{"id":635609,"date":"2026-05-11T00:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T00:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/635609\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T00:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T00:03:09","slug":"washington-wizards-win-2026-nba-draft-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/635609\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Wizards win 2026 NBA Draft Lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 The Washington Wizards won the Draft Lottery on Sunday and are poised to pick first overall for the first time since choosing John Wall in that spot in 2010. Wall was the Wizards\u2019 on-stage representative for the lottery.<\/p>\n

Washington had a 14% chance of winning No. 1, tied with Brooklyn and Indiana for the best odds. The Wizards had basically a 50-50 chance of getting either a top-four pick or the No. 5 spot.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Watch the full 2026 NBA Draft Lottery drawing from Chicago that resulted in the Washington Wizards receiving the No. 1 overall pick.<\/p>\n

But three consecutive years of losing \u2014 the three worst seasons in the franchise\u2019s 65-year history \u2014 finally paid off Sunday for the Wizards, who went 17-65 this season and even allowed Miami\u2019s Bam Adebayo to score 83 points for the league\u2019s second-highest single-game total ever.<\/p>\n

The Wizards swung deals to land Trae Young and Anthony Davis last season, and now they have a chance to add an immediate impact player with the No. 1 pick.<\/p>\n

Utah will pick No. 2, Memphis will pick No. 3 and Chicago will pick No. 4.<\/p>\n

The LA Clippers got the fifth pick \u2014 via a trade with the Pacers \u2014 followed by No. 6 Brooklyn, No. 7 Sacramento, No. 8 Atlanta, No. 9 Dallas, No. 10 Milwaukee, No. 11 Golden State, No. 12 Oklahoma City, No. 13 Miami and No. 14 Charlotte.<\/p>\n

The 2026 NBA Draft<\/a> begins June 23 in New York. The draft combine in Chicago starts on Monday.<\/p>\n

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