2024 NBA Draft: Lottery reveals teams selecting No. 1 through No. 14 picks
With the NBA season entering its final stretch, it’s time to roll out the red carpet for the next generation of NBA talent. However, before bright-eyed prospects can hear their names called in on June 27, the 2024 NBA Draft order must be determined.
On Sunday, the NBA held its annual draft lottery, including the 14 teams that missed the NBA Playoffs. Last season, the San Antonio Spurs won the lottery and selected 2024 NBA Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama.
Since the NBA introduced its new lottery system in 2019, the three teams with the worst records each have a 14% chance of landing the No. 1 overall pick. However, due to numerous ties this season, the Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards were the only two teams with a 14% chance of securing the coveted top pick.
To see the full list of lottery results, look below:
No. 1 pick: Atlanta Hawks
No. 2 pick: Washington Wizards
No. 3 pick: Houston Rockets
No. 4 pick: San Antonio Spurs
No. 5 pick: Detroit Pistons
No. 6 pick: Charlotte Hornets
No. 7 pick: Portland Trailblazers
No. 8 pick: San Antonio Spurs
No. 9 pick: Memphis Grizzlies
No. 10 pick: Utah Jazz
No. 11 pick: Chicago Bulls
No. 12 pick: Oklahoma City Thunder
No. 13 pick: Sacramento Kings
No. 14 pick: Portland Trailblazers
More on the NBA Draft Lottery process
The NBA takes the integrity of the lottery process seriously. The organization provided further details of how it ensures a random draw on its website.
“Fourteen ping-pong balls numbered 1 through 14 will be placed in a lottery machine. There are 1,001 possible combinations when four balls are drawn out of 14, without regard to their order of selection. Before the lottery, 1,000 of those 1,001 combinations will be assigned to the 14 participating lottery teams. The lottery machine is manufactured by the Smart Play Company, a leading manufacturer of state lottery machines throughout the United States. Smart Play also weighs, measures and certifies the ping-pong balls before the drawing.
“The drawing process occurs in the following manner: All 14 balls are placed in the lottery machine and they are mixed for 20 seconds, and then the first ball is removed. The remaining balls are mixed in the lottery machine for another 10 seconds, and then the second ball is drawn. There is a 10-second mix, and then the third ball is drawn. There is a 10-second mix, and then the fourth ball is drawn. The team that has been assigned that combination will receive the No. 1 pick. The same process is repeated with the same ping-pong balls and lottery machine for the second through fourth picks.”