April 18, 2008

Ties Broken for NBA Draft 2008 Order of Selection

NEW YORK, NY – April 18, 2008 – Four ties among teams that finished the 2007-08 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to help determine the order of selection for the 2008 NBA Draft, which will be held on Thursday, June 26 at The WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The drawings were conducted live on NBA TV earlier today in New York City by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.

The results of the drawings:

  • Minnesota (22-60) won a tiebreaker with Memphis
  • New York (23-59) won a tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Clippers
  • Phoenix (55-27) won a tiebreaker with Houston
  • San Antonio (56-26) won a tiebreaker with New Orleans
Below is the order of selection for the 2008 NBA Draft, as well as the number of chances for teams in the 2008 NBA Draft Lottery, to be held May 20, at the NBA Entertainment studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

2008 FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

The teams entered in the lottery, to be held on May 20, 2008, are as follows (note: the first three picks in the Draft will be determined by the lottery and the remainder of the “lottery teams” will select in positions 4 through 14 in inverse order of their consolidated standings at the end of the regular season):

    TEAMRECORDLOTTERY CHANCES (out of 1,000)
    Miami15-67250
    Seattle 20-62199
    Minnesota22-60138
    Memphis22-60137
    New York23-5976
    LA Clippers23-5975
    Milwaukee26-5643
    Charlotte32-5028
    Chicago33-4917
    New Jersey34-4811
    Indiana36-468
    Sacramento38-447
    Portland41-416
    Golden State48-345
The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows:
    15. Atlanta (To Phoenix) (37-45)
    16. Philadelphia (40-42)
    17. Toronto (41-41)
    18. Washington (43-39)
    19. Cleveland (45-37)
    20. Denver (50-32)
    21. Dallas (To New Jersey) (51-31)
    22. Orlando (52-30)
    23. Utah (54-28)
    24. Phoenix (To Seattle) (55-27)
    25. Houston (55-27)
    26. San Antonio (56-26)
    27. New Orleans (56-26)
    28. LA Lakers (To Memphis) (57-25)
    29. Detroit (59-23)
    30. Boston (66-16)
2008 SECOND ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER
    31. Miami (To Minnesota via Boston)
    32. Seattle
    33/34. Memphis (To Portland)
    33/34. Minnesota
    35/36. LA Clippers
    35/36. New York (To Portland)
    37. Milwaukee
    38. Charlotte
    39. Chicago
    40. New Jersey
    41. Indiana
    42. Sacramento
    43. Portland (To Seattle via Boston)
    44. Golden State
    45. Atlanta (To Sacramento)
    46. Philadelphia (To Utah)
    47. Toronto (To San Antonio)
    48. Washington
    49. Cleveland (To Phoenix)
    50. Denver (To Seattle)
    51. Dallas
    52. Orlando (To Miami)
    53. Utah
    54. Houston
    55. Phoenix (To Portland via Indiana)
    56. New Orleans (To Seattle via Houston)
    57. San Antonio
    58. LA Lakers
    59. Detroit
    60. Boston
*Please note that teams that finished the regular season with identical records will select in the second round in the reverse of the order in which they select in the first round. With respect to the ties between Memphis and Minnesota (33 and 34); and the Los Angeles Clippers and New York (35 and 36): since the order of selection in the first round for each set of teams may change based on the results of the Draft Lottery, the order of selection in the second round cannot be determined until after the Draft Lottery is conducted (on May 20, 2008).