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2020 NBA Draft Picks By Team

August 21st, 2020 at 8:42am CST by Luke Adams

In addition to claiming the top three spots in the 2020 NBA draft based on this year’s lottery results, the Timberwolves, Warriors, and Hornets are three of eight teams that will own more than two draft picks this fall.

As our full 2020 draft order shows, the Sixers lead the way with five picks, while the Kings, Pelicans, and Celtics have four apiece. Like Minnesota, Golden State, and Charlotte, the Knicks also hold three selections. On the other end of the spectrum, the Rockets are the only team without a 2020 draft pick.

To present a clearer picture of which teams are most – and least – stocked with picks for the 2020 NBA draft, we’ve rounded up all 60 picks by team in the space below. Let’s dive in…

Teams with more than two picks:

  • Philadelphia 76ers (5): 21, 34, 36, 49, 58
  • Sacramento Kings (4): 12, 35, 43, 52
  • New Orleans Pelicans (4): 13, 39, 42, 60
  • Boston Celtics (4): 14, 26, 30, 47
  • Minnesota Timberwolves (3): 1, 17, 33
  • Golden State Warriors (3): 2, 48, 51
  • Charlotte Hornets (3): 3, 32, 56
  • New York Knicks (3): 8, 27, 38

Teams with two picks:

  • Chicago Bulls: 4, 44
  • Atlanta Hawks: 6, 50
  • Washington Wizards: 9, 37
  • San Antonio Spurs: 11, 41
  • Orlando Magic: 15, 45
  • Portland Trail Blazers: 16, 46
  • Dallas Mavericks: 18, 31
  • Brooklyn Nets: 19, 55
  • Oklahoma City Thunder: 25, 53
  • Toronto Raptors: 29, 59

Teams with one pick:

  • Cleveland Cavaliers: 5
  • Detroit Pistons: 7
  • Phoenix Suns: 10
  • Miami Heat: 20
  • Denver Nuggets: 22
  • Utah Jazz: 23
  • Milwaukee Bucks: 24
  • Los Angeles Lakers: 28
  • Memphis Grizzlies: 40
  • Indiana Pacers: 54
  • Los Angeles Clippers: 57

Teams with no picks:

  • Houston Rockets
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Full 2020 NBA Draft Order

August 20th, 2020 at 8:29pm CST by Luke Adams

Now that the NBA’s draft lottery results are in, the full 2020 draft order has been set.

We’ll likely see some of these picks change hands on November 18, or in the days leading up to draft night — we’ll be sure to update the list below if and when picks are traded.

Here’s the full 2020 NBA draft order:

First Round:

  1. Minnesota Timberwolves
  2. Golden State Warriors
  3. Charlotte Hornets
  4. Chicago Bulls
  5. Cleveland Cavaliers
  6. Atlanta Hawks
  7. Detroit Pistons
  8. New York Knicks
  9. Washington Wizards
  10. Phoenix Suns
  11. San Antonio Spurs
  12. Sacramento Kings
  13. New Orleans Pelicans
  14. Boston Celtics (from Grizzlies)
  15. Orlando Magic
  16. Houston Rockets (from Trail Blazers)
  17. Minnesota Timberwolves (from Nets)
  18. Dallas Mavericks
  19. Brooklyn Nets (from Sixers)
  20. Miami Heat
  21. Philadelphia 76ers (from Thunder)
  22. Denver Nuggets (from Rockets)
  23. New York Knicks (from Jazz)
  24. New Orleans Pelicans (from Pacers via Bucks)
  25. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Nuggets)
  26. Boston Celtics
  27. Utah Jazz (from Clippers via Knicks)
  28. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Lakers)
  29. Toronto Raptors
  30. Boston Celtics (from Bucks)

Second Round:

