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Ties broken for order of selection in 2023 NBA Draft presented by State Farm

Published April 18, 2023, 7:00 AMOfficial release
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The ties were broken through random drawings conducted by NBA Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars.

NEW YORK – Six ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2023 presented by State Farm.

The drawings were conducted by NBA Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars at the NBA office in Secaucus, New Jersey. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Marie Dhimmar, a partner from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

The results of the drawings:

  • The Houston Rockets (22-60) won a tiebreaker with the San Antonio Spurs.
  • The Indiana Pacers (35-47) won a tiebreaker with the Washington Wizards.
  • The Chicago Bulls (40-42) won a tiebreaker with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  • The Miami Heat (44-38) won a tiebreaker with the Golden State Warriors and the LA Clippers. Second and third place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Golden State and the LA Clippers, respectively.
  • The Phoenix Suns (45-37) won a tiebreaker with the Brooklyn Nets.
  • The Memphis Grizzlies (51-31) won a tiebreaker with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

NBA Draft Lottery 2023 presented by State Farm will be held on Tuesday, May 16 and air live on ESPN at 8:30 p.m. ET. NBA Draft 2023 presented by State Farm will take place on Thursday, June 22.

Below is the order of selection for NBA Draft 2023 presented by State Farm and the probability of being awarded the first overall draft pick for teams in NBA Draft Lottery 2023 presented by State Farm.


2023 first round

Drawings will be conducted at NBA Draft Lottery 2023 presented by State Farm to determine the first four picks in NBA Draft 2023 presented by State Farm. The remainder of the Lottery teams will select in positions 5 through 14 in inverse order of their records in 2022-23 regular-season games. The teams entered in the NBA Draft Lottery and their probability of winning the Lottery are as follows:

TEAMRECORDWIN%LOTTERY PROBABILITY
Detroit17-65.20714.0%
Houston22-60.26814.0%
San Antonio22-60.26814.0%
Charlotte27-55.32912.5%
Portland33-49.40210.5%
Orlando34-48.4159.0%
Indiana35-47.4276.8%
Washington35-47.4276.7%
Utah37-45.4514.5%
Dallas138-44.4633.0%
Chicago240-42.4881.8%
Oklahoma City40-42.4881.7%
Toronto41-41.5001.0%
New Orleans42-40.5120.5%

 

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

TEAMRECORDWIN%
15.Atlanta41-41.500
16.Minnesota (to Utah)42-40.512
17.Los Angeles Lakers43-39.524
18.Miami44-38.537
19.Golden State44-38.537
20.LA Clippers (to Houston)44-38.537
21.Phoenix (to Brooklyn)45-37.549
22.Brooklyn45-37.549
23.New York (to Portland)47-35.573
24.Sacramento48-34.585
25.Memphis51-31.622
26.Cleveland (to Indiana)51-31.622
27.Denver (to Charlotte via New York and Oklahoma City)53-29.646
28.Philadelphia (to Utah via Brooklyn)54-28.659
29.Boston (to Indiana)57-25.695
30.Milwaukee (to the LA Clippers via Houston)58-24.707

This pick may be conveyed to New York

This pick may be conveyed to Orlando


2023 second round draft choice order

31.Detroit
32/33.San Antonio
32/33.Houston3
34.Charlotte (to Charlotte via Philadelphia and Atlanta)
35.Portland4
36.Orlando
37/38.Washington (to Oklahoma City via New Orleans)
37/38.Indiana (to Sacramento)
39.Utah (to Charlotte via New York)
40.Dallas (to Denver via Oklahoma City)
41/42.Oklahoma City (to Charlotte via New York and Boston)
41/42.Chicago (to Washington via the Los Angeles Lakers and Washington)
43.Atlanta (to Portland)
44.Toronto (to San Antonio)
45.Minnesota (to Memphis)
46.New Orleans (to Atlanta)
47.Los Angeles Lakers
48.LA Clippers
49.Golden State (to Cleveland via Utah and New Orleans)
50.Miami5
51.Brooklyn
52.Phoenix
53.New York (to Minnesota via Charlotte)
54.Sacramento
55.Cleveland (to Indiana via Milwaukee and Detroit)
56.Memphis
Denver (to Chicago via Cleveland; forfeited by Chicago)
Philadelphia (forfeited)
57.Boston (to Washington via Charlotte)
58.Milwaukee

This pick will be conveyed to (a) Boston via Memphis, or (b) Indiana

This pick will be conveyed to (a) Boston via Atlanta, the LA Clippers, Detroit, and Cleveland, or (b) Oklahoma City via Boston, Atlanta, the LA Clippers, Detroit, and Cleveland

This pick will be conveyed to (a) Indiana via Houston, Memphis, and Dallas, or (b) Oklahoma City via Boston, Memphis, and Dallas