2026 NBA Draft Lottery: Wizards to pick first overall, Nets fall outside top 4

[p]The Washington Wizards became the first team to end with the worst record to receive the first overall pick in the current NBA Draft Lottery format.[/p][p]The Washington Wizards have had the first overall pick twice before, whilst also having had it once as the Chicago Zephyrs in 1962 and once as the Chicago Packers in 1961.[/p][p]The last time the Wizards picked first overall was in the 2010 NBA Draft, when they drafted John Wall, who represented the Wizards during Sunday's lottery in Chicago.[/p][p]Along with the Wizards and Indiana Pacers, the Brooklyn Nets had a 52.1% chance to end with a top 4 pick after finishing with a 20-62 record. The Nets fell to the sixth pick, however, making it their second-highest pick since drafting Kenyon Martin first overall in 2000.[/p][embed guid="53b2b5ae-2609-4772-a072-fe0dd942f7a6" url="https://x.com/NBA/status/2053558794823581796?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Three picks in Sunday's lottery were subject to trades: the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/oklahoma-city-thunder/0fHFHEWD/"]Oklahoma City Thunder[/a] owned the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-clippers/vPeTYlqm/"]Los Angeles Clippers[/a] pick (1.5% chance at top pick, 7.1% at top 4) following the infamous [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/george-paul/KOvfaZVQ/"]Paul George[/a] trade in 2019, the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/indiana-pacers/YPohMUTt/"]Indiana Pacers[/a]' lottery pick would be conveyed to the Clippers if it fell outside the top 4 (courtesy of the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zubac-ivica/8QnVd2Zh/"]Ivica Zubac[/a] trade), and the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atlanta-hawks/xAO4gBas/"]Atlanta Hawks[/a] had the choice of the higher pick between the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-orleans-pelicans/U3yc9SkP/"]New Orleans Pelicans[/a]' and the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/milwaukee-bucks/QTBEW6rC/"]Milwaukee Bucks'[/a].[/p][h2]Full NBA Draft Lottery results[/h2][p]1: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/washington-wizards/W6vGWPsn/"]Washington Wizards[/a][/p][p]2: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/utah-jazz/hGuCX5Su/"]Utah Jazz[/a][/p][p]3: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/memphis-grizzlies/U1I5YSDa/"]Memphis Grizzlies[/a][/p][p]4: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-bulls/bPjc49q0/"]Chicago Bulls[/a][/p][p]5: Los Angeles Clippers (via IND)[/p][p]6: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brooklyn-nets/bsAMUpDO/"]Brooklyn Nets[/a][/p][p]7: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sacramento-kings/CvwE1OCB/"]Sacramento Kings[/a][/p][p]8: Atlanta Hawks (via NOP)[/p][p]9: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dallas-mavericks/YouS3mEC/"]Dallas Mavericks[/a][/p][p]10: Milwaukee Bucks[/p][p]11: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/golden-state-warriors/SxUtXqch/"]Golden State Warriors[/a][/p][p]12: Oklahoma City Thunder (via LAC)[/p][p]13: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/miami-heat/CQ7AXnT5/"]Miami Heat[/a][/p][p]14: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/charlotte-hornets/xftMikUg/"]Charlotte Hornets[/a][/p][embed guid="d34e8f53-e594-47b4-b03f-ccf6de159810" url="https://x.com/WashWizards/status/2053557326603268132?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]