The Washington Wizards stand their best chance, as it stands, at the overall ninth pick in this year’s NBA draft. But since the NBA reworked how the lottery works to discourage tanking, giving more teams a better shot, they still have a decent shot at the first overall pick too.
You can see all the odds here, but specifically the Washington Wizards have a 50.7 percent chance of getting the ninth pick. The second highest odds are for the 10th pick with a 25.9 percent chance of getting slipped to that position.
In a draft that isn’t expected to be all too deep, being the ninth overall pick isn’t necessarily the worst spot to be in, but slipping one pick lower can make or break a team’s plans to draft a player they might have had their eyes on for a long time.