Via NBA2KLeague.com:
The NBA 2K League will conduct its Expansion Draft Lottery and 2019 NBA 2K League Draft Lottery on