Very like they did within the 2023 NBA Draft, the San Antonio Spurs discovered themselves in a coin flip that will decide their Draft Lottery odds. The Spurs personal the Atlanta Hawks’ 2025 first-round decide. The Hawks personal the Sacramento Kings’ first-round decide (protected 1-12). The Hawks and Kings have been tied for the Thirteenth-best odds on the primary decide within the draft. A coin toss would determine who would decide Thirteenth, and who would make the final lottery choice.
On Monday, the Kings received the coin toss, which actually means the Hawks received the coin toss, regardless that technically they misplaced the coin toss, however the Spurs really personal their decide. Confused? Take it up with the groups buying and selling first-round picks will nilly. All convolution apart, the Spurs now maintain one of the best odds on the 14th decide within the 2025 Draft. Atlanta will greater than probably choose Thirteenth total, until they transfer up within the lottery, during which Sacramento would get to maintain the decide.
After dropping the coin toss, the Spurs now maintain one of the best odds at deciding on eighth and 14th total within the upcoming draft. San Antonio has a 26.3% likelihood of transferring into the highest 4 from the eighth spot, and a 6% likelihood of getting the primary decide. They’ve a small 3.4% likelihood of transferring from 14 to the highest 4, and a 0.7% likelihood of going from 14 to 1.
The final time the Spurs misplaced a lottery coin toss, they wound up with the primary decide, during which they chose Victor Wembanyama. We’ll see if historical past repeats itself on Could twelfth for the NBA Draft Lottery.
