NBA Draft Lottery: All Orlando Magic Pick Possibilities & Odds

The Draft Lottery could go in a lot of directions for the Orlando Magic.

Jeremy Brener | May 14, 2022

NBA Draft Lottery: All Orlando Magic Pick Possibilities & Odds /

With the NBA Draft Lottery just days away, the Orlando Magic have a number of different possibilities in how things could roll out for them.

Here's a look at every scenario:

The NBA Draft Lottery takes place Tuesday, May 17.

A.J. Griffin

Gary Harris

No. 1 Pick - 14 percent

After finishing in the bottom three in the NBA, the Orlando Magic hold the best odds of landing the top overall pick alongside the Houston Rockets and Detroit Pistons.

The last time the Magic held the No. 1 pick? 2004, when the team selected Dwight Howard.

No. 2 pick - 13.7 percent, No. 3 pick - 12.7 percent, No. 4 pick - 12 percent

Although not as desirable as No. 1, the team has a 13.4 percent chance to land the second pick, 12.7 to get No. 3 and 12 to get No. 4, tied for best odds with the Rockets and Pistons.

It's been nine years since the Magic held the No. 2 pick when the team selected Victor Oladipo back in 2013.

The Magic have never picked at No. 3 overall in franchise history. However, back in 1993, the team traded down from No. 1 to No. 3 to select Penny Hardaway.

It's been eight years since the team picked from the fourth pick, and the team drafted Aaron Gordon that year.

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Paolo Banchero

Jabari Smith

Mo Bamba

No. 5 pick - 27.8 percent

This is where things begin to change a little bit. This is the lowest the Rockets can go as a result of having the worst record in the league. They have 47.8 percent odds to land here while the Magic have the next-best odds at 27.8 percent.

Last year, the team selected Jalen Suggs with the fifth overall pick.

No. 6 pick - 20 percent

If the Magic's ping pong ball doesn't land in one of the top 5, the slide will end at No. 6. It's the worst pick the Magic could end up with, but the team only has the third-best odds to land the pick after the Detroit Pistons (26 percent) and Oklahoma City Thunder (25.7 percent).

If the Magic ended up picking sixth, it would be the third time in six years the team picked at No. 6. The team selected Jonathan Isaac in 2017 and Mo Bamba in 2018.

Published May 14, 2022

JEREMY BRENER

Jeremy Brener is an editor, writer and social media manager for several Fan Nation websites. His work has also been featured in 247 Sports and SB Nation as a writer and podcaster. Brener has been with Fan Nation since 2021. Brener grew up in Houston, going to Astros, Rockets and Texans games as a kid. He moved to Orlando in 2016 to go to college and pursue a degree. He hosts "The Dream Take" podcast covering the Rockets, which has produced over 350 episodes since March 2020. Brener graduated in May 2020 from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism minoring in Sport Business Management. While at UCF, Brener worked for the school's newspaper NSM.today and "Hitting the Field," a student-run sports talk show and network. He was the executive producer for "Hitting the Field" from 2019-20. During his professional career, Brener has covered a number of major sporting events including the Pro Bowl, March Madness and several NBA and NFL games. As a fan, Brener has been to the 2005 World Series, 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 NCAA National Championship between the Villanova Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels. Now, Brener still resides in the Central Florida area and enjoys writing, watching TV, hanging out with friends and going to the gym. Brener can be followed on Twitter @JeremyBrener. For more inquiries, please email jeremybrenerchs@gmail.com.