Draft Lottery
Further information: NBA Draft LotteryThe first 14 picks in the draft belonged to teams that had missed the playoffs; the order was determined through a lottery. The lottery would determine the three teams that would obtain the first three picks on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win-loss record in the previous season. On April 20, 2007, the NBA performed a tie-breaker to determine the order of the picks for teams with identical win-loss record.
The 2006 Draft Lottery was held on May 23, 2006 in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Toronto Raptors, who had the fifth-worst record, won the lottery with just 8.8% chance to win. The Chicago Bulls, who acquired the New York Knicks' first-round draft pick from a previous trade, landed the second overall pick. The Portland Trail Blazers who had the best chance to land the top pick fell out of the top three and had to settle with 4th pick. Portland's 4th pick was the lowest possible pick that Portland could obtained through the lottery.
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2006 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:
| ^ | Denotes the actual lottery results |
| Team | 2005–06 record |
Lottery chances |
Pick | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |||
| Portland Trail Blazers | 21–61 | 250 | .250 | .215 | .177 | .358^ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| New York Knicksa | 23–59 | 199 | .199 | .188^ | .171 | .319 | .124 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Charlotte Bobcats | 26–56 | 138 | .138 | .142 | .145^ | .238 | .290 | .045 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atlanta Hawks | 26–56 | 137 | .137 | .142 | .145 | .085 | .323^ | .156 | .013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Toronto Raptors | 27–55 | 88 | .088^ | .096 | .106 | — | .262 | .359 | .084 | .004 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 33–49 | 53 | .053 | .060 | .070 | — | — | .440^ | .330 | .045 | .001 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Boston Celtics | 33–49 | 53 | .053 | .060 | .070 | — | — | — | .573^ | .226 | .018 | .000 | — | — | — | — |
| Houston Rockets | 34–48 | 23 | .023 | .027 | .032 | — | — | — | — | .725^ | .184 | .009 | .000 | — | — | — |
| Golden State Warriors | 34–48 | 22 | .022 | .026 | .031 | — | — | — | — | — | .797^ | .121 | .004 | .000 | — | — |
| Seattle SuperSonics | 35–47 | 11 | .011 | .013 | .016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .870^ | .089 | .002 | .000 | — |
| Orlando Magic | 36–46 | 8 | .008 | .009 | .012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .908^ | .063 | .001 | .000 |
| New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets | 38–44 | 7 | .007 | .008 | .010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .935^ | .039 | .000 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 38–44 | 6 | .006 | .007 | .009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .960^ | .018 |
| Utah Jazz | 41–41 | 5 | .005 | .006 | .007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .982^ |
^ a: New York Knicks' pick was conveyed to the Chicago Bulls.
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