The 2025 NBA Draft Lottery took place on May 12, 2025, at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois. The event was broadcast live on ESPN
. The NBA Draft Lottery determines the order for the teams that missed the playoffs to select in the upcoming NBA Draft. The actual 2025 NBA Draft will be held later, on June 25-26, 2025, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York
