Before the NBA draft of 2025 takes place from June 25 to 26, the order for the first 14 draft selections will be determined first in the NBA Draft lottery in Chicago on May 12.
Here is everything you need to know about the NBA 2025 draft lottery.
When is the NBA draft lottery of 2025?
The NBA Draft Lottery of 2025 will be televised on Monday, May 12 at 6:30 pm et in ESPN.
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2025 Lottery Order in the NBA Draft and Probabilities for Selection No. 1
- Utah jazz (14%)
- Washington Wizards (14%)
- Charlotte Hornets (14%)
- New Orleans Pelicans (12.5%)
- Filadelphia 76ers (10.5%)
- Brooklyn Nets (9%)
- Toronto Raptors (7.5%)
- San Antonio Spurs (6%)
- Phoenix Suns (Exchange to Houston) (3.8%)
- Portland Trail Blazers (3.7%)
- Miami Heat (2.0%)
- Dallas Mavericks (1.3%)
- Chicago Bulls (1.2%)
- Kings of Sacramento (Exchange to Atlanta) (0.5%)
How does the NBA lottery draft work?
Before the transmission of the draft lottery, a royal lottery is carried out with a representative of the Ernst & Young accounting firm that supervises the entire process. The results of that drawing are sealed in an envelope for the attached commissioner of the NBA and Operations Director Mark Tatum reveals in descending order to a panel or 14 anxious team representatives.
The number 1 selection in the draft is awarded to the team that attracts the winning combination of four numbers of the lottery machine. There are 14 numbered ping-pong balls from one to 14, and each number represents a different lottery team. In total, there are 1,001 possible combinations of four numbers, but only a winning combination.
Once a winner is selected, the drawing process is repeated to determine selections 2-4. The rest of the draft is made in order of victories.
Who is the favorite to go? 1 in general?
Duke’s Cooper Flagg is the clear favorite to go to number 1 in general in this year’s NBA draft. Other notable Draft perspectives include Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey (Rutgers) and Kasparas Jakucionis (Illinois).
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