Tiebreakers among teams with identical regular-season records were broken on Monday through random drawings to determine the order for this year’s draft prior to the lottery.
The NBA has posted a video of the tiebreaking procedure (Twitter link). The results are as follows, according to a press release from the league (Twitter link):
- Utah Jazz (No. 4) over Sacramento Kings (No. 5)
- The Jazz’s pick will land in the top eight, meaning their obligation to the Thunder will be extinguished.
- New Orleans Pelicans (No. 7) over Dallas Mavericks (No. 8)
- The Pelicans will get one more lottery ball combination (out of 1,000) than the Mavericks.
- The Pelicans’ pick will be sent to the Hawks (if it’s more favorable than Milwaukee’s) or Bucks (if it’s not).
- Phoenix Suns (No. 16) over Philadelphia 76ers (No. 17) over Orlando Magic (No. 18)
- The Suns’ pick will be sent to the Grizzlies.
- The Sixers’ pick will be sent to the Thunder.
- The Magic’s pick will be sent to the Hornets.
- Toronto Raptors (No. 19) over Atlanta Hawks (No. 20)
- The Hawks’ pick will be sent to the Spurs.
- Houston Rockets (No. 22) over Cleveland Cavaliers (No. 23)
- The Rockets’ pick will be sent to the Sixers.
- The Cavaliers’ pick will be sent to the Hawks.
- New York Knicks (No. 24) over Los Angeles Lakers (No. 25)
While the tiebreaker winner will pick ahead of the loser(s) in the first round, that order will be flipped in the second round.
For instance, the Magic’s second-round pick will be at No. 46, followed by the Sixers’ pick (traded to Phoenix) at No. 47, and the Suns’ second-rounder (traded to the Mavericks) at No. 48 — that’s the opposite of their order in the first round.
For lottery teams that finished with identical records, the second-round order is still to be determined depending on the lottery results.
For example, if the Jazz’s first-round pick stays at No. 4 and the Kings’ first-rounder stays at No. 5, Sacramento’s second-round pick would be at No. 34 and Utah’s (traded to San Antonio) would be at No. 35. But if the Kings win the No. 1 overall pick on lottery night, moving ahead of Utah in the first round, then the Jazz’s second-round pick (to San Antonio) would be No. 34, while Sacramento would move down to No. 35.
We’ll publish the full lottery odds and pre-lottery draft order for 2026 later today.
Good all around overall for the Hawks. Move up in odds with the NO/MIL pick, Our pick to the Spurs going 20 instead of 19. Cavs pick Hawks own goes down 1 spot (22 to 23) but still solid
Hawks have two great picks coming. I would be thinking Center for pick 20. Especially if Mara is there. He is NBA ready.
They don’t have 20, it goes to SA, they have 7 and 23.
That’s not what article says. Point is second pick has to be a cebter.
“Toronto Raptors (No. 19) over Atlanta Hawks (No. 20)
The Hawks’ pick will be sent to the Spurs.”
What do you mean?
Hawks have two picks this yr. They own the Pelicans pick. And they own the Cavs pick. That’s what I took it as. Their picks this yr.
link to espn.com
I want to see Nets get #1 pick. AJ in Bklyn
And Pacers land the 5th pick.
Knicks have two solid pucks this yr. With Washington 2nd rd pick. Definitely can add some good depth. A shooter and Zuby…. would be great.
If the pacers fall to 5, the clippers get it
That’s what I want …👍
Poor Sac
Being a Kings fan is hard lol. Nobody knows the direction we are heading. Fire the coach of the year half way thru the season after Vivek wanted bring over Demar who changed completely how we played. End up trading both Fox and Hali who have a chance to be on back to back finals teams, s**t even throw in Davion Mitchell who’s look good for the Heat but here we are again looking for a point guard when we had plenty. Then trade for Lavine when we saw him and Demar sucked together on the Bulls but somehow thought well if they can’t make the playoffs in the East im sure they will somehow be better in the West lol. Vivek is a joke man.