when is the nba lottery

The 2025 NBA Draft Lottery will be held on Monday, May 12, 2025, starting at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The event will take place in Chicago and will be broadcast live on ESPN. During the lottery, the order for the first 14 picks in the 2025 NBA Draft will be determined, with the first four picks decided by drawing lots and the remaining picks assigned based on the reverse order of the teams' regular-season records. The lottery involves 14 teams that did not reach the playoffs in the 2024-25 NBA season.