Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
Ties Broken for 2013 NBA Draft: Where does your team pick?
Four ties among teams that finished the 2012-13 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to help determine the order of selection for the 2013 NBA Draft, which will be held on Thursday, June 27.
The drawings were conducted earlier today in New York City by Jason Cahilly, NBA Executive Vice President, Strategy and Chief Financial Officer, and Dan Rube, NBA Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. The tiebreak process was overseen by Denise Pelli, a partner in the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.
The results of the drawings:
· Detroit (29-53) won a tiebreaker with Washington.
· Philadelphia (34-48) won a tiebreaker with Toronto.
· Houston (45-37) won a tiebreaker with Chicago and the L.A. Lakers; L.A. Lakers then won a tie-breaker with Chicago.
· L.A. Clippers (56-26) won a tiebreaker with Memphis.
Below is the order of selection for the 2013 NBA Draft, as well as the number of chances for teams in the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery, to be held on Tuesday, May 21.
2013 FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER
The teams entered in the lottery, to be held on May 21, 2013, are as follows (note: the first three picks in the Draft will be determined by the lottery and the remainder of the “lottery teams” will select in positions 4 through 14 in inverse order of their consolidated standings at the end of the regular season):
TEAM RECORD PCT. LOTTERY CHANCES
(out of 1,000)
Orlando 20-62 0.244 250
Charlotte 21-61 0.256 199
Cleveland 24-58 0.293 156
Phoenix 25-57 0.305 119
New Orleans 27-55 0.329 88
Sacramento 28-54 0.341 63
Detroit 29-53 0.354 36
Washington 29-53 0.354 35
Minnesota 31-51 0.378 17
Portland[1] 33-49 0.402 11
Philadelphia 34-48 0.415 8
Toronto[2] 34-48 0.415 7
Dallas 41-41 0.500 6
Utah 43-39 0.524 5
The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows:
15. Milwaukee 38-44 0.463
16. Boston 41-40 0.506
17. Atlanta 44-38 0.537
18. Houston (To Atlanta via Brooklyn) 45-37 0.549
19. LA Lakers (To Cleveland) 45-37 0.549
20. Chicago 45-37 0.549
21. Golden State (To Utah via Brooklyn) 47-35 0.573
22. Brooklyn 49-33 0.598
23. Indiana 49-32 0.605
24. New York 54-28 0.659
25. LA Clippers 56-26 0.683
26. Memphis (To Minnesota via Houston) 56-26 0.683
27. Denver 57-25 0.695
28. San Antonio 58-24 0.707
29. Oklahoma City 60-22 0.732
30. Miami (To Phoenix via LA Lakers & Cleveland) 66-16 0.805
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[1] This pick may be conveyed to Charlotte.
2 This pick may be conveyed to Oklahoma City via Houston.
2013 SECOND ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER
31. Orlando (To Cleveland)
32. Charlotte (To Oklahoma City)
33. Cleveland
34. Phoenix (To Houston)
35. New Orleans (To Philadelphia)
36. Sacramento
37/38. Washington
37/38. Detroit
39. Minnesota (To Portland via Boston and Cleveland)
40. Portland
41/42. Toronto (To Memphis)
41/42. Philadelphia
43. Milwaukee
44. Dallas[3]
45. Boston (To Portland)
46. Utah
47. Atlanta
48. LA Lakers[4]
49. Chicago
50. Houston (To Atlanta)
51. Golden State (To Orlando via Denver and New York)
52. Brooklyn (To Minnesota)
53. Indiana
54. New York (To Washington)
55. Memphis
56. LA Clippers (To Detroit)
57. Denver (To Phoenix via LA Lakers)
58. San Antonio
59. Oklahoma City (To Minnesota)
60. Miami (To Memphis)
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3 This pick may be conveyed to LA Lakers.
4 This pick may be conveyed to Dallas.
Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
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