The intrigue surrounding the annual NBA Draft Lottery can be felt as the annual event when the order for the first 14 picks of the 2024 NBA Draft will be determined is set to take place Sunday. The lottery will take place in a private room in Chicago and be unveiled live on ABC at 3 p.m. ET with Detroit and Washington owning the best odds — 14% — to win the lottery and the rights to the No. 1 pick.
Charlotte and Portland have a 13.3% and 13.2% chance of winning the lottery which narrowly trail the Pistons and Wizards. San Antonio at 10.5% is the only other team that has a greater than 9% chance of winning the No. 1 pick.
Per the NBA, the lottery drawings as usual are conducted for the first four picks, and the other lottery teams will continue to pick in inverse order of their regular season records. The lottery itself has 1,001 possible combinations and 1,000 combinations will be divvied out to lottery teams in advance. The ping-pong balls are then put through the lottery and the numbers on the balls will spit out a combination to determine the order.
How to watch 2024 NBA Draft Lottery
Date: Sunday, May 12 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
TV channel: ABC | Live stream: Fubo (try for free)
Odds for No. 1 pick
Following tiebreakers held by the NBA last month, only two teams — Detroit and Washington — have a 14% chance of winning the No. 1 pick as opposed to the typical three. Charlotte and Portland tied with 21-61 records that finished as the third worst, and after tiebreaker drawings, the Hornets have a 13.2% chance of winning the lottery followed by the Trail Blazers at 13.2%. San Antonio is the only other team with a double-digit percentage chance of winning the No. 1 pick at 10.5%. The Spurs won the lottery last year and selected Victor Wembanyama.
|
Detroit Pistons |
14-68 |
.171 |
52.1% |
14.0% |
|
Washington Wizards |
15-67 |
.268 |
52.1% |
14.0% |
|
Charlotte Hornets |
21-61 |
.256 |
50.3% |
13.3% |
|
Portland Trail Blazers |
21-61 |
.256 |
50.0% |
13.2% |
|
San Antonio Spurs |
22-60 |
.268 |
42.1% |
10.5% |
|
Toronto Raptors-x |
25-57 … |
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