A look at each team in the NBA draft lottery — and how it's gone for them in the past
The NBA draft lottery is Sunday, with Washington, Indiana and Brooklyn having the best odds of winning the No. 1 pick. The lottery began in 1985, when the New York Knicks received the top selection and altered the course of their franchise by taking Patrick Ewing.
The format has had its share of changes since then, and there might be another coming soon , but for now the process should be pretty familiar. The top four selections are determined via a weighted draw. Then picks No.
5-14 are dispersed in reverse order of finish from this season. Last year, The Associated Press reviewed each franchise’s draft lottery history . Here is an updated version — including only the teams involved in this year's lottery.
___ Washington Wizards/Bullets Lottery Wins: 2001 (Kwame Brown) and 2010 (John Wall) Other Top-3 Picks: No. 2 in 2024; No. 3 in 2012 and 2013 Dropped Out Of Top 3: 1993, 1995, 2004, 2009 and 2025 Chance Of Receiving No.
1 Pick This Year: 14% Details: Only 11 teams have received multiple No. 1 picks in the lottery era, so the Wizards’ luck hasn’t been all bad. But dropping from second to sixth last year was a blow.
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