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**2025 NBA Draft: In-Depth Coverage**
• Official Draft Rankings
• Player Profiles
• Team Previews
• Draft Updates & Insights
The 2025 NBA Draft, presented by State Farm, will celebrate its 79th edition. Below, you’ll find answers to some of the key questions surrounding this year’s NBA Draft.
Scheduled for June 25-26, 2025, the Draft will take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, the home of the Brooklyn Nets. This event will follow a two-night format.
*Fans located outside the US and Canada can catch both rounds via League Pass live stream.*
The full selection order for the 2025 Draft has been established following the NBA Draft Lottery. The Dallas Mavericks, boasting a mere 1.8% chance, clinched the top pick. Here are the results from the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery, also brought to you by State Farm:
1. Dallas
2. San Antonio
3. Philadelphia
4. Charlotte
5. Utah
6. Washington
7. New Orleans
8. Brooklyn
9. Toronto
10. Houston (reportedly traded to Phoenix)
11. Portland
12. Chicago
13. Atlanta
14. San Antonio
• Comprehensive Draft Order 1-59
The selections for the latter half of the first round (No. 15-30) and the entirety of the second round (No. 30-59) are arranged based on the reverse order of the regular-season records. Each NBA franchise is entitled to one pick in both the first and second rounds.
The 2025 NBA Draft will continue the two-night style introduced last year.
Analysts widely believe that Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper are the frontrunners for the top two selections. For a more detailed prediction on the top picks, be sure to check the NBA.com Consensus Mock Draft, which aggregates the best predictions from various sources and provides a reliable forecast of the Draft’s outcome.
The NBA Draft Combine is an intensive week-long event held in Chicago, where elite prospects engage in skill drills, scrimmages, undergo official measurements, and have the chance to interact with team executives.
A total of 75 athletes were invited to the 2025 NBA Draft Combine, which took place from May 11-18 at Wintrust Arena and the Marriott Marquis in Chicago.
**2025 NBA Draft Combine Stats:**
Commencing in 1947, the NBA Draft has been a continual annual event. For a detailed history, visit the NBA.com History section, which lists every selection from every Draft.
Here’s a recap of the last 10 first-round selections:
**Official Experience Packages** for the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center are available for purchase. The four tiers—Hall of Fame, Legend, Veteran, and MVP—offer a range of exclusive experiences, including premium hospitality access, a special photo opportunity on the NBA Draft Stage, and behind-the-scenes tours.
The 2025 NBA Draft Lottery, also sponsored by State Farm, occurred on May 12, 2025, in Chicago. The Dallas Mavericks, with a 1.8% probability, won the lottery and secured the first overall pick.
The teams participating in the Draft Lottery comprised the 14 that did not qualify for the 2025 NBA Playoffs:
Eastern Conference: Atlanta, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Washington
Western Conference: Dallas, New Orleans, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, and Utah
The winning combination of the ping-pong balls that granted Dallas the number one pick in the 2025 NBA Draft was: 10, 14, 11, 7.
To view the complete lottery drawing, click here: [Lottery Drawing](https://t.co/StyERfjFoo) — NBA Communications (@NBAPR), May 12, 2025
On September 28, 2017, the NBA Board of Governors approved modifications to the lottery system. The updated format, which was implemented starting with the 2019 Draft, guarantees that the team with the worst record will not draft lower than the fifth pick. Previously, the team with the worst record was assured of no worse than the fourth pick.
This new system equalizes the chances at the top of the NBA Draft Lottery. Now, the three teams with the worst records each possess a 14% chance of winning the lottery. Under the old structure, the top-seeded team had a 25% opportunity to win, followed by 19.9% for the second team and 15.6% for the third.
After determining the first four picks through the lottery, the remaining teams will select in reverse order of their regular-season standings.
For a thorough explanation of the Lottery process, please consult our NBA Draft Lottery guide.
