The majority of the 2024-25 NBA Draft order was decided on the ultimate day of the NBA common season. At that time, a lot of the groups that missed the playoffs had been locked into their lottery slots whereas a lot of the groups that made it had been locked into their precise draft positions. And after the NBA introduced numerous tiebreakers on Monday, we have now a lot of the 2025 draft order settled.

When the common season ended, we knew that the three groups sharing the very best odds for the No. 1 choose and the best to draft Cooper Flagg — who formally declared for the draft on Monday — had been the Jazz, Wizards and Hornets, however now, the again half of the primary spherical is about and the tip of the lottery is usually in place as properly.

When two groups within the lottery are tied, they break up the lottery odds of the 2 slots in half and share them. A random drawing then determines who will get the upper total slot, which is the place the groups are ordered after the highest 4 are decided. When two playoff groups are tied, nevertheless, the league simply holds a random drawing to find out who will get the higher choose.

Because of the Play-In Match, the Bulls and Mavericks break up the lottery odds at No. 11 and No. 12, with a random drawing figuring out who winds up in every place. The identical factor happens at No. 13 and No. 14, however with a slight twist. Atlanta’s authentic choose belongs to San Antonio because of the Dejounte Murray commerce. Nonetheless, Atlanta will get Sacramento’s choose if it lands at No. 13 or later. 

Listed here are the outcomes of the 5 tiebreaker drawings, which had been carried out on Monday. 

• The Suns received a tiebreaker with the Path Blazers
• The Mavericks received a tiebreaker with the Bulls
• The Kings received a tiebreaker with the Hawks
• The Grizzlies received a three-way tiebreaker with the Bucks and Warriors, who will probably be slotted in that order
• The Lakers received a four-way tiebreaker with the Pacers Clippers and Nuggets, who will probably be slotted in that order

Exterior of the lottery, the Warmth are available in at No. 15 after making the playoffs. That sends their choose to Oklahoma Metropolis, because it was lottery-protected. Lastly, Memphis making the playoffs sends its choose to Washington because of the Marcus Sensible commerce, which additionally included a lottery-protected alternative. So, with all of that settled, right here is the place the NBA Draft order sits earlier than our random drawing tiebreakers and the upcoming lottery.

2025 NBA Draft Lottery odds

*choose belongs to 76ers if 1-6, Thunder if 7-30

**choose belongs to Kings if 1-12, Hawks if 13-30

When is the NBA Draft Lottery?

The 2025 NBA Draft Lottery will probably be held on Might 12. That’s after we will discover who will get the No. 1 choose and likelihood to draft Flagg. For now, we have now a very good chunk of the order decided.

One thing you probably observed is that hardly any playoff groups management their very own picks. Exterior of the highest 12, solely the Indiana Pacers, Orlando Magic and Boston Celtics at present management the picks that initially belonged to them. That could be a operate of the all-in NBA we at present exist inside. Most of these groups on the again finish of the primary spherical traded draft picks for veteran assist in some unspecified time in the future within the latest previous. They’re now paying for that privilege. 

All instructed, we’re headed for a primary spherical of the postseason wherein greater than half of the 30 picks within the first spherical might change fingers earlier than the draft even begins. Add all the buying and selling that inevitably comes throughout the draft itself and barely anyone outdoors of the lottery makes use of their very own picks anymore. This order represents the place we sit now, however when the mud settles, count on many extra of those picks to alter fingers.