  1. Dallas Mavericks (from Warriors)
  2. Charlotte Hornets (from Cavaliers)
  3. Minnesota Timberwolves
  4. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Hawks via Sixers)
  5. Sacramento Kings (from Pistons)
  6. Philadelphia 76ers (from Knicks)
  7. Washington Wizards (from Bulls)
  8. Utah Jazz (from Hornets via Knicks)
  9. New Orleans Pelicans (from Wizards)
  10. Memphis Grizzlies (from Suns)
  11. San Antonio Spurs
  12. New Orleans Pelicans
  13. Sacramento Kings
  14. Chicago Bulls (from Grizzlies)
  15. Milwaukee Bucks (from Magic)
  16. Portland Trail Blazers
  17. Boston Celtics (from Nets)
  18. Golden State Warriors (from Mavericks)
  19. Philadelphia 76ers
  20. Atlanta Hawks (from Heat)
  21. Golden State Warriors (from Jazz)
  22. Sacramento Kings (from Rockets)
  23. Oklahoma City Thunder
  24. Indiana Pacers
  25. Brooklyn Nets (from Nuggets)
  26. Charlotte Hornets (from Celtics)
  27. Los Angeles Clippers
  28. Philadelphia 76ers (from Lakers)
  29. Toronto Raptors
  30. Milwaukee Bucks (via Pelicans)
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Timberwolves Win 2020 Draft Lottery; Warriors, Hornets, Bulls In Top Four

August 20th, 2020 at 7:55pm CST by Luke Adams

With Thursday night’s lottery results now official, the top 14 picks in the 2020 NBA draft have been set. The lottery order is as follows:

  1. Minnesota Timberwolves
  2. Golden State Warriors
  3. Charlotte Hornets
  4. Chicago Bulls
  5. Cleveland Cavaliers
  6. Atlanta Hawks
  7. Detroit Pistons
  8. New York Knicks
  9. Washington Wizards
  10. Phoenix Suns
  11. San Antonio Spurs
  12. Sacramento Kings
  13. New Orleans Pelicans
  14. Boston Celtics (from Memphis Grizzlies)

The Timberwolves, who entered the lottery with a 14.0% shot at the No. 1 overall pick, will get the opportunity to add a top prospect to a core that already includes D’Angelo Russell – the team’s draft representative on Thursday – and Karl-Anthony Towns, who is a former No. 1 pick himself.

Wolves president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas will face a fascinating decision with the No. 1 pick, since the 2020 draft class has no consensus top prospect — Anthony Edwards, James Wiseman, LaMelo Ball, and Obi Toppin are among the players expected to receive consideration at the top of the draft board. With Russell and Towns as anchors, some of those players look like better fits than others for Minnesota.

“We couldn’t be more pleased to land the first overall pick in this year’s draft, marking only the second time in franchise history,” Rosas said in a statement. “We are excited for the possibilities ahead of us to bring in a high caliber player now that we secured the first overall selection. As a front office, we are proud of what we’ve built here in Minnesota so far and we are looking forward to continuing to build upon that foundation in this year’s draft.”

The Warriors, who were tied with the Wolves for the lottery’s best odds, claim the No. 2 pick, which will give president of basketball operations Bob Myers and his team plenty of options this offseason. With Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson coming back from injuries, Golden State hopes to return to contention in 2020/21, so the club is expected to consider trading its lottery pick for immediate help if a favorable deal arises.

The Hornets and Bulls entered the lottery with the eighth- and seventh-best odds, so they got lucky in moving up to No. 3 and 4, respectively. Charlotte had a 6.7% shot at the No. 3 pick, while Chicago’s odds for No. 4 were 8.5%.

Charlotte is in rebuilding mode and president of basketball operations Mitch Kupchak has repeatedly stated that the club will prioritize adding the best player available rather than focusing on a specific need. New Bulls executive VP of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas has expressed a similar sentiment, and is in position to put a stamp on the franchise with a top-four pick in his first year on the job.

The Cavaliers are perhaps the biggest loser of the night, having slipped from second in the lottery standings to fifth. This will be the second consecutive year in which Cleveland has had the No. 5 overall pick — the club will look to add to a young core that features Collin Sexton and Darius Garland.

The Hawks, Pistons, and Knicks each slid two spots in the lottery to Nos. 6, 7, and 8, respectively. Those picks will represent the first draft picks for new Detroit general manager Troy Weaver and New York’s new president of basketball operations Leon Rose.

