With a 14.0% chance at the top pick, the Wizards won the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery that will determine the official order of selection for the NBA Draft. From NBA.com Staff Watch the full 2026 NBA Draft ...

The NBA has overhauled its draft lottery system to curb tanking, introducing flat odds and a relegation zone. These changes are expected to increase late-season competitiveness and alter how teams ...

How could the changes aimed at circumventing tanking likely affect on-court outcomes this season?

In late-May, the NBA officially approved changes to the NBA Draft Lottery. The changes will massively alter how the regular season is played out, and how teams will come by the top picks in the NBA ...

The NBA's 3-2-1 draft lottery expands to 16 teams and adds draft relegation, pick restrictions and anti-tanking penalties. Here's how it reshapes fantasy basketball's Silly SZN.

One of the more radical changes in recent NBA history will be implemented in the upcoming 2026-27 regular season. To fight ...

The NBA's new draft lottery rules reduce the incentive to tank, giving the Memphis Grizzlies reason to chase the play-in while developing Cameron Boozer.

Tiebreaker: In the case of a tie, the lottery odds are divided between the teams that are tied. For instance, if the Suns and Lakers end up tied for the second-worst record, they will split the odds ...

It's every bad team's favorite time of the year: the NBA draft lottery. The lottery gets underway Sunday at 3 p.m. ET in Chicago, providing an opportunity for the league's non-playoff teams to better ...

In the beginning, tails failed.Detroit player-coach Dave DeBusschere called “tails” at the very first version of the draft ...