NBA Draft Lottery

Jim Eichenhofer

Luck was not on New Orleans’ side Tuesday afternoon, but it’s much more important that fortune smiles upon the Pelicans four weeks from now.

The NBA held a tiebreaker drawing Tuesday to determine the pre-lottery ordered slots for New Orleans, Chicago and Sacramento, teams that finished the 2020-21 regular season in a three-way tie with identical records of 31-41. The Bulls won the drawing, placing them in the No. 8 pre-lottery position, while the Kings gained the No. 9 spot and the Pelicans will be 10th.

That outcome will not affect New Orleans’ mathematical odds at the May 22 draft lottery. All three deadlocked clubs enter that event with a 4.5 percent chance of winning and claiming the No. 1 overall pick at the July 29 draft. In 2019, the Pelicans won the draft lottery and the right to select Zion Williamson, despite odds of just 6.0 percent.

This time, New Orleans will have roughly a 20 percent chance of moving into the top four of a draft many regard as boasting a top tier of a handful of very promising prospects. As a result of today’s drawing, the Pelicans can only pick 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14. There is a roughly 61 percent chance that New Orleans gets the 10th pick.

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Tiebreaker drawing places Pelicans in No. 10 pre-lottery slot

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The New Orleans Pelicans received the 13th overall selection in the upcoming NBA Draft, as determined by the 2020 NBA Draft Lottery.

New Orleans was slotted in the 13th position entering the draft after Sacramento won a tiebreaker on August 17. The Pelicans had a 92-percent chance of receiving the 13th pick.

Representing the Pelicans during the lottery was General Manager Trajan Langdon. The 2020 NBA Draft will be held on Friday, October 16.

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Pelicans to select 13th in 2020 NBA Draft

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Jim Eichenhofer, Sean Kelley, John DeShazier, and Daniel Sallerson sit down to recap the New Orleans Pelicans winning the No. 1 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery.

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NBA Draft Lottery Recap - May 15, 2019

Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin spoke with the media following the Pelicans winning the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft Lottery.

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Conference Call with David Griffin following the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery

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2019 NBA Draft Lottery Reactions: Pelicans Coach Alvin Gentry

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