The remaining lottery selections – for the six lottery teams who were part of the NBA’s summer restart in Orlando – played out as expected. However, the Wizards‘ fate is worth noting — they technically finished with the league’s eighth-worst record, but were locked into the No. 9 spot in the lottery standings because the eight teams not invited to Orlando were assigned the top eight spots.

If the order had instead been based on records after the summer seeding games and the Wizards had entered the evening at No. 8 in the lottery standings, it would’ve been Washington – not Charlotte – that moved up to claim the third overall pick.

Assuming it’s not postponed again, the 2020 NBA draft will take place on October 16. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, teams are expected to have to make their picks without having evaluated any prospects in person for the last few months.

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.

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2020 NBA Draft Lottery Primer

August 20th, 2020 at 5:00pm CST by Luke Adams

The 2020 NBA draft lottery will take place on Thursday night prior to Game 2 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals between the Lakers and Trail Blazers. The half-hour event will be broadcast on ESPN beginning at 7:30 pm central time.

This year’s draft class doesn’t feature a consensus No. 1 pick like Zion Williamson, but the team that wins the 2020 lottery will get its pick of an intriguing group of top prospects that includes LaMelo Ball, Anthony Edwards, and James Wiseman, among others.

Here’s what you need to know heading into tonight’s lottery:

Pre-Lottery Draft Order:

This year’s draft lottery features the 14 teams that didn’t make the playoffs, sorted by their records as of March 11, the date the 2019/20 season was suspended. The top 14 picks in the 2020 NBA draft would look like this if tonight’s lottery results don’t change the order:

  1. Golden State Warriors
  2. Cleveland Cavaliers
  3. Minnesota Timberwolves
  4. Atlanta Hawks
  5. Detroit Pistons
  6. New York Knicks
  7. Chicago Bulls
  8. Charlotte Hornets
  9. Washington Wizards
  10. Phoenix Suns
  11. San Antonio Spurs
  12. Sacramento Kings
  13. New Orleans Pelicans
  14. Boston Celtics (from Memphis Grizzlies)
    • Note: The Grizzlies will keep this pick if it moves up into the top four (2.4% chance).

For the full pre-lottery draft order, click here.

Draft Lottery Odds:

The Warriors, Cavaliers, and Timberwolves have the best odds to land the No. 1 pick. Each of those three teams has a 14.0% chance to pick first overall, and a 52.1% shot at a top-four pick.

From there, the Hawks (48.1%), Pistons (42.1%), Wizards (37.2%), and Bulls (32.0%) have the best odds to land in the top four.

For the full draft lottery odds for all 14 spots, click here.

Trades Affecting The Draft Lottery:

Only one trade will have an impact on Thursday night’s lottery results. Here are the details on that deal:

Celtics/Grizzlies

The Celtics own the Grizzlies‘ top-six protected first-round pick, so they’ll receive that selection if it’s No. 7 or lower. There’s a 97.6% chance that will happen, since Memphis ranks 14th in the lottery standings.

The pick will either land at No. 14 or move into the top four, in which case the Grizzlies would keep it. There’s only a 2.4% chance that will happen, but Memphis did move up several spots in the lottery a year ago — perhaps the team can get lucky again in 2020.

In the unlikely event that the Grizzlies keep the pick this year, they’d owe the Celtics their unprotected first-round pick in 2021.

Draft Lottery Representatives:

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s draft lottery will be a virtual event, so representatives for each of this year’s lottery teams will be joining the broadcast remotely.

