Wizards Win NBA Draft Lottery With Tank Reform on Horizon
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The NBA is proposing changes to lottery rules starting next season.
CHICAGO — The Wizards won the NBA tank war —and were rewarded with the No. 1 pick in the draft. Washington will pick No.
1 in the 2026 NBA draft after finishing with a league-worst 17–65 this year. The Wizards had a 14% chance of winning the lottery, tied with the Pacers and Nets for the best odds at winning the draft. The Jazz, who had the fifth-best odds, won the No.
2 pick. The Grizzlies will pick No. 3 after having the sixth-best odds, while the Bulls jumped to No.
4 after having the ninth-best odds. Indiana and Brooklyn both fell outside the top four. The Pacers traded a top-four protected pick in this draft to the Clippers in exchange for Ivica Zubac.