NBA draft order: Complete order after draft lottery

Most of us can use a little luck.

And the Atlanta Hawks were on the fortunate end of the NBA’s Draft Lottery Sunday, winning the No. 1 pick.

Washington landed the second pick, Houston the third, San Antonio the fourth and Detroit the fifth. Rounding out the remaining lottery picks: No. 6 to Charlotte, No. 7 to Portland, No. 8 to San Antonio, No. 9 to Memphis, No. 10 to Utah, No. 11 to Chicago, No. 12 to Oklahoma City, No. 13 to Sacramento and No. 14 to Portland.

The Hawks, who were 36-46 this season, had a 3% chance to win the lottery, and the longshot came in for Atlanta and Hawks general manager Landry Fields. This is the first time the Hawks have the No. 1 pick since 1975.

There is no clear No. 1 pick. Frenchmen Alexandre Sarr and Zaccharie Risacher have been projected No. 1 picks in mock draft for the past year, but players like UConn’s Donovan Clingan and Kentucky’s Rob Dillingham have climbed draft boards.

Here is what you need to know about the 2024 NBA draft order and more:

NBA draft order 2024

Atlanta Hawks
Washington Wizards
Houston Rockets (from Brooklyn Nets)
San Antonio Spurs
Detroit Pistons
Charlotte Hornets
Portland Trail Blazers
San Antonio Spurs (from Toronto Raptors)
Memphis Grizzlies
Utah Jazz
Chicago Bulls
Oklahoma City Thunder (from Houston Rockets)
Sacramento Kings
Portland Trail Blazers (from Golden State Warriors)
Miami Heat
Philadelphia 76ers
New Orleans Pelicans (from Los Angeles Lakers)
Orlando Magic
Toronto Raptors (from Indiana Pacers)
Cleveland Cavaliers
New Orleans Pelicans (from Milwaukee Bucks)
Phoenix Suns
Milwaukee Bucks (from New Orleans Pelicans)
New York Knicks (from Dallas Mavericks)
New York Knicks
Washington Wizards (from Los Angeles Clippers)
Minnesota Timberwolves
Denver Nuggets
Utah Jazz (from Oklahoma City Thunder)
Boston Celtics

When is NBA draft lottery?

Sunday, May 12 in Chicago, 3 p.m. ET.

How to watch NBA draft lottery?

ABC will televise the draft lottery.

2024 NBA Draft lottery odds

Odds for the No. 1 pick

Detroit – 14% (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 52.13%)

Washington – 14% (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 52.13%)

Charlotte – 13.3% (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 50.28%)

Portland – 13.2% (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 50.01%)

San Antonio – 10.5% (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 42.11%)

Toronto – 9% (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 37.22%) (pick will be conveyed to San Antonio if not among the top 6 picks)

Memphis – 7.5% (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 31.95%)

Utah – 6% (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 26.3%) (pick will be conveyed to Oklahoma City if not among the top 10 picks)

Houston – 4.5% (from Brooklyn) (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 20.27%)

Atlanta – 3% (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 13.88%)

Chicago – 2% (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 9.41%)

Houston – 1.5% (pick will be conveyed to Oklahoma City if not among the top 4 picks) (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 7.12%)

Sacramento – 0.8% (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 3.84%)

Golden State – 0.7% (pick will be conveyed to Portland – via Boston and Memphis – if not among the top 4 picks) (percent chance to get a top-four pick: 3.37%)

How does NBA draft lottery work?

According to the NBA, ‘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.

‘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.’

The remaining lottery teams are slotted in order of their draft odds. Detroit can’t slide any lower than No. 5, Washington no lower than No. 6, Charlotte no lower than No. 7, Portland no lower than No. 8 and San Antonio no lower than No. 9. After that, if a team doesn’t move into the top four via ping-pong ball selection, it can’t move up any higher than its draft lottery odds position. For example, if Toronto, with the sixth-best odds to get a top-four pick doesn’t move in the top four, it can’t land a pick any better than No. 6. If Memphis doesn’t move into the top four, it can’t get a pick any better than No. 7 and so on.

The lottery is conducted in a separate room (with no communication devices, such as cell phones or computers) just before the draft lottery TV show. Select media, NBA officials and representatives of the participating teams and the accounting firm Ernst & Young will be in attendance in the room for the drawings.

Who is the projected No. 1 pick in 2024 NBA Draft?

There is not a definitive No. 1, like last season when Victor Wembanyama emerged as the choice. This season, France’s Alex Sarr and Zaccharie Risacher have been projected No. 1 picks throughout the 2023-24 season.

Who are the other projected top picks in 2024 NBA Draft?

UConn’s Donovan Clingan and Stephon Castle, Serbia’s Nikola Topic, Kenctucky’s Rob Dillingham and Reed Sheppard, Lithuanian-America Matas Buzelis and Tennessee’s Dalton Knecht are potential top-10 picks.