The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NBA draft lottery. Welcome to the doughnut draft. You can thank name, image and likeness. What do I mean by that? Well, we still have the same highly rated one-and-dones at the top of the draft board that we always have.

NBA Draft lottery was always going to be one of the most meaningful of the 21st century. Teams at the bottom of the standings wrestled for position all season to increase their odds at landing the No.

The day has finally arrived. You watched hours upon hours of Duke basketball, sat through an abysmal NBA regular season and said your prayers to the basketball gods, and now will come the time to see if it was all worth it.