In three-way tiebreaker, Nets get middle pick.
The Brooklyn Nets wound up with the 19th pick in Monday’s three-way tiebreaker held Thursday at NBA Headquarters in Manhattan. The pick originally owned by the Bucks was among the first five rounders traded by the New York Knicks last June 24th in the Mikal Bridges deal…
Five ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm. pic.twitter.com/FExaNFXF2B
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) April 21, 2025
The Washington Wizards who own the Memphis Grizzlies first won the 18th pick and the Miami Heat, who own the Golden State Warriors first won the 20th pick.
The Nets now have the 19th, 26, 27th and 36th picks as well as the sixth best odds in the NBA Lottery on May 12. In the lottery, the Nets have a 9.0% chance of winning the overall No. 1 pick and a 37.1% chance at top four pick. Brooklyn has the most picks in the 2025 and is seen as having the best set of picks in Tankathon’s Draft Power Rankings.
Among the most likely picks in the range are prospects like Nolan Traore, the French point guard; Danny Wolf, the multi-talented 7-footer from Michigan; Carter Bryant, the defensive minded wing from Arizona; and Noa Essengue, the big-framed French forward.
In another tiebreaker of interest to Nets fans, the Houston Rockets who own the Phoenix Suns first wound up with 9th pick in a tiebreaker with the Portland Trail Blazers. The Rockets acquired the Suns pick in their trade with the Nets the same night as the Bridges trade.