Introductory news conference for new Suns GM Brian Gregory
The Phoenix Suns hold an introductory press conference for their new general manager, Brian Gregory.
The Phoenix Suns really don’t have a lottery pick in the June 25-26 NBA Draft in New York.
No, really, they don’t.
The Suns ended the 2024-25 season with a 36-46 record and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2019-20 season, but they traded away their 2025 first-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets when landing Kevin Durant in a blockbuster deal before the 2023 trade deadline.
The Nets then traded the pick to the Houston Rockets last summer.
So even though Phoenix is listed as a lottery team, Houston had that first-round pick.
The Dallas Mavericks won the NBA draft lottery on May 12 in Chicago. The Mavs had a slim 1.8% chance to win the lottery.
Duke freshman forward Cooper Flagg is the projected top overall pick in the 2025 draft.
The Utah Jazz, Washington Wizards and Charlotte Hornets had the best chance to win the lottery at 14% each. The Wizards received the sixth overall pick, the Jazz have the fifth selection and the Hornets landed the fourth pick.
The 76ers have the third overall selection, while the Spurs received the second overall pick.
The Rockets had a 3.8% chance of winning the lottery. They wound up with the 10th pick.
Two-time NBA champion Hakeem Olajuwon represented the Rockets at the lottery ESPN televised.
Will the Phoenix Suns have any 2025 NBA Draft picks?
Phoenix dealt Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder and four unprotected first-round picks (2023, 2025, 2027 and 2029) and a 2028 first-round pick swap to the Nets for T.J. Warren and Durant.
Crowder later ended up with the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Suns have the 29th overall pick in first round and the 52nd overall pick in the second round of the 2025 draft.
Phoenix’s 29th pick came from a deal before the 2025 trade deadline.
The Suns sent their unprotected 2031 first-round pick to Utah for the least favorable first-round picks between the Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Jazz in 2025, 2027 and 2029.
The Cavs wound up being the least favorable as they finished with the NBA’s second-best record at 64-18 to have the 29th pick, which now belongs to Phoenix.
Phoenix acquired the 52nd pick in the second round from Charlotte in the Nick Richards deal before the trade deadline that sent Josh Okogie to the Hornets.
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