NBA Draft Lottery odds finalized: Pelicans have 6.8% chance to win, but traded pick away last summer
It was another disappointing season for basketball in the Big Easy. The Pelicans failed to win 30 games. The head coach was fired midseason, and fan apathy is at an all-time low. But despite what it might look on the outside, on the inside, Pelicans executive Joe Dumars believes they’re close to. Getting it right and Dumars would know what works because he’s won an NBA title as an executive and did it just 4 seasons into serving as the Pistons VP, *** season that he then followed up with an Eastern Conference Finals appearance. Man, we’re in *** better position now here than we were there, and so that’s why I’m so, uh, positive about this experience here. We’re much further along than, uh, when I took over Detroit. No matter where you start, you better have *** vision and *** focus for what kind of team you wanna be, what, what, what, what kind of players you wanna get like you, you have to be crystal clear in your mind and your organization has to be crystal clear in the type of guys you wanna bring in like we all believe in the same thing like, yeah, you got, you gotta be tougher, you gotta be stronger, you gotta battle, you gotta compete every night, uh, and if it gets *** little chippy, mm, that’s, that’s fine too. And so, um. I’m just saying that that you have to know who you want to be and we know who we want to be. Dumars also spoke *** great deal about the future of the franchise, which of course includes the head coaching vacancy. The VP said there is no timeline and no definitive list for that job. Reporting in Metairie, Kendall Duncan, WDSU News.
NBA Draft Lottery odds finalized: Pelicans have 6.8% chance to win, but traded pick away last summer
Updated: 9:27 PM CDT Apr 20, 2026
Six ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2026. The drawings were conducted by NBA President of League Operations Byron Spruell at the NBA office in Secaucus, New Jersey. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Megan DeCesaris, a partner from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.The results of the drawings:The Utah Jazz (22-60) won a tiebreaker with the Sacramento Kings.The New Orleans Pelicans (26-56) won a tiebreaker with the Dallas Mavericks.The Phoenix Suns (45-37) won a tiebreaker with the Orlando Magic and the Philadelphia 76ers. Second and third place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Philadelphia and Orlando, respectively.The Toronto Raptors (46-36) won a tiebreaker with the Atlanta Hawks.The Houston Rockets (52-30) won a tiebreaker with the Cleveland Cavaliers.The New York Knicks (53-29) won a tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Lakers.The Pelicans have a 6.8% chance to win the lottery and land the top overall selection.Unfortunately, the Pels won’t have a pick in 2026, as they traded it away last year to acquired Derik Queen. The Pelicans 2026 lottery picks will go to the Atlanta Hawks. New Orleans won the NBA Draft Lottery in both 2012 and 2019, selecting Anthony Davis and Zion Williamson. Last year the Dallas Mavericks beat the odds going form just a 2% chance, to winning the lottery.BYU star AJ Dybantsa is projected to be the top selection in this year’s draft. Below are the odds to win the NBA Draft Lottery which will be held on Sunday, May 10 at 3 pm EST.Washington17-65.20714.0%Indiana*19-63.23214.0%Brooklyn20-62.24414.0%Utah22-60.26811.5%Sacramento22-60.26811.5%Memphis25-57.3059.0%New Orleans (to Atlanta or Milwaukee)26-56.3176.8%Dallas26-56.3176.7%Chicago31-51.3784.5%Milwaukee^32-50.3903.0%Golden State37-45.4512.0%LA Clippers (to Oklahoma City)42-40.5121.5%Miami43-39.5241.0%Charlotte44-38.5370.5%
Six ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2026.
The drawings were conducted by NBA President of League Operations Byron Spruell at the NBA office in Secaucus, New Jersey. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Megan DeCesaris, a partner from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.
The results of the drawings:
The Utah Jazz (22-60) won a tiebreaker with the Sacramento Kings.The New Orleans Pelicans (26-56) won a tiebreaker with the Dallas Mavericks.The Phoenix Suns (45-37) won a tiebreaker with the Orlando Magic and the Philadelphia 76ers. Second and third place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Philadelphia and Orlando, respectively.The Toronto Raptors (46-36) won a tiebreaker with the Atlanta Hawks.The Houston Rockets (52-30) won a tiebreaker with the Cleveland Cavaliers.The New York Knicks (53-29) won a tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Pelicans have a 6.8% chance to win the lottery and land the top overall selection.
Unfortunately, the Pels won’t have a pick in 2026, as they traded it away last year to acquired Derik Queen. The Pelicans 2026 lottery picks will go to the Atlanta Hawks.
New Orleans won the NBA Draft Lottery in both 2012 and 2019, selecting Anthony Davis and Zion Williamson.
Last year the Dallas Mavericks beat the odds going form just a 2% chance, to winning the lottery.
BYU star AJ Dybantsa is projected to be the top selection in this year’s draft.
Below are the odds to win the NBA Draft Lottery which will be held on Sunday, May 10 at 3 pm EST.
Washington17-65.20714.0%Indiana*19-63.23214.0%Brooklyn20-62.24414.0%Utah22-60.26811.5%Sacramento22-60.26811.5%Memphis25-57.3059.0%New Orleans (to Atlanta or Milwaukee)26-56.3176.8%Dallas26-56.3176.7%Chicago31-51.3784.5%Milwaukee^32-50.3903.0%Golden State37-45.4512.0%LA Clippers (to Oklahoma City)42-40.5121.5%Miami43-39.5241.0%Charlotte44-38.5370.5%