Those reps are as follows, according to a press release issued by the NBA:

  1. Golden State Warriors: Stephen Curry
  2. Cleveland Cavaliers: Brad Daugherty (former player)
  3. Minnesota Timberwolves: D’Angelo Russell
  4. Atlanta Hawks: Jami Gertz (co-owner)
  5. Detroit Pistons: Troy Weaver (general manager)
  6. New York Knicks: Leon Rose (president of basketball operations)
  7. Chicago Bulls: Arturas Karnisovas (executive VP of basketball operations)
  8. Charlotte Hornets: Devonte’ Graham
  9. Washington Wizards: Rui Hachimura
  10. Phoenix Suns: James Jones (general manager)
  11. San Antonio Spurs: Peter J. Holt (team owner)
  12. Sacramento Kings: De’Aaron Fox
  13. New Orleans Pelicans: Trajan Langdon (general manager)
  14. Memphis Grizzlies: Elliot Perry (minority owner/director of player support)

Lottery Format:

This will be the second year that the NBA uses its revamped lottery system, which reduces the odds that the league’s very worst teams will land a top pick and makes the top four selections available via the lottery, instead of the top three.

One year is too small a sample size to draw any conclusions about the new format, but 2019’s results showed that the smoothed-out odds have the potential to create a little more mayhem on lottery night.

A year ago, the Pelicans, Grizzlies, and Lakers claimed three of the top four picks despite ranking seventh, eight, and 11th, respectively, in the lottery standings. If that were to happen again this year, it’d mean the Bulls at No. 1, the Hornets at No. 2, and the Spurs at No. 4.

Before the NBA changed its lottery format, there was a 60.5% chance that one of the league’s bottom three teams would secure the No. 1 pick, and only a 27.6% chance that a team in the 5-14 range of the lottery standings would do so. Now, those odds are 42.0% and 45.5%, respectively.

For full details on the revamped lottery format, click here.

Photos courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.

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Bulls Notes: Draft, Karnisovas, Offseason, Oturu

August 20th, 2020 at 10:20am CST by Luke Adams

Bulls executive VP of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas, speaking to Sam Smith of Bulls.com, confirmed that he’ll be the one making the final call on the team’s lottery pick this fall. He also suggested that – like most teams in the lottery – he’ll be prioritizing adding talent rather than focusing on fit.

“It’s a talent-driven league. Talent wins championships,” Karnisovas said. “So we’re going to be focused on adding talent. It’s going to be up to the coaches to maximize it. Just to get high-upside guys on our team. Looking at our roster I love what I see. The players we have now, a young core with vets like Thad (Young) and Otto (Porter). I think we can build on that. This group definitely can do better than what they’ve showed the last couple of years.”

Karnisovas, who previously served as the general manager in Denver, pointed to the Nuggets selecting both Nikola Jokic and Jusuf Nurkic in the 2014 draft despite already having multiple bigs on their roster as an example of why drafting for talent over need is usually the right call.

“The roster balance, you can sort that out,” he told Smith. “You go after talent in that position.”

Here’s more on the Bulls:

  • Responding to a question from Smith about the Bulls’ greatest need, Karnisovas noted that he and new GM Marc Eversley view “developing on our players” as a prime concern. “Some of the players took a step back last year, which we are trying to address,” Karnisovas said. “When Marc and I came in, we came in with the No. 1 priority of player care and player development.”
  • Karnisovas also indicated to Smith that the Bulls will have the mid-level and bi-annual exceptions available this offseason, confirming that he expects the team to operate over the cap, but under the tax. That’s not a surprise, based on Chicago’s commitments for 2020/21.
  • Darnell Mayberry of The Athletic spoke to a number of scouts to get their opinions on some of the head coaching candidates who have been linked to the Bulls since Jim Boylen‘s ouster.
  • Minnesota center Daniel Oturu interviewed on Wednesday with the Bulls and expects to meet with several more teams in the coming weeks, tweets Darren Wolfson of 5 Eyewitness News. Oturu is the No. 36 prospect on ESPN’s big board, so there’s a chance he could still be available when Chicago picks at No. 44.
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Eastern Notes: Gordon, Heat, Pistons, Knicks

August 19th, 2020 at 9:25pm CST by Jovan Alford

Magic head coach Steve Clifford told reporters on Wednesday that forward Aaron Gordon played 2-on-2 after practice, per Josh Robbins of The Athletic (Twitter link). Clifford also mentioned that Gordon’s availability for Game 2 against the Bucks will be determined by how his hamstring is feeling on Thursday.

