2022 NBA draft lottery: Live stream, odds, broadcast info, what to watch for Tuesday
In one of the most important dates on this year’s calendar to the Houston Rockets, the NBA holds its annual draft lottery on Tuesday night from the league’s draft combine in Chicago. The event finalizes the first-round pick order for the NBA’s 2022 rookie draft on June 23.
After finishing with the league’s worst record (20-62) in the 2020-21 regular season, the Rockets have the maximum possible odds for a top selection. However, those odds are not as strong as they used to be, thanks to the NBA’s recently revised lottery weighting percentages — designed to disincentivize tanking schemes for higher draft picks.
The lottery determines the top-four picks among the NBA’s 14 non-playoff teams, with the rest (No. 5 through No. 14) slotted by record.
So, will the Rockets land a lottery pick that puts them in position to draft an elite prospect such as Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren, Duke’s Paolo Banchero, or Auburn’s Jabari Smith? Read on for details of what to watch for, along with timing considerations and other relevant information.
When and How to Watch
Date: Tuesday, May 17
Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
TV Channel: ESPN
Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free) or via Watch ESPN, with active subscription
Rockets representatives in Chicago
Drawing room representative: Clay Allen, general counsel
On-stage representative: Rafael Stone, general manager
Here is the list of team representatives who will be in the lottery drawing room ⬇️ https://t.co/vGachDzy2p pic.twitter.com/hzrWddDRCT
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 16, 2022
Probability odds for Houston’s first-round pick
No. 1: 14.0%
No. 2: 13.4%
No. 3: 12.7%
No. 4: 11.9%
No. 5: 47.9%
Projected order of teams prior to lottery
Cheat Sheet: Lottery results are read off 14 to 5. If ANY team from this order is skipped, they jumped into the top 4.
14. Cleveland
13. Charlotte
12. OKC
11. NYK
10. Washington
9. San Antonio
8. New Orleans
7. Sacramento
6. Portland
5. Indiana4. OKC
3. DET
2. ORL
1. Houston— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) May 16, 2022
Consensus top-five prospects
Paolo Banchero, big, Duke
Chet Holmgren, big, Gonzaga
Jabari Smith, wing, Auburn
Shaedon Sharpe, wing, Kentucky (did not play in college)
Jaden Ivey, guard, Purdue
More information on each of these players is available in the latest 2022 NBA mock draft by For The Win’s Bryan Kalbrosky.
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Some first round fits I love in my new NBA mock draft:
CAVS: Malaki Branham
GRIZZLIES: Ryan Rollins, Jake LaRavia
HORNETS: Dyson Daniels, Ousmane Dieng
PACERS: Jaden Ivey
PELICANS: Jeremy Sochan
THUNDER: Shaedon Sharpe, AJ Griffin, Leonard Miller https://t.co/dOxnXhj86u
— Bryan Kalbrosky (@BryanKalbrosky) May 9, 2022
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