Pick	Team	Record	Win%
1	Washington	17–65	.207
2	Indiana	19–63	.232
3	Brooklyn	20–62	.244
4	Utah	22–60	.268
5	Sacramento	22–60	.268
6	Memphis	25–57	.305
7	New Orleans (to ATL/MIL)	26–56	.317
8	Dallas	26–56	.317
9	Chicago	31–51	.378
10	Milwaukee	32–50	.390
11	Golden State	37–45	.451
12	LA Clippers (to OKC)	42–40	.512
13	Miami	43–39	.524
14	Charlotte	44–38	.537
15	Portland (to CHI)	42–40	.512
16	Phoenix (to MEM via ORL)	45–37	.549
17	Philadelphia (to OKC)	45–37	.549
18	Orlando (to CHA via PHX)	45–37	.549
19	Toronto	46–36	.561
20	Atlanta (to SAS)	46–36	.561
21	Minnesota (to DET)	49–33	.598
22	Houston (to PHI via OKC)	52–30	.634
23	Cleveland (to ATL)	52–30	.634
24	New York	53–29	.646
25	LA Lakers	53–29	.646
26	Denver	54–28	.659
27	Boston	56–26	.683
28	Detroit (to MIN)	60–22	.732
29	San Antonio (to CLE via ATL)	62–20	.756
30	Oklahoma City (to DAL via WAS/PHI)	64–18	.780

MahomesMccaffrey | Slovenia

415 | 7 hours ago

fire Vivek into the sun.

tanked all season and just have to win a couple meaningless games…

mr_suavecito | Kings

162 | 7 hours ago

In fairness to Vivek, the Kings stumbled into a tank situation. He probably thought they were fielding a playoff team or play-in team at worst at the start of the season

RobertLobLaw2 | Jazz

152 | 6 hours ago

In fairness to Vivek, he should still be fired into the sun.

That-Steak7081

2 | 6 hours ago

Owners don’t get fired

willnotreadinbox

28 | 6 hours ago

You are mixing up definitions

Zoulogist | Lakers

10 | 3 hours ago

OP didn’t ask for him to be fired

Rampaging_Ducks | Jazz

1 | 6 hours ago

Tell that to Donald.

dianeblackeatsass | Grizzlies

5 | 6 hours ago

Fired is a strong word for given billions of dollars to step away

Rampaging_Ducks | Jazz

1 | 6 hours ago

Touché, but still.

trav-senpai | Kings

6 | 6 hours ago

Hilarious that defending him is the main reason we want to fire him into the sun

Appropriate_Ice2656

7 | 4 hours ago

Zach Lowe called them the Hindenburg of NBA teams before the season.

mr_suavecito | Kings

2 | 4 hours ago

He was right. Most folks outside of the Kings braintrust thought they’d be a bottom 3 team in the west in the preseason

pretzeldoggo | Kings

5 | 6 hours ago

We’re past the point of fairness with him. Easily the worst owner in the league - the team moving to Seattle would have been a better option than this shit show

mr_suavecito | Kings

15 | 5 hours ago

I get the frustration. But no, it wouldn’t. Vivek is terrible. Losing our only major sports team & never getting another one again is worse. No Beam, no new arena is worse. Ask Oakland

pretzeldoggo | Kings

-9 | 5 hours ago

How exactly is it better for them to be here. with the shitty product, shitty owner, team, front office and prices? Spell it out for me. It is literally unwatchable basketball

mr_suavecito | Kings

11 | 5 hours ago

Then don’t watch. Or pony up $6-7 billion minimum to buy the team. You act like the Kings were the Celtics before Vivek got here. They’ve been below average to unwatchable damn near every season they’ve been in Sac. Sans the Adelman years. I’m not trying to pay GSW prices, drive to SF and back just to watch an NBA game. Like you have to do with literally every other major pro sport

pretzeldoggo | Kings

-18 | 5 hours ago

Guess what? I didn’t watch a single game or highlight this year, clown.