The 24-year-old Gordon missed Game 1 on Tuesday with a left strained hamstring, which he suffered back on August 5. This season, the Magic forward is averaging 14.4 PPG, 7.7 RPG, and 3.7 APG.

Here’s more from around the Eastern Conference:

  • Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra answered questions on Wednesday about the benchings of center Meyers Leonard and rookie point guard Kendrick Nunn. Both players received DNP’s for Monday’s Game 1 against the Pacers. “Everybody’s all in on that, the purpose of what we’re trying to get accomplished here,” Spoelstra said (h/t South Florida Sun-Sentinel). “We’ll need everybody. … It’s something that we talked about as a team. And it’s Game 1 … Obviously, Kendrick is a major part of our team. We will need to get into our depth at some point.” Leonard, who was the team’s starting center, fell out of the rotation when the seeding games begin. Nunn, however, started in five games in the bubble. In those contests, he averaged 10.8 PPG, 2.4 RPG, and 2.0 APG.
  • Pistons head coach Dwane Casey said on Wednesday that he does not expect Derrick Rose or Blake Griffin to participate in the team’s voluntary camp next month, though both players could attend if they want to, per James Edwards III of The Athletic (Twitter link). However, Casey hopes young players view it as mandatory.
  • Marc Berman of the New York Post writes about the Knicks‘ odds of landing standout point guard LaMelo Ball. According to the Post, Ball’s preference is to go to New York. However, the Knicks only have a 27.6% chance of landing a top-three selection in the 2020 NBA Draft. In fact, New York has a 62.8% chance of getting a pick between 6-10. If that happens, Ball will likely be off the board, and the team could opt to draft former UNC point guard Cole Anthony.
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Draft Notes: Ball, Edwards, Madar, Hayes

August 19th, 2020 at 6:46pm CST by Arthur Hill

ESPN’s Mike Schmitz examines the unusual path LaMelo Ball has taken to become a potential No. 1 pick in this year’s draft. Ball first gained notice when he skipped eighth grade so he could play a season in high school with his brothers Lonzo and LiAngelo. Since then, he has grown from 5’11” to 6’7″ and has taken a circuitous route through Lithuania, his father’s basketball league (JBA) and Illawarra in the NBL.

Several NBA general managers and executives told Schmitz they consider Ball to have the most star power in the draft and expect him to be selected in the top two or three. However, questions remain about the quality of competition he has faced and whether LaVar Ball will provide a distraction like he did when Lonzo was with the Lakers.

There’s more draft news ahead of tomorrow’s lottery:

  • This year’s draft class is among the most balanced in recent memory, and many teams would privately prefer to pick second or third to avoid the spotlight that comes with the top choice, according to Jeremy Woo of Sports Illustrated. He previews what’s at stake for all 14 teams involved in tomorrow’s drawing and cites the Warriors as the most intriguing. Woo suggests that if Golden State decides to keep its pick, it may prefer someone with more of a fully developed game, such as Obi Toppin or Tyrese Haliburton, rather than a talented project like Anthony Edwards, James Wiseman or Ball.
  • Edwards remains at the top of the latest mock draft from ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. He states that Edwards, Ball and Wiseman have become a consensus top three, but a shortage of information resulting from the postponement of the draft combine and a ban on in-person interviews continue to make this year’s draft unpredictable. Rounding out Givony’s top five, in order, are Wiseman, Ball, Israeli forward Deni Avdija, and USC big man Onyeka Okongwu.
  • Israeli point guard Yam Madar confirmed his signing with CAA Sports, tweets international basketball writer Donatas Urbonas. Sources tell Urbonas that the 19-year-old has received “strong interest” from NBA teams after a good performance in the Israeli League playoffs. Madar, who projects as a possible late second-round pick, is training in Las Vegas.
  • Shams Charania of The Athletic posted a video chat with French point guard Killian Hayes, a possible lottery selection.
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Virtual Draft Combine Expected To Be Announced Soon

August 19th, 2020 at 9:59am CST by Arthur Hill

This year’s version of the NBA draft combine will likely be virtual and will take place at a few regional team facilities in September, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, who adds that plans may be finalized by next week.

