2025 NBA Draft

The 2025 NBA Draft Lottery was held on Monday, May 12 in Chicago.

The 2025 NBA Draft is scheduled to take place on June 25-26, 2025

The Dallas Mavericks won the #1 pick in this year's NBA draft. They entered the lottery with just a 1.8% to win.

Some of the notable 2025 NBA Draft prospects include Cooper Flagg, Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper and VJ Edgecombe.

The 2025 NBA Draft will have 59 total selections over 2 rounds. One second round pick was forfeited by the New York Knicks due to violating league rules.

The top three picks in the 2025 NBA Draft below to the Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs and Philadelphia 76ers.

The 2025 NBA Draft will be hosted by the Barclays Center in New York City. The Barclays Center is home to the Brooklyn Nets.

The 2025 NBA Draft begins on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET.

In advance of the draft lottery broadcast, an actual lottery takes place with a representative from the accounting firm Ernst & Young overseeing the entire process. The results of that drawing are then sealed in an envelope for NBA deputy commissioner and chief operating officer Mark Tatum to reveal in descending order to a panel of 14 anxious team representatives.

The No. 1 pick in the draft is awarded to the team that draws the winning four-number combination from the lottery machine. There are 14 ping-pong balls numbered one through 14, with each number representing a different lottery team. In total, there are 1,001 possible four-number combinations, but only one winning combination.

Once a winner is selected, the drawing process is repeated to determine picks 2-4. The rest of the draft is done in order of win percentage.

The 2025 NBA Draft Combine takes place from Sunday, May 11, 2025 to Sunday, May 18, 2025 in Chicago, IL.