2024 NBA Draft

The 2025 NBA Draft Lottery will be on Monday, May 12 in Chicago.

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

The NBA Draft Lottery on May 12th will determine who gets the No. 1 pick in 2025.

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 2025 NBA Draft order will be finalized at the NBA Lottery on May 12, 2025. Picks 1-14 are determined by the lottery. Picks 15-58 are determined by win percentage at the end of the NBA regular season.

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.