The league typically holds its combine every May in Chicago, where players go through drills and hold one-on-one meetings with team executives. This year’s event, like many other league functions, was postponed because of coronavirus concerns.

The new plan would have players attend selected team facilities for their workouts, sources tell Wojnarowski. Physicals would be conducted at area hospitals, and league officials would record body measurables and put players through physical tests. COVID-19 testing will also be part of the experience.

Wojnarowski believes nearly all the projected top prospects will participate in the virtual combine, which will be shared with all 30 teams. However, there will be an option for players to engage in a “limited combine workout environment.” Woj adds that pro day sessions, which are sometimes arranged by agents, won’t be permitted this year because of the pandemic.

Teams have been limited so far to virtual interviews with players, as the league has banned meetings and workouts in person. Further interviews can be requested during the virtual combine, but the league hasn’t said if players will be permitted to travel before the draft to meet with interested teams. Agents have been barred from sending videos of workouts to individual organizations.

The NBA’s annual lottery will be held virtually tomorrow night, but sources tell Wojnarowski the league still hasn’t determined the location or format for its October 16 draft.

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2020 NBA Draft Lottery Odds

August 17th, 2020 at 2:49pm CST by Luke Adams

The 2020 NBA draft lottery is just three days away, having been rescheduled to Thursday, August 20 after being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event could significantly impact the fate of several NBA franchises vying for the right to select top prospects such as Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, and James Wiseman.

This will be the second time that the NBA is using a new lottery format that has smoothed out the odds, reducing the league’s worst team’s chance of getting the No. 1 pick from 25.0% to 14.0%. A year ago, the new format had an immediate impact — the Pelicans and Grizzlies were tied for the seventh-best lottery odds, but jumped up to No. 1 and 2, respectively, allowing them to land Zion Williamson and Ja Morant.

For a full breakdown of the system, be sure to check out our glossary entry on the subject.

The standard odds chart for the new draft lottery format is included in our glossary entry, but the numbers in that chart don’t quite match up with 2020’s lottery, since a couple teams finished the season with identical records, which will impact the odds for this year’s lottery.

With the help of data from Tankathon.com – which is worth checking out for all sorts of draft-related info – we’ve listed the new odds for 2020 in the chart below.

The numbers in the chart indicate percentages, so the Warriors, for instance, have a 14% chance of landing the No. 1 pick and a 47.9% chance of ending up at No. 5. If a team’s odds are listed as >0, that percentage is below 0.1%.

Here’s the full chart:

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
GSW 14 13.4 12.7 12 47.9 – – – – – – – – –
CLE 14 13.4 12.7 12 27.8 20 – – – – – – – –
MIN 14 13.4 12.7 12 14.8 26 7.1 – – – – – – –
ATL 12.5 12.2 11.9 11.5 7.2 25.7 16.8 2.2 – – – – – –
DET 10.5 10.5 10.6 10.5 2.2 19.6 26.7 8.8 0.6 – – – – –
NYK 9 9.2 9.4 9.6 – 8.6 29.6 20.6 3.8 0.2 – – – –
CHI 7.5 7.8 8.1 8.5 – – 19.7 34.1 12.9 1.3 >0 – – –
CHA 6 6.3 6.7 7.2 – – – 34.5 32.1 6.7 0.4 >0 – –
WSH 4.5 4.8 5.2 5.7 – – – – 50.7 25.9 3 0.1 >0 –
PHX 3 3.3 3.6 4 – – – – – 65.9 18.9 1.2 >0 >0
SAS 2 2.2 2.4 2.8 – – – – – – 77.6 12.6 0.4 >0
SAC 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.8 – – – – – – – 86.1 7.6 0.1
NOP 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.7 – – – – – – – – 92.0 2.3
MEM 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 – – – – – – – – – 97.6

Notes:

  • The Grizzlies‘ pick will be sent to the Celtics unless it moves up into the top four.

The full pre-lottery draft order for 2020 can be found right here.

