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April 28, 2022
2022 NBA Draft lottery odds: Rockets, Magic, Pistons have best chance of landing No. 1 overall pick
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The 2021-22 NBA regular season has concluded, which means that the draft is approaching. While 16 teams will advance to the postseason, the league’s other 14 teams are headed for the draft lottery and a chance to potentially land their next big star.
It used to be that the team that finished the season with the worst overall record would have the highest draft odds, and would be guaranteed of a top-four pick, but that isn’t quite the case anymore. The league smoothed the odds in 2019 in an attempt to curb tanking, and now the league’s three worst teams record-wise all have equal odds of landing the top pick. The team with the worst overall record is now guaranteed a top-five pick.
Five different teams will have at least a 10-percent chance of getting the top overall pick this year, while nine teams have will have at least a 20-percent chance of landing in the top four. In other words, there’s a lot of optimism heading into the lottery, which is scheduled for Tuesday, May 17. It is on that date that teams will officially find out where they pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, which will take place on June 23. (Find our latest mock draft here.)
In the meantime, here’s a look at the lottery odds for the 14 teams that will likely be participating. The Hornets, Pelicans, Spurs and Hawks could move out of the lottery if they win twice in this week’s play-in tournament and advance to the first round of the playoffs.
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