NBA Draft Lottery May 22

The main prelude to the Draft, the 2007 NBA Draft Lottery, will take place on May 22, 2007 in Secaucus, New Jersey. The 14 teams which did not make the 2007 playoffs selected the top 14 picks in reverse order of their records, except for the top three picks, which were selected in the lottery. Statistically, the team with the worst record has the best chance of landing the top pick; the team with the second worst record has the second best chance, and so on. As is the case every year, after the drawing of the top three picks, the remaining 27 first-round draft picks are assigned to each of the other NBA teams according to their record in reverse order. Picks 4 through 14 were assigned to the remaining non-playoff teams (only these teams participate in the lottery for the top three picks) in reverse order of their records, and picks 15 through 30 were assigned to the remaining NBA teams, in reverse order (i.e., the team with the best record will pick 30th).

The Odds of winning the Draft Lottery are listed below in order of finish:

Last Place: 25%
Second Last: 19.9%
Third Last: 15.6%
Fourth Last: 11.9%
Fifth Last: 8.8%
Sixth Last: 6.3%
Seventh Last: 2.933%
Eighth Last: 2.933%
Ninth Last: 2.933%
Tenth Last: 0.95%
Eleventh Last: 0.95%
Twelfth Last: 0.7%
Thirteenth Last: 0.6%
Fourteenth Last: 0.5%