The Brooklyn Nets did not make the playoffs this season as they finished the regular season with a 26-56 record during the first season of a full-scale rebuild. Despite the season ending in disappointing fashion, Brooklyn will be able to make up for that in Monday’s NBA Draft Lottery if they are able to win the entire event and gain the right to draft Duke forward Cooper Flagg.
When it comes to the Lottery, the Nets do not have much experience with the event as the last time they won the whole thing, it was in 2000 when the franchise was still in New Jersey. With that pick, the Nets selected Kenyon Martin Sr. out of Cincinnati and he went on to play four seasons with the Nets before moving on to play for other teams like the Denver Nuggets.
The last time that the Nets were the beneficiary of a Lottery pick was in 2010, again while the organization was still located in New Jersey, and they selected forward Derrick Favors out of Georgia Tech. With all of that being said, the Nets have the opportunity of a lifetime as they could have the chance to draft a difference-maker so here’s what you need to know heading into the event:
How To WatchDate: Monday, May 12Time: 7:00 PM ETChannel: ESPNOdds
The Nets enter the Lottery with the sixth-worst record in the field so they have just a 9.0% chance of winning the entire event, behind the Utah Jazz, Washington Wizards, Charlotte Hornets, New Orleans Pelicans, and Philadelphia 76ers. However, Brooklyn does have a 37.2% chance of landing a pick inside the top-4 so there is a reasonable possibility for them to get one of the best players in the Draft.
How Does The Lottery Work?
“The 40th annual NBA Draft Lottery will determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks of the 2025 NBA Draft. Drawings will be conducted to determine the first four picks in the NBA Draft. The remainder of the “lottery teams” will select in positions five through 14 in inverse order of their 2024-25 regular-season records,” according to the NBA.
What Picks Can The Nets Get?#1: 9.0%#2: 9.2%#3: 9.4%#4: 9.6%#5: N/A#6: 8.6%#7: 29.7%#8: 20.6%#9: 3.7%#10: 0.2%