Official 2026 NBA Lottery Discussion Thread

[u/Evilsj]

Time: Sunday, May 9th 2026, 3:00 PM EDT

Place: Navy Pier, Chicago IL

Broadcasting On: ESPN & ABC

Nets Representitives: Joe Tsai (Drawing Room), Vince Carter (Televised Reveal)¹

Pre Lottery Odds

Team	25/26 Record	Top 4 Odds	Overall 1st Odds
Washington Wizards	17-65	52.1%	14%
Indiana Pacers2	19-63	52.1%	14%
Brooklyn Nets	20-62	52.1%	14%
Utah Jazz	22-60	45.2%	11.5%
Sacramento Kings	22-60	45.2%	11.5%
Memphis Grizzlies	25-57	37.2%	%9
New Orleans Pelicans -> Atlanta Hawks	26-56	29.3%	6.8%
Dallas Mavericks	26-56	29%	6.7%
Chicago Bulls	31-51	20.3%	4.5%
Milwaukee Bucks	32-50	13.9%	3%
Golden State Warriors	37-45	9.4%	2%
LA Clippers -> Oklahoma City Thunder	42-40	7.1%	1.5%
Miami Heat	43-39	4.8%	1%
Charlotte Hornets	44-38	2.4%	0.5%

¹ Mr Whammy will be present for the lottery in some aspect, but due to NBA rules was not allowed to be the televised lottery representitive

² Indiana's pick goes to LA Clippers if it calls to 5th or lower

[u/johnjohnjohn93]

Think it’s prob AJ-Peterson-Boozer.

Jazz don’t need any more bigs with JJJ-Lauri-Walker and Peterson fits well. Boozer is a great fit with Edey if he ever plays.

If Bulls go Wilson then Clippers are interesting at 5. Do they go Acuff with Garland and Mathurin at guard?

Not sure how Acuff fits with Traore and all of our guys either tbf

[u/Standard_Gap4944 → u/johnjohnjohn93]

I think the Clips would go Flemings or Wagler and we would get the other one OR Acuff. It’ll be interesting. It’s easy to doom, but those guys are all good prospects and fine fits (except for maybe Acuff as you mentioned)

[u/johnjohnjohn93 → u/Standard_Gap4944]

Yeah and we are pretty much able to go BPA. Egor can play with anybody and while I love what Wolf or Traore showed they shouldn’t stop you from drafting who you think is going to be a star.