You act like a self-righteous asshole that has all the answers. Maybe you should do those things you’re suggesting

mr_suavecito | Kings

4 | 5 hours ago

No. You took a comment I made about the team owner having his head up his own ass so far that he actually thought this team was gonna be good and took it literally. Then said the team and the city would be better if they had moved and no longer existed. Forgive for calling your bluff and not co-signing that bs, lil fella

pretzeldoggo | Kings

-9 | 5 hours ago

You’re ridiculous dude- go waste your time on someone else

mr_suavecito | Kings

3 | 4 hours ago

Then stop arguing with me. I don’t know you. I don’t have any beef with you. What’s the issue?

Adventurous-Owl-9903 | Pistons

1 | 5 hours ago

I hope the Kings luck into pick #1 or #2. Otherwise i don’t even know anymore

pretzeldoggo | Kings

3 | 5 hours ago

We can’t be trusted with number 1 or 2. Damned if we do damned if we don’t. We’ll draft Peterson or boozer and they’ll guarantee bust with our franchise

beheemz | Raptors

6 | 5 hours ago

yeah ever since that guy bought the kings in 2013, the kings have hired 8 different head coaches… and one singular postseason appearance, they’ve also gone through 4 different GM’s.. i’m suprised NBA owners can’t boycott him the guy is what James Dolan used to be to the Knicks before he hired Leon Rose

webbersknee | Kings

0 | 3 hours ago

Well actually losing the play-in counts as postseason

GonnaWinDis

2 | 6 hours ago

Exactly why he needs to be fired into the sun. Everyone and their mom knows that this team is a borderline play in team at beast

_Apatosaurus_ | Thunder

1 | 3 hours ago

He probably thought they were fielding a playoff team or play-in team at worst at the start of the season

That doesn’t sound like a defense of Vivek. That’s just another example of him having zero awareness of where his team is at.

mr_suavecito | Kings

1 | 3 hours ago

Exactly. Welcome to a day in the life of a Sacramento Kings fan. In perpetuity

MacJonesisaterrorist | Celtics

102 | 6 hours ago

“Tanking is wrong, so many playoff teams are getting free wins”

Also r/nba

“WTF are the Kings doing trying to win, they should be tanking”

_Apatosaurus_ | Thunder

18 | 3 hours ago

It’s not contradictory to say

A system that incentivizes tanking is wrong.
As long as that system exists, tanking is smart.

Those are both true.

___forMVP | Warriors

17 | 6 hours ago

I still feel the basketball gods will smile on them kindly for winning those games. Ethical tanking.

_Meece_ | Lakers

9 | 4 hours ago

The basketball gods granted one kind gesture to the Kings and they scoffed at it, then took Marvin Bagley.

Not sure they’ll do it again. But the gods are unpredictable.

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

7 | 5 hours ago

What’s a King to a god?

MddlingAges | Knicks

3 | 3 hours ago

Look at how they smiled on GM Nico for his good works with Luka and AD. Surely the Kings will be rewarded!

False_Pear1860

1 | 35 minutes ago

When have the basketball gods ever smiled on the Kings in the history of the NBA? They have been hidden from the sight of God for as long as anyone can remember.

AKAkorm

3 | 6 hours ago

Almost like a subreddit isn’t comprised of one person with a single opinion.

MacJonesisaterrorist | Celtics

3 | 5 hours ago

I know, it’s just funny how either way, people will be mad if a bad team is tanking or not

jeanblaireau | Spurs

-9 | 6 hours ago

Yeah how dare r/nba dislike teams trying to lose while also acknowledging that it’s the current optimal way to build a good team ?

JamrockDetective

10 | 6 hours ago

Only optimal if you get “lucky” like the Spurs

jeanblaireau | Spurs

0 | 5 hours ago

Alright tough guy, give me a detailed strategy that increases the Wizards’ chances to make the playoffs next year more than tanking this year for a high draft pick

Dymatizeee | Knicks

14 | 6 hours ago

Don’t worry they’ll get the 5th pick and get a Ben McLemore / Nik Stauskas guy again and forever stuck without a franchise changing player

CazOnReddit | Raptors

16 | 6 hours ago

In this draft, that’d be a hell of an accomplishment with Acuff or Flemings being available at 5th

Not saying they’re future All-NBA but they definitely project to be franchise guards if they pan out

Drak_is_Right | Pacers

2 | 4 hours ago

Looking back…what’s the chance they grab the worst of the players drafted around them?

