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The 2026 NBA Draft Lottery will be the last of its kind.
Whatever it looks like next season, after Adam Silver pushes anti-tanking measures, the lottery is going to look very different. And likely more complex than the current one, which uses 14 numbered ping-pong balls in a lottery machine, creating 1001 possible combinations.
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The reason for all the buzz — and the tanking this season — is that this is one of the deepest classes in recent memory, with scouts saying there are potentially three (some might say four) franchise cornerstone players at the top and great depth behind them. That starts with BYU’s AJ Dybantsa (the No. 1 pick on most boards), Kansas’ Darryn Peterson, and Duke’s Cameron Boozer at the top of the list.
Here is everything you need to know about the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery
How to watch the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery
The lottery will take place on May 10 at 3 pm ET and can be watched on ESPN.
What are each team’s odds?
Here are the odds for the 14 teams in the lottery.
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No. 1 Washington Wizards
Odds to land No. 1 pick 14%; odds to land in top four 52.1%
Washington is looking to add one more young, cornerstone player to a team that had a few nice young players already — Alex Sarr, Kyshawn George and Tre Johnson — plus added Trae Young and Anthony Davis. Whatever happens in this lottery, the Wizards expect to be in the postseason next year, not back here in the lottery.
No. 2 Indiana Pacers
Odds to land No. 1 pick 14%; odds to land in top four 52.1%
If Indiana’s pick falls out of the top four — basically a coin-toss chance — their pick goes to the LA Clippers as part of the Ivica Zubac trade. Either way, with Zubac, a healthy Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam and the rest of a core that went to the Finals a year ago, it’s going to be a bounce-back season in Indiana. But put a top-four pick in that mix and it gets more interesting.
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No. 3 Brooklyn Nets
Odds to land No. 1 pick 14%; odds to land in top four 52.1%
Brooklyn used all five of the first round picks they had on players last year in the draft and… meh. It was not a great showing, although some had flashes…
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