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2020 Pre-Lottery NBA Draft Order

August 17th, 2020 at 2:27pm CST by Luke Adams

The NBA conducted its draft tiebreakers on Monday, further cementing the draft order for 2020. While we’ll have to wait until this Thursday’s draft lottery to determine the exact order for this year’s event, we now know what most of the 60 selections look like.

Listed below is the pre-lottery 2020 NBA draft order. Each lottery team’s chances of landing the No. 1 overall pick are noted in parentheses. We’ve also included notes for picks whose status remains up in the air — for example, the Grizzlies‘ first-round pick could still technically end up with either Memphis or the Celtics.

For teams with identical records, Monday’s tiebreakers only determined the first-round order — that order is reversed in the second round. As such, a couple second-round picks may hinge on next month’s lottery results.

For instance, even though the Kings won the tiebreaker vs. the Pelicans for the No. 12 spot in the lottery order, New Orleans could still leapfrog Sacramento in the lottery, in which case the Kings’ second-round pick would move ahead of the Pelicans’ second-rounder.

We’ll provided an updated list after the August 20 lottery, once the official draft order is set, but here’s the tentative 2020 NBA draft order:

First Round:

  1. Golden State Warriors (14.0%)
  2. Cleveland Cavaliers (14.0%)
  3. Minnesota Timberwolves (14.0%)
  4. Atlanta Hawks (12.5%)
  5. Detroit Pistons (10.5%)
  6. New York Knicks (9.0%)
  7. Chicago Bulls (7.5%)
  8. Charlotte Hornets (6.0%)
  9. Washington Wizards (4.5%)
  10. Phoenix Suns (3.0%)
  11. San Antonio Spurs (2.0%)
  12. Sacramento Kings (1.3%)
  13. New Orleans Pelicans (1.2%)
  14. Boston Celtics (from Grizzlies) (0.5%)
    • Note: The Grizzlies will keep this pick if it moves up into the top four (2.4% chance).
  15. Orlando Magic
  16. Portland Trail Blazers
  17. Minnesota Timberwolves (from Nets)
  18. Dallas Mavericks
  19. Brooklyn Nets (from Sixers)
  20. Miami Heat
  21. Philadelphia 76ers (from Thunder)
  22. Denver Nuggets (from Rockets)
  23. Utah Jazz
  24. Milwaukee Bucks (from Pacers)
  25. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Nuggets)
  26. Boston Celtics
  27. New York Knicks (from Clippers)
  28. Los Angeles Lakers
  29. Toronto Raptors
  30. Boston Celtics (from Bucks)

Second Round:

  1. Dallas Mavericks (from Warriors)
  2. Charlotte Hornets (from Cavaliers)
  3. Minnesota Timberwolves
  4. Philadelphia 76ers (from Hawks)
  5. Sacramento Kings (from Pistons)
  6. Philadelphia 76ers (from Knicks)
  7. Washington Wizards (from Bulls)
  8. New York Knicks (from Hornets)
  9. New Orleans Pelicans (from Wizards)
  10. Memphis Grizzlies (from Suns)
  11. San Antonio Spurs
  12. New Orleans Pelicans
  13. Sacramento Kings
    • Note: Kings would swap places with Pelicans if New Orleans gets higher first-round pick than Sacramento via lottery.
  14. Chicago Bulls (from Grizzlies)
  15. Orlando Magic
  16. Portland Trail Blazers
  17. Boston Celtics (from Nets)
  18. Golden State Warriors (from Mavericks)
  19. Philadelphia 76ers
  20. Atlanta Hawks (from Heat)
  21. Golden State Warriors (from Jazz)
  22. Sacramento Kings (from Rockets)
  23. Oklahoma City Thunder
  24. Indiana Pacers
  25. Brooklyn Nets (from Nuggets)
  26. Charlotte Hornets (from Celtics)
  27. Los Angeles Clippers
  28. Philadelphia 76ers (from Lakers)
  29. Toronto Raptors
  30. New Orleans Pelicans (from Bucks)

Information from NBA.com was used in the creation of this post.

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