Sixers' spots in draft set
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Sixers' spots in draft set
The Sixers will have the 15th pick in June's NBA draft, the league announced today.
With a record of 35-31, the Sixers had the worst record among teams to make the playoffs, so they will select with the first pick after the 14 teams that are in the lottery.
In the second round, the Sixers will pick at No. 45 with their own pick and No. 54 with the pick acquired from Memphis in the Sam Young trade earlier this season.
The NBA broke seven ties today in order to set the draft order.
Here are the teams in lottery and their chances of out 1,000 to get the first pick. After the first three teams are identified via the lottery, the remaining 11 teams will pick in the inverse order of their record.
Charlotte (7-59), 250
Washington (20-46), 199
Cleveland (21-45), 138
New Orleans (21-45), 138
Sacramento (22-44), 76
New Jersey * (22-44), 75
Golden State** (23-43), 36
Toronto (23-43), 35
Detroit (25-41), 18
New Orleans from Minnesota via LA Clippers (26-40), 11
Portland (28-38), 8
Milwaukee (31-35), 7
Phoenix (33-33), 6
Houston (34-32) 5
Non-Lottery teams
15. SIXERS (35-31)
16. Houston from New York (36-30)
17. Dallas (36-30)
18. Minnesota from Utah (36-30)
19. Orlando (37-29)
20. Denver (38-28)
21. Boston (39-27)
22. Boston from Clippers via Oklahoma City (40-26)
23. Atlanta (40-26)
24. Cleveland from LA Lakers (41-25)
25. Memphis (41-25)
26. Indiana (42-24)
27. Miami (46-20)
28. Oklahoma City (47-19)
29. Chicago (50-16)
30. Golden State from San Antonio (50-16)
* pick may be conveyed to Portland
** pick may be conveyed to Utah via New Jersey
SECOND ROUND
31. Charlotte
32. Washington
33/34. Cleveland from New Orleans via Miami
33/34. Cleveland
35/36. Golden State from New Jersey
35/36. Sacramento
37/38. Toronto
37/38. Denver from Golden State via New York
39. Detroit
40. Portland from Minnesota via Houston
41. Portland
42. Milwaukee
43. Atlanta from Phoenix
44. Detroit from Houston
45. SIXERS
46. Washington from Dallas
47. Utah
48. New York
49. Orlando
50. Denver
51. Boston
52. Golden State from Atlanta
53. LA Clippers
54. SIXERS from Memphis
55. Dallas from Lakers
56. Toronto from Indiana
57. New Jersey from Miami
58. Minnesota from Oklahoma City
59. San Antonio
60. New Jersey from Chicago via Milwaukee OR Lakers via New Jersey and Milwaukee
The order of selection for some slots in the second round cannot be determined until after the lottery because teams that finished with the same regular-season record select in the inverse order in the second round that they did in the first.
To those who said tank the last 6 games to get in the lottery, not much difference in picking 15th or 14th. Might as well, go to the playoffs— mtairy1- tanking would have been ridiculous. make the playoffs and get the experience. lottery isn't going to help this team now. develop what they got and add a top notch free agent when they can. they also need to get better at developing at the d-league level too. get the affiliate the heck out of that high school gym in maine and set them up in reading or allentown where they can be monitored and mentored. there will be a 8-over-1 in this year's playoffs but it'll be utah over the spurs. bulls in 6 :-(. but what do i know, i'm just a tv clown. ugggggghhhhh— Krusty
- tanking would have been ridiculous. make the playoffs and get the experience. lottery isn't going to help this team now. develop what they got and add a top notch free agent when they can. they also need to get better at developing at the d-league level too. get the affiliate the heck out of that high school gym in maine and set them up in reading or allentown where they can be monitored and mentored. there will be a 8-over-1 in this year's playoffs but it'll be utah over the spurs. bulls in 6 :-(. but what do i know, i'm just a tv clown. ugggggghhhhh— Krusty
Bob Cooney has been at the Daily News for more than 20 years, working in the sports department for the past 15. This is his third season on the Sixers beat. He has covered just about everything, but mostly college basketball, where he was the La Salle beat writer for six seasons. E-mail Bob at cooneyb@phillynews.com and follow him on Twitter.
