Pelicans Win Draft Lottery!

With just a 6% chance at the #1 pick, New Orleans defied the odds to win one of the most anticipated draft lotteries in recent memory.

The Pelicans are expected to select this year’s (no-brainer) top prospect Zion Williamson without much hesitation - is it enough to entice superstar Anthony Davis to stay in town? Regardless, NOP is set up for the future with Zion (potentially) leading the way.

Other draft “winners” included MEM (jumped to #2) & LAL (jumped #4) - “losers” featured teams like CLE (#5), PHX (#6) & CHI (#7 - 3rd straight year!).

Full 2019 DRAFT ORDER:

  1. New Orleans

  2. Memphis

  3. New York         

  4. Los Angeles Lakers     

  5. Cleveland

  6. Phoenix           

  7. Chicago

  8. Atlanta 

  9. Washington

  10. Atlanta (from DAL)

  11. Minnesota

  12. Charlotte         

  13. Miami 

  14. Boston (from SAC)

  15. Detroit

  16. Orlando

  17. Brooklyn

  18. Indiana

  19. San Antonio

  20. Boston (from LAC via MEM)

  21. Oklahoma City

  22. Boston

  23. Utah

  24. Philadelphia

  25. Portland

  26. Cleveland (from HOU)

  27. Brooklyn (from DEN)

  28. Golden State

  29. San Antonio (from TOR)

  30. Milwaukee

  31. Brooklyn (from NYK via PHI)

  32. Phoenix

  33. Philadelphia (from CLE via ORL and NYK)

  34. Philadelphia (from CHI via LAC)

  35. Atlanta

  36. Charlotte (from WAS via ORL, DEN & ATL)

  37. Dallas

  38. Chicago (via MEM)

  39. New Orleans

  40. Sacramento (from MIN via POR and CLE)

  41. Atlanta (from LAL via CLE and IND)

  42. Philadelphia (from SAC via BKN and MIL)

  43. Minnesota (from MIA via CHA)

  44. Atlanta (from CHA)

  45. Detroit

  46. Orlando (from BKN via MEM and CHA)

  47. Sacramento (from ORL via NYK)

  48. Los Angeles

  49. San Antonio

  50. Indiana

  51. Boston

  52. Charlotte (from OKC)

  53. Utah

  54. Philadelphia

  55. New York (from HOU)

  56. Los Angeles Clippers (from POR via DET and ORL)

  57. New Orleans (from DEN via MIL)

  58. Golden State

  59. Toronto

  60. Sacramento (from MIL)

Stay tuned for more coverage (news & mock drafts) leading up til June 20th!