In one of the most important dates on the 2024 calendar for non-playoff teams, the NBA holds its annual draft lottery on Sunday afternoon from the league’s draft combine in Chicago. The event finalizes the first-round pick order for the June 26 draft.Some lottery choices have already been traded elsewhere (or perhaps conditionally, depending on the final draft slot). Meanwhile, others could be traded prior to draft day in late June. But the weighted lottery is conducted based on the previous-season records of each non-playoff team that the 2024 pick initially belonged to.The lottery determines only the first four selections. The No. 5 pick onward goes in order of season record (2023-24 standings) among the remaining teams, with the worst going first. Tiebreakers have already been conducted. While the weighted lottery gives some preference to teams with the worst records, the odds aren’t nearly as stacked in favor of bad teams as they once were — since the NBA wants to minimize potential incentives for teams to lose.The Houston Rockets enter the 2024 lottery with two chances at a top-four selection: a pick via Brooklyn (No. 9 odds slot) and their own (No. 12). Houston will retain the pick from the Nets, regardless, but its own will go to Oklahoma City unless it lands in the top four.
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