Here’s a look at the odds for the May 19th draft lottery. The figures in red denote the chances that the Sixers, who get the Lakers’ pick if it falls out of the top five and the Heat’s pick if it falls out of the top 10, have of receiving those picks in each lottery position. Picks marked with an X are impossible for a team to land. Spaces in which “0.0%” appears means there’s less than a 0.05% chance the team will end up with that pick.
Here’s a look at the full order, with each of the 60 picks as they stand:
First Round
- *Timberwolves
- *Knicks
- *Sixers
- *Lakers — to Sixers if pick falls out of top five
- *Magic
- *Kings
- *Nuggets
- *Pistons
- *Hornets
- *Heat — to Sixers if Miami is passed in lottery
- *Pacers
- *Jazz
- *Suns
- *Thunder
- Hawks (via Nets)
- Celtics
- Bucks
- Rockets (via Pelicans)
- Wizards
- Raptors
- Mavericks
- Bulls
- Trail Blazers
- Cavaliers
- Grizzlies
- Spurs
- Lakers (via Rockets)
- Celtics (via Clippers)
- Nets (via Hawks)
- Warriors
*— subject to lottery
Second Round
- Timberwolves
- Rockets (via Knicks)
- Celtics (via Sixers)
- Lakers
- Sixers (via Magic)
- Timberwolves (via Kings)
- Sixers (via Nuggets)
- Pistons
- Hornets
- Heat
- Nets
- **Jazz or Pacers
- **Jazz or Pacers
- Suns
- Celtics
- Bucks
- Sixers (via Pelicans)
- Thunder
- Wizards
- Hawks (via Raptors)
- Magic (via Bulls)
- Mavericks
- Cavaliers (via Trail Blazers)
- Jazz (via Cavaliers)
- Spurs
- Pelicans (via Grizzlies)
- Nuggets (via Clippers)
- Sixers (via Rockets)
- Hawks
- Sixers (via Warriors)
** — The Jazz and Pacers finished with identical regular season records, but the random draw for the teams’ first-round picks only determined lottery position, not final draft position. It’s possible that Utah’s first-rounder will emerge from the lottery in a higher position than Indiana’s. If that happens, Indiana will take the 12th pick in the second round (42nd overall) and Utah will take the 13th (43rd). Otherwise, the Jazz will have the 12th pick in the second round and the Pacers will have the 13th.
NBA.com and a Celtics.com piece by Celtics assistant GM Mike Zarren were used in the creation of this post. For more on how the lottery works, check out our Hoops Rumors Glossary item.