Earlier than the 2025 NBA Draft takes place on June 25-26, the order for the primary 14 picks of the draft will first be decided on the NBA Draft Lottery in Chicago on Could 12.
This is every thing you want to know concerning the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery.
When is the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery?
The 2025 NBA Draft Lottery shall be televised on Monday, Could 12 at 6:30 p.m ET on ESPN.
2025 NBA Draft Lottery order and odds for No. 1 decide
- Utah Jazz (14%)
- Washington Wizards (14%)
- Charlotte Hornets (14%)
- New Orleans Pelicans (12.5%)
- Philadelphia 76ers (10.5%)
- Brooklyn Nets (9%)
- Toronto Raptors (7.5%)
- San Antonio Spurs (6%)
- Phoenix Suns (swap to Houston) (3.8%)
- Portland Path Blazers (3.7%)
- Miami Warmth (2.0%)
- Dallas Mavericks (1.3%)
- Chicago Bulls (1.2%)
- Sacramento Kings (swap to Atlanta) (0.5%)
How does the NBA Draft Lottery work?
Prematurely of the draft lottery broadcast, an precise lottery takes place with a consultant from the accounting agency Ernst & Younger overseeing your complete course of. The outcomes of that drawing are then sealed in an envelope for NBA deputy commissioner and chief working officer Mark Tatum reveal in descending order to a panel of 14 anxious workforce representatives.
The No. 1 decide within the draft is awarded to the workforce that attracts the profitable four-number mixture from the lottery machine. There are 14 ping-pong balls numbered one by way of 14, with every quantity representing a distinct lottery workforce. In whole, there are 1,001 potential four-number mixtures, however just one profitable mixture.
As soon as a winner is chosen, the drawing course of is repeated to find out picks 2-4. The remainder of the draft is finished so as of win proportion.
Who’s the favourite to go No. 1 general?
Duke’s Cooper Flagg is the clear favourite to go No. 1 general on this 12 months’s NBA Draft. Different notable draft prospects embody Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey (Rutgers) and Kasparas Jakucionis (Illinois).Â

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