The Lakers will have the 25th pick in the 2026 NBA draft,the league announced on Mondayafter ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken through random drawings to determine the order selection.
The LakersandKnicksfinished the 2025-26 season with 53-29 records, resulting in the drawing taking place to determine which team would get the higher pick.
The Knicks won, and will have the No. 24 pick in the draft, which will take place in June.
The 2026 NBA draft will once again be split up across two days, with the first round taking being on June 23 and the second round taking place on June 24.
The Lakers traded their 2026 second-round pick in November 2020 when they sent JaVale McGee, along with the second-rounder, to the Cavaliers for Jordan Bell and Alfonzo McKinnie, so they could have room to sign Marc Gasol.
There were five other tiebreakers that were determined on Monday as a result the drawings:
The order for picks Nos. 15-30 will be:
15. Trail Blazers (to the Bulls)
16. Suns (to the Grizzlies via the Magic)
18. Magic (to the Hornets via the Suns)
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