{"id":29196,"date":"2025-05-13T06:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/29196\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T06:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:47:12","slug":"after-unsuccessful-lottery-rockets-to-pick-at-no-10-in-2025-draft-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/29196\/","title":{"rendered":"After unsuccessful lottery, Rockets to pick at No. 10 in 2025 draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After four consecutive years of winning one of the league\u2019s lottery drawn selections, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/houston-rockets\/10\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Houston Rockets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Houston Rockets<\/a> did not have the same fate in Monday\u2019s 2025 NBA draft lottery.<\/p>\n<p>Though they entered with the No. 9 odds slot (<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/february-2025-trade-deadline-rockets-204553495.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:with a pick obtained from the Phoenix Suns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with a pick obtained from the Phoenix Suns<\/a>), the Rockets will actually pick at No. 10 in the June 25 first round. That\u2019s because the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/dallas-mavericks\/6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Mavericks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dallas Mavericks<\/a>, who entered at the No. 11 spot, jumped all the way to No. 1 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hardly an unexpected outcome for the Rockets, who entered with just a 17.3% probability of jumping into the top four. Nonetheless, having the in-state and Southwest Division rival Mavericks and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/san-antonio-spurs\/24\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Antonio Spurs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> (who entered at No. 8 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankathon.com\/pick_odds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pre-lottery odds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">pre-lottery odds<\/a> and obtained the No. 2 pick) both jump into the four lottery selections was unlucky.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/duke-blue-devils\/1388\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Duke;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Duke<\/a> forward Cooper Flagg is the consensus No. 1 prospect and is highly likely to be selected by the Mavericks, according to most projections.<\/p>\n<p>Per Tankathon\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankathon.com\/mock_draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:latest mock draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">latest mock draft<\/a>, prospects who could be available around No. 10 include Oklahoma guard Jeremiah Fers; Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis; Duke center Khaman Maluach; Georgia forward Asa Newell; Michigan State guard Jase Richardson; Maryland center Derik Queen; and South Carolina forward Collin Murray-Boyles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/espn-rockets-significant-hub-trade-202654886.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:ESPN: Rockets to be \u2018significant hub\u2019 for trade talks near 2025 NBA draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN: Rockets to be \u2018significant hub\u2019 for trade talks near 2025 NBA draft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Rockets Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/rocketswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/rockets\/2025\/05\/12\/after-unsuccessful-lottery-rockets-to-pick-at-no-10-in-2025-draft\/83588258007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:After unsuccessful lottery, Rockets to pick at No. 10 in 2025 draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">After unsuccessful lottery, Rockets to pick at No. 10 in 2025 draft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After four consecutive years of winning one of the league\u2019s lottery drawn selections, the Houston Rockets did not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[30,975,7,964,225,149,803,292,194,4066,960,171,6,249,472,211,474,9133],"class_list":{"0":"post-29196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-2025-nba-draft","9":"tag-asa-newell","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-collin-murray-boyles","12":"tag-cooper-flagg","13":"tag-dallas-mavericks","14":"tag-derik-queen","15":"tag-houston","16":"tag-houston-rockets","17":"tag-houstonrockets","18":"tag-jase-richardson","19":"tag-lottery","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-nba-draft-lottery","22":"tag-phoenix-suns","23":"tag-rockets","24":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","25":"tag-southwest-division"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114499187512993558","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}