2023 Pre-Lottery NBA Draft Order

The NBA conducted its draft tiebreakers on Monday, further cementing the draft order for 2023. While we’ll have to wait until the May 16 draft lottery to learn the exact order for this year’s event, we now know what most of the 58 selections look like.

Listed below is the pre-lottery 2023 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, Chicago’s first-round pick could still technically end up with either the Bulls or Magic, while the Celtics‘, Pacers‘, and Thunder‘s exact second-round picks have yet to be locked in.

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The second-round draft order for teams with identical regular season records is the inverse of their first-round order. This rule applies even when one club made the playoffs and one didn’t. For instance, the 42-40 Timberwolves will pick ahead of the 42-40 Pelicans in the second round (though neither team still controls its pick).

We’ll provided an updated list after the May 16 lottery, once the official draft order is set, but here’s the tentative 2023 NBA draft order:

First Round:

1. Detroit Pistons (14.0%)
2. Houston Rockets (14.0%)
3. San Antonio Spurs (14.0%)
4. Charlotte Hornets (12.5%)
5. Portland Trail Blazers (10.5%)
6. Orlando Magic (9.0%)
7. Indiana Pacers (6.8%)
8. Washington Wizards (6.7%)
9. Utah Jazz (4.5%)
10. Dallas Mavericks (3.0%)
    • Note: The Knicks will receive this pick if it falls out of the top 10.
11. Orlando Magic (from Bulls) (1.8%)
    • Note: The Bulls will retain this pick if it moves into the top four.
12. Oklahoma City Thunder (1.7%)
13. Toronto Raptors (1.0%)
14. New Orleans Pelicans (0.5%)
15. Atlanta Hawks
16. Utah Jazz (from Timberwolves)
17. Los Angeles Lakers
18. Miami Heat
19. Golden State Warriors
20. Houston Rockets (from Clippers)
21. Brooklyn Nets (from Suns)
22. Brooklyn Nets
23. Portland Trail Blazers (from Knicks)
    
24. Sacramento Kings
25. Memphis Grizzlies
26. Indiana Pacers (from Cavaliers)
27. Charlotte Hornets (from Nuggets)
28. Utah Jazz (from Sixers)
29. Indiana Pacers (from Celtics)
30. Los Angeles Clippers (from Bucks)

Second Round:

31. Detroit Pistons
32. San Antonio Spurs
    • Note: This pick would move to No. 33 if the Spurs end up with a higher first-round pick than the Rockets via the lottery.
33. Boston Celtics (from Rockets)
    • Note: This pick would move to No. 32 and would be sent to the Pacers if the Spurs end up with a higher first-round pick than the Rockets via the lottery.
34. Charlotte Hornets
35. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Trail Blazers)
    • Note: This pick would be sent to the Celtics if the Spurs end up with a higher first-round pick than the Rockets via the lottery.
36. Orlando Magic
37. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Wizards)
    • Note: This pick would move to No. 38 if the Wizards end up with a higher first-round pick than the Pacers via the lottery.
38. Sacramento Kings (from Pacers)
    • Note: This pick would move to No. 37 if the Wizards end up with a higher first-round pick than the Pacers via the lottery.
39. Charlotte Hornets (from Jazz)
40. Denver Nuggets (from Mavericks)
41. Charlotte Hornets (from Thunder)
    • Note: This pick would move to No. 42 if the Thunder end up with a higher first-round pick than the Bulls via the lottery.
42. Washington Wizards (from Bulls)
    • Note: This pick would move to No. 41 if the Thunder end up with a higher first-round pick than the Bulls via the lottery.
43. Portland Trail Blazers (from Hawks)
44. San Antonio Spurs (from Raptors)
45. Memphis Grizzlies (from Timberwolves)
46. Atlanta Hawks (from Pelicans)
47. Los Angeles Lakers
48. Los Angeles Clippers
49. Cleveland Cavaliers (from Warriors)
50. Indiana Pacers (from Heat)
    • Note: This pick would be sent to the Thunder if the Spurs end up with a higher first-round pick than the Rockets via the lottery.
51. Brooklyn Nets
52. Phoenix Suns
53. Minnesota Timberwolves (from Knicks)
    
54. Sacramento Kings
55. Indiana Pacers (from Cavaliers)
56. Memphis Grizzlies
57. Chicago Bulls (from Nuggets)
    • Note: The Bulls forfeited this second-round pick due to free agency gun-jumping.
57. Philadelphia 76ers
    • Note: The Sixers forfeited this second-round pick due to free agency gun-jumping.
57. Washington Wizards (from Celtics)
58. Milwaukee Bucks