2020 Pre-Lottery NBA Draft Order

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:

31. Dallas Mavericks (from Warriors)
32. Charlotte Hornets (from Cavaliers)
33. Minnesota Timberwolves
34. Philadelphia 76ers (from Hawks)
35. Sacramento Kings (from Pistons)
36. Philadelphia 76ers (from Knicks)
37. Washington Wizards (from Bulls)
38. New York Knicks (from Hornets)
39. New Orleans Pelicans (from Wizards)
40. Memphis Grizzlies (from Suns)
41. San Antonio Spurs
42. New Orleans Pelicans
43. Sacramento Kings
    • Note: Kings would swap places with Pelicans if New Orleans gets higher first-round pick than Sacramento via lottery.
44. Chicago Bulls (from Grizzlies)
45. Orlando Magic
46. Portland Trail Blazers
47. Boston Celtics (from Nets)
48. Golden State Warriors (from Mavericks)
49. Philadelphia 76ers
50. Atlanta Hawks (from Heat)
51. Golden State Warriors (from Jazz)
52. Sacramento Kings (from Rockets)
53. Oklahoma City Thunder
54. Indiana Pacers
55. Brooklyn Nets (from Nuggets)
56. Charlotte Hornets (from Celtics)
57. Los Angeles Clippers
58. Philadelphia 76ers (from Lakers)
59. Toronto Raptors
60. New Orleans Pelicans (from Bucks)

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