2005 NBA Draft

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2005 NBA Draft - 28 June 2005

Preceded by:
2004 NBA Draft

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Succeeded by:
2006 NBA Draft

See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft

NOTE: The 2005 NBA Draft will take place June 28, 2005, in New York City.

The 2005 NBA Draft Lottery took place May 24, 2005. At the draft, the 14 teams which did not make the playoffs will select the top 14 picks in reverse order of their records, except for the top three picks, which were selected in the lottery. Statistically, the team with the worst record (this year, the Atlanta Hawks, 13-69) has the best chance of landing the top pick, the team with the second worst record has the second best chance, and so on. However, the Milwaukee Bucks beat the odds to secure the first pick in the draft. As is the case every year, after the drawing of the top three picks, the remaining 27 first round draft picks were assigned to each of the other NBA teams: picks 4 through 14 are assigned to the remaining non-playoff teams (only these teams participate in the lottery for the top three picks) in reverse order of their records, and picks 15 through 30 are assigned to the remaining NBA teams, in reverse order (i.e., the team with the best record will pick 30th). Round two also consists of thirty picks. (See NBA Draft for more information.)

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Top Three (Speculated) Picks

The draft's speculated top three players (in alphabetical order) are:

Andrew Bogut, PF/C, 20, University of Utah
Chris Paul, PG, 19, Wake Forest University
Marvin Williams, SF/PF, 18, University of North Carolina

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Order of Selection

The top three picks were selected in the lottery. The percentage point in parenthesis indicated each team's chance of landing the number one draft pick.
The Milwaukee Bucks, the 6th-worst NBA team by record, won the number one pick. The Atlanta Hawks gained the number two pick, and the Portland Trail Blazers moved up to the third pick.

First Round