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 determined 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. As it is commonplace in the event of identical win-loss records, the NBA performed a random drawing to break the ties on April 16, 2010.
The lottery was held on May 18, 2010 in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers beat the statistical odds by winning the first and second overall picks respectively. The New Jersey Nets won the third overall pick.
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2010 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:
| ^ | Denotes the actual lottery results |
| Team | 2009–10 record |
Lottery chances |
Pick | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |||
| New Jersey Nets | 12–70 | 250 | .250 | .215 | .177^ | .358 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 15–67 | 199 | .199 | .188 | .171 | .319^ | .124 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sacramento Kings | 25–57 | 156 | .156 | .157 | .155 | .225 | .265^ | .041 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Golden State Warriors | 26–56 | 104 | .104 | .112 | .121 | .099 | .373 | .178^ | .014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Washington Wizards | 26–56 | 103 | .103^ | .111 | .120 | — | .238 | .342 | .082 | .004 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 27–55 | 53 | .053 | .060^ | .070 | — | — | .440 | .331 | .045 | .001 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Detroit Pistons | 27–55 | 53 | .053 | .060 | .070 | — | — | — | .573^ | .226 | .018 | .000 | — | — | — | — |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 29–53 | 23 | .023 | .027 | .032 | — | — | — | — | .725^ | .184 | .009 | .000 | — | — | — |
| New York Knicks1 | 29–53 | 22 | .022 | .026 | .031 | — | — | — | — | — | .797^ | .121 | .004 | .000 | — | — |
| Indiana Pacers | 32–50 | 11 | .011 | .013 | .016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .870^ | .089 | .002 | .000 | — |
| New Orleans Hornets | 37–45 | 8 | .008 | .009 | .012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .907^ | .063 | .001 | .000 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 40–42 | 7 | .007 | .008 | .010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .935^ | .039 | .000 |
| Toronto Raptors | 40–42 | 6 | .006 | .007 | .009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .960^ | .018 |
| Houston Rockets | 42–40 | 5 | .005 | .006 | .007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .982^ |
^ 1: New York Knicks' pick was conveyed to the Utah Jazz via the Phoenix Suns.
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