With one NBA title between them, three franchises enter the 2025 draft lottery with visions of a banner second that results in elevating a Flagg.
Utah, Charlotte and Washington — the NBA champion in 1978 — all fell wanting 20 wins and carry a 14 % probability of successful Monday’s draft lottery. The undisputed prime prize is Duke freshman Cooper Flagg, the Naismith Participant of the Yr who has been in comparison with Kevin Durant for his means to attain effortlessly.
Relying on how the ping-pong balls bounce Monday night time in Chicago, Flagg’s subsequent cease must be identified within the close to future. The 2025 NBA Draft begins June 25.
The Jazz owned the NBA’s worst file (17-65) this season and picked Tenth in 2024. The workforce with the Tenth-best probabilities getting into the draw final spring was Atlanta. The Hawks had a 3 % probability to win the lottery however landed the No. 1 choose for the primary time within the lottery period.
Utah has by no means gained the lottery. Washington claimed the No. 2 general choose in 2024. The Wizards have not picked No. 1 since 2010 (John Wall). Charlotte gained the lottery in 1991 and chosen UNLV’s Larry Johnson first general. The Hornets got here out of the 2024 lottery with the No. 6 choose.
New Orleans (21-61) has 12.5 % odds to win and Philadelphia (10.5) % is subsequent, however the 76ers would owe the choose to Oklahoma Metropolis if it is No. 7 or worse. The asset was a part of the 2020 commerce for Al Horford however is “prime six” protected.
San Antonio has solely a 6 % probability to win the lottery and sits behind Brooklyn (9 %) and Toronto (7.5) however the Spurs even have the rights to Atlanta’s choose. The Hawks have the bottom odds to assert the highest general choice among the many league’s 14 non-playoff groups within the lottery however may obtain a variety from Sacramento as cost to accumulate Kevin Huerter in 2022. The Kings solely retain their choose whether it is among the many prime 12.
Past Flagg, the 2025 NBA Draft class includes a buffet of freshman expertise. Rutgers teammates Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey and Flagg’s fellow Duke stars Kon Knueppel and Khaman Maluach are seen as lottery choices together with Texas guard Tre Johnson, Oklahoma level guard Jeremiah Fears and Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe.
Maluach, a 7-foot-2 heart from Senegal, and Illinois level guard Kasparas Jakucionis (Lithuania) are the top-rated worldwide gamers who performed collegiately in the USA. French level guard Nolan Traore, 18, and Spanish small ahead Hugo Gonzalez, 19, are contenders to be within the lottery combine.
Harper’s dad, Ron Harper, was the No. 8 choose in 1986 by Cleveland and was second within the NBA’s Rookie of the Yr voting that season. He gained 5 NBA championships.
Harper is not the one scorer with NBA bloodlines. Michigan State’s Jase Richardson, 19, is the son of Jason Richardson, the fifth general choose within the 2001 draft to Golden State.
Listed below are the whole NBA draft lottery odds:
TEAM RECORD WIN% LOTTERY ODDS
Utah 17-65 .207 14.0%
Washington 18-64 .220 14.0%
Charlotte 19-63 .232 14.0%
New Orleans 21-61 .256 12.5%
Philadelphia* 24-58 .293 10.5%
Brooklyn 26-56 .317 9.0%
Toronto 30-52 .366 7.5%
San Antonio 34-48 .415 6.0%
Phoenix (to Houston through Brooklyn) 36-46 .439 3.8%
Portland 36-46 .439 3.7%
Dallas 39-43 .476 1.8%
Chicago 39-43 .476 1.8%
Sacramento^ 40-42 .488 0.8%
Atlanta (to San Antonio) 40-42 .488 0.7%
* This choose is top-six protected and in any other case goes to Oklahoma Metropolis
^ This choose is top-12 protected and in any other case goes to Atlanta
–Subject Stage Media