2022 NBA Draft

Ties broken for order of selection in NBA Draft 2022

Chicago, Toronto, Philadelphia and Miami won tiebreakers among teams with identical regular-season records.

NEW YORK – Four ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2022 presented by State Farm.

The drawings were conducted by NBA President, League Operations Byron Spruell at the NBA office in Secaucus, New Jersey. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Marc Dieli, a partner from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

The results of the drawings:

  • The Chicago Bulls (46-36) won a tiebreaker with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
  • The Toronto Raptors (48-34) won a tiebreaker with the Denver Nuggets.
  • The Philadelphia 76ers (51-31) won a tiebreaker with the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks. Second and third place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Milwaukee and Boston, respectively.
  • The Miami Heat (53-29) won a tiebreaker with the Golden State Warriors.

NBA Draft Lottery 2022 presented by State Farm will be held on Tuesday, May 17 and air live on ESPN at 8:00 p.m. ET. NBA Draft 2022 presented by State Farm will take place on Thursday, June 23.

Below is the order of selection for NBA Draft 2022 presented by State Farm and the probability of being awarded the first overall draft pick for teams in NBA Draft Lottery 2022 presented by State Farm.


2022 FIRST ROUND

Drawings will be conducted at NBA Draft Lottery 2022 presented by State Farm to determine the first four picks in NBA Draft 2022 presented by State Farm. The remainder of the Lottery teams will select in positions 5 through 14 in inverse order of their records in 2021-22 regular-season games. The teams entered in the NBA Draft Lottery and their probability of winning the Lottery are as follows:

TEAM RECORD WIN%
LOTTERY PROBABILITY
Houston 20-62 0.244 14.00%
Orlando 22-60 0.268 14.00%
Detroit 23-59 0.28 14.00%
Oklahoma City 24-58 0.293 12.50%
Indiana 25-57 0.305 10.50%
Portland 27-55 0.329 9.00%
Sacramento 30-52 0.366 7.50%
Los Angeles Lakers^ 33-49 0.402 6.00%
San Antonio 34-48 0.415 4.50%
Washington 35-47 0.427 3.00%
New York 37-45 0.451 2.00%
LA Clippers (to Oklahoma City) 42-40 0.512 1.50%
Charlotte 43-39 0.524 1.00%
Cleveland 44-38 0.537 0.50%

The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows:

PICK TEAM
15 New Orleans (to Charlotte)
16 Atlanta
17 Brooklyn (to Houston)
18 Chicago
19 Minnesota
20 Toronto (to San Antonio)
21 Denver
22 Utah (to Memphis)
23 Philadelphia^^
24 Milwaukee
25 Boston (to San Antonio)
26 Dallas
27 Miami
28 Golden State
29 Memphis
30 Phoenix (to Oklahoma City)

^ This pick will be conveyed either to New Orleans, or to Memphis via New Orleans
^^ This pick may be conveyed to Brooklyn


2022 SECOND ROUND

PICK TEAM
31
Houston (to Indiana via Cleveland)
32 Orlando
33
Detroit (to Toronto via San Antonio, Washington, and Chicago)
34 Oklahoma City
35
Indiana (to Orlando via Milwaukee)
36 Portland
37 Sacramento
38
Los Angeles Lakers (to San Antonio via Chicago and Washington)
39
San Antonio (to Cleveland via Utah)
40
Washington (to Minnesota via Cleveland)
41 New Orleans
42 New York
43 LA Clippers
44 Atlanta
45 Charlotte
46
Brooklyn (to Detroit)
47 Cleveland**
48 Minnesota
49
Chicago (to Sacramento via Memphis and Detroit)
50
Denver (to Minnesota via Philadelphia)
51
Toronto (to Golden State via Philadelphia)
52
Utah (to New Orleans)
53 Boston
 —
Milwaukee (forfeited)
 —
Philadelphia (to Miami via Denver; forfeited by Miami)
54
Dallas (to Washington)
55 Golden State
56
Miami (to Cleveland via Indiana)
57
Memphis (to Portland via Utah)
58
Phoenix (to Indiana)

** This pick will be conveyed either to New Orleans via Atlanta, or to Memphis via New Orleans and Atlanta

Latest