordan, Austin Rivers, Milos Teodosic and Wesley Johnson each have player options for 2018-19. Frank signed Williams to a three-season, $24 million extension during the season, crossing off one item on his to-do list.

There’s more to do, beginning Tuesday.