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The 2021 NBA Draft Lottery will take place at 8:30 p.m. ET at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The draft lottery is being broadcast on ESPN and you can watch it on the WatchESPN app as well. The Houston Rockets, Orlando Magic and Detroit Pistons all entered the lottery with a 14 percent chance to land the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, which will take place on Thursday, July 29th. Whoever wins the first pick has the chance to select OK State G Cade Cunningham.
Here we’ll give you a list of the odds for each team involved in the lottery while also providing live updates on who will select where in the first round of the 2021 NBA Draft.
Lottery recap — So it was mostly chalk for the lotto in 2021 with the exception of a few teams jumping up. The Cavaliers moved up from 5th-best odds to the No. 3 pick in the draft. The Raptors moved up from the 7th-best odds to the No. 4 pick in the draft. The Magic dropped to No. 5 after being tied for the best odds with the Rockets and Pistons, who ended up winning.
2021 NBA Draft Lottery results
- Detroit Pistons
- Houston Rockets
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Toronto Raptors
- Orlando Magic
- Oklahoma City Thunder
- Golden State Warriors (via Minnesota Timberwolves)
- Orlando Magic (via Chicago Bulls)
- Sacramento Kings
- New Orleans Pelicans
- Charlotte Hornets
- San Antonio Spurs
- Indiana Pacers
- Golden State Warriors
2021 NBA Draft Lottery odds
- Houston Rockets (14.0 percent)
- Detroit Pistons (14.0 percent)
- Orlando Magic (14.0 percent)
- Oklahoma City Thunder (11.5 percent)
- Cleveland Cavaliers (11.5 percent)
- Minnesota Timberwolves (9.0 percent)
- Toronto Raptors (7.5 percent)
- Chicago Bulls (4.5 percent)
- Sacramento Kings (4.5 percent)
- New Orleans Pelicans (4.5 percent)
- Charlotte Hornets (1.8 percent)
- San Antonio Spurs (1.7 percent)
- Indiana Pacers (1.0 percent)
- Golden State Warriors (0.5 percent)