CazOnReddit | Raptors

2 | 4 hours ago

95 percent, it’s the Kings and they don’t draft well historically

Raynaud is the exception to the rule for them

greenwhitehell

5 | 4 hours ago

Raynaud is the exception to the rule for them

Fox? Haliburton? Even Keegan was an unpopular pick 1 spot ahead of Ivey and he’s a much better NBA player even before Ivey’s psychosis.

They have had plenty of issues in the last decade or so, but apart from the Luka draft - which was abominable - drafting isn’t really one of them. Have a couple of other whiffs but in positions where a lot of picks bust anyway

Repulsive-Throat5068 | Lakers

2 | 6 hours ago

It’s gonna be so funny seeing the crash outs in this sub when they win the lotto

legless_chair | Lakers

1 | 5 hours ago

NIK ROCKS

Primary-Paint-1716 | Timberwolves

1 | 5 hours ago

be careful, you might get both an inept and cheapskate owner next. blazers are learning this the hardway rn.

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194 | 7 hours ago

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Jimmy0034 | Clippers

20 | 6 hours ago

Just wait till Pacers get that first pick and they build the next dynasty with Hali, Pascal, Zu and first round pick or when Clippers traded Baron Davis and an unprotected 2011 first-round pick to the Cavaliers for Mo Williams and Jamario Moon. The pick was #1 which Cavs drafted Kyrie

Drak_is_Right | Pacers

2 | 4 hours ago

I am curious were Clippers fans for the Pacers or Thunder last year?

Jimmy0034 | Clippers

3 | 4 hours ago

I cant speak for everyone but i was rooting for Pacers, I dont like how okc get away with fouling

Drak_is_Right | Pacers

4 | 4 hours ago

I could see both sides, some jealous about Shai, some rooting for him. Then there is the general OKC is not a likable team.

Jimmy0034 | Clippers

1 | 3 hours ago

I was happy for Shai but i just cant stand the way okc get away with certain physicality but not able to match that same physicality against them

Michelanvalo | Celtics

1 | 4 hours ago

The Pacers adding AJ Dybantsa and having Haliburton coming back is going to be a major jump for them.

theonlyobjectiveman

7 | 7 hours ago

76ers got all their picks coming up lol. The unprotected one gonna be a gem

This why you never trade picks and you trade guys for picks the second you know it’s not gonna end up with a possible championship. It literally works out 98 percent of the time for the guys trading the so called stars for draft picks.

YujiDomainExpansion

21 | 7 hours ago

all their picks

It’s a pick in 2028 and a top-3 protected swap 2029. They were on a 58 win pace with both Leonard and Garland in the lineup and, under Ballmer, the Clippers won’t ever tank. The 76ers might get the 12th pick like OKC did from them this season, but saying their picks are gonna be “gems” is incredibly optimistic.

theonlyobjectiveman

-1 | 7 hours ago

I thought it was unprotected in 29 or is that 28. I got CTE from watching us start Drummond , Bona and Kelly Oubre and Passive P in a playoff game. Sorry

beheemz | Raptors

1 | 5 hours ago

#juststevebalmerandlawrencefrankthings 🤪

Aidanator800 | Hornets

0 | 6 hours ago

10 years ago the Nets were just starting to do a similar thing for the Celtics, so I don’t think it would’ve been too unusual lol

Randvek | Trail Blazers

0 | 4 hours ago

Cowboys of the 90s were built the same way. Happens all the time across sports. People get suckered into trading a bunch of picks for a superstar but trade away multiple superstars in the process.

The NBA has finalized the first round pre-lottery order: WAS, IND, BKN, UTA, SAC, MEM, ATL, DAL, CHI, MIL, GSW, OKC, MIA, CHA, CHI, MEM, OKC, CHA, TOR, SAS, DET, PHI, ATL, NYK, LAL, DEN, BOS, MIN, CLE, DAL.

2026 NBA Draft – First Round Order