We are now in the final full month of the 2022-23 NBA regular season, so for fans of teams like the Charlotte Hornets, you might beginning to shift your focus to the 2023 NBA Draft.
From now until the end of the season, we will update this tracker to show where each team sits in the lottery, which is set to take place on May 16th.
The bottom three teams in the NBA will each have a 14% chance to win the No. 1 overall pick. The 4th-worst record has a 12.5% chance; 5th (10.5%), 6th (9%), 7th (7.5%), 8th (6%), 9th (4.5%), 10th (3%), 11th (2%), and 12th, 13th, and 14th each have a 1% chance.
LOTTERY OUTLOOK AS OF 3.2
1. Houston Rockets 13-49 (.210)
2. Detroit Pistons 15-48 (.238)
3. San Antonio Spurs 15-47 (.242)
4. Charlotte Hornets 20-44 (.312)
5. Orlando Magic 26-37 (.413)
6. Indiana Pacers 28-35 (.444)
7. Oklahoma City Thunder 28-34 (.452)
8. Orlando Magic via Bulls 29-34 (.460)
9. Portland Trail Blazers 29-33 (.468)
10. Washington Wizards 29-32 (.475)
11. New Orleans Pelicans via Lakers 30-33 (.476)
12. Utah Jazz 31-32 (.492)
13. Los Angeles Lakers via Pelicans 31-32 (.492)
14. Toronto Raptors 31-32 (.492)
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