Washington Wizards win NBA Draft Lottery 2026

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CHICAGO – The Washington Wizards today won NBA Draft Lottery 2026, which was conducted at Navy Pier in Chicago.  The Wizards will have the first overall pick in NBA Draft 2026, which will be held Tuesday, June 23 (First Round) and Wednesday, June 24 (Second Round) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  Premium experiences and exclusive hospitality packages for the First Round are currently available at NBAEvents.com. Tickets for the First Round live at Barclays Center go on sale to the General Public on Monday, May 18 at Noon ET at Ticketmaster.com.

Below are the results from NBA Draft Lottery 2026:

1.  Washington
2.  Utah
3.  Memphis
4.  Chicago
5.  LA Clippers (from Indiana)
6.  Brooklyn
7.  Sacramento
8.  Atlanta (from New Orleans)
9.  Dallas
10.  Milwaukee
11.  Golden State
12.  Oklahoma City (from the LA Clippers)
13.  Miami
14.  Charlotte

Below is the order for the remainder of the first round of NBA Draft 2026:

15. Chicago (from Portland)
16. Memphis (from Phoenix via Orlando)
17. Oklahoma City (from Philadelphia)
18. Charlotte (from Orlando via Phoenix)
19. Toronto
20. San Antonio (from Atlanta)
21. Detroit (from Minnesota)
22. Philadelphia (from Houston via Oklahoma City)
23. Atlanta (from Cleveland)
24. New York
25. Los Angeles Lakers
26. Denver
27. Boston
28. Minnesota (from Detroit)
29. Cleveland (from San Antonio via Atlanta)
30. Dallas (from Oklahoma City via Washington and Philadelphia)

Note: The draft order above assumes that a team with the right to swap one pick for another exercises such right only if it is favorable to do so.

Below is the order for the second round of NBA Draft 2026:

31. New York (from Washington via Oklahoma City and Houston)
32. Memphis (from Indiana via Milwaukee)
33. Brooklyn
34. Sacramento
35. San Antonio (from Utah via Minnesota)
36. LA Clippers (from Memphis via Atlanta and Utah)
37. Oklahoma City (from Dallas)
38. Chicago (from New Orleans via Boston, Detroit, and Portland)
39. Houston (from Chicago via Washington)
40. Boston (from Milwaukee via Orlando)
41. Miami (from Golden State via Charlotte, New York, Oklahoma City, and Atlanta)
42. San Antonio (from Portland via New Orleans)
43. Brooklyn (from the LA Clippers via Houston)
44. San Antonio (from Miami via Indiana)
45. Sacramento (from Charlotte via San Antonio, Atlanta, and New York)
46. Orlando
47. Phoenix (from Philadelphia via Houston and Oklahoma City)
48. Dallas (from Phoenix via Washington)
49. Denver (from Atlanta via Brooklyn and Golden State)
50. Toronto
51. Washington (from Minnesota via Detroit and New York)
52. LA Clippers (from Cleveland)
53. Houston
54. Golden State (from the Los Angeles Lakers via Toronto, Miami, and Cleveland)
55. New York
56. Chicago (from Denver via Minnesota, Phoenix, Charlotte, and Phoenix)
57. Atlanta (from Boston)
58. New Orleans (from Detroit via New York, Brooklyn, Phoenix, Orlando, and the LA Clippers)
59. Minnesota (from San Antonio via Indiana)
60. Washington (from Oklahoma City via San Antonio and Miami)

Note: The draft order above assumes that a team with the right to swap one pick for another exercises such right only if it is favorable to do so.

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