The 2025 NBA Draft Lottery took place on Monday, May 12, 2025. It was held at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago and was televised live on ESPN starting at 7 p.m. ET. The lottery determined the order of the first 14 picks for the 2025 NBA Draft, which itself was scheduled for June 25-26, 2025, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.