Ties among teams that finished the 2015-16 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to help determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm, which will be held on Thursday, June 23.
The drawings were conducted live on NBA TV earlier Friday in New York City by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. The tiebreak process was overseen by Denise Pelli, a representative from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.
The results of the drawings:
>> Sacramento (33-49) won a tiebreaker with Denver and Milwaukee; Denver then won a tiebreaker with Milwaukee.
>> Dallas (42-40) won a tiebreaker with Memphis.
>> Detroit (44-38) won a tiebreaker with Portland.
>> Atlanta (48-34) won a tiebreaker with Boston, Charlotte and Miami; Charlotte then won a tiebreaker with Boston and Miami; Boston then won a tiebreaker with Miami.
2016 FIRST-ROUND DRAFT ORDER
The teams entered in the lottery are as follows (note: the first three picks in the Draft will be determined by the lottery and the remainder of the “lottery teams” will select in positions 4 through 14 in inverse order of their consolidated standings at the end of the regular season):
Philadelphia[1] … 10-72
LA Lakers[2] … 17-65
Brooklyn (To Boston) … 21-61
Phoenix … 23-59
Minnesota … 29-53
New Orleans … 30-52
New York (To Denver or Toronto) … 32-50
Sacramento[3] … 33-49
Denver[4] … 33-49
Milwaukee … 33-49
Orlando … 35-47
Utah … 40-42
Washington[5] … 41-41
Chicago … 42-40
The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows:
15. Houston (To Denver) … 41-41
16. Dallas (To Boston) … 42-40
17. Memphis … 42-40
18. Detroit … 44-38
19. Portland (To Denver) … 44-38
20. Indiana … 45-37
21. Atlanta … 48-34
22. Charlotte … 48-34
23. Boston … 48-34
24. Miami (To Philadelphia via Cleveland) … 48-34
25. LA Clippers … 53-29
26. Oklahoma City (To Philadelphia via Denver and Cleveland) … 55-27
27. Toronto … 56-26
28. Cleveland (To Phoenix via Boston) … 57-25
29. San Antonio … 67-15
30. Golden State … 73-9
[1] This pick may be conveyed to Sacramento.
[2] This pick may be conveyed to Philadelphia via Phoenix.
[3] This pick may be conveyed to (i) Chicago via Cleveland, or (ii) Philadelphia.
[4] This pick may be conveyed to Toronto via New York.
[5] This pick may be conveyed to Phoenix.
2016 SECOND-ROUND DRAFT ORDER
31. Philadelphia (To Boston via Miami)
32. LA Lakers
33. Brooklyn (To LA Clippers)
34. Phoenix
35. Minnesota (To Boston via Phoenix)
36. New Orleans (To Milwaukee via Sacramento)
37. New York (To Houston via Sacramento and Portland)
38/39/40. Milwaukee
38/39/40. Denver (To New Orleans via Philadelphia)
38/39/40. Sacramento (To New Orleans)
41. Orlando
42. Utah
43. Houston
44. Washington (To Atlanta)
45. Memphis (To Boston)
46. Dallas
47. Chicago (To Orlando)
48. Portland (To Chicago via Cleveland)
49. Detroit
50. Indiana
51. Miami (To Boston)
52. Boston (To Utah via Memphis)
53. Charlotte (To Denver via Oklahoma City)
54. Atlanta
55. LA Clippers (To Brooklyn)
56. Oklahoma City (To Denver)
57. Toronto (To Memphis)
58. Cleveland (To Boston)
59. San Antonio (To Sacramento)
60. Golden State (To Utah)
*Please note that teams that finished the regular season with identical records will select in the second round in inverse order of the order in which they select in the first round. With respect to the tie between the Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks and Sacramento Kings (33 and 49; 0.402 pct.): since the order of selection in the first round for this set of teams may change based on the results of the Draft Lottery, the order of selection in the second round cannot be determined until after the Draft Lottery is conducted (on May 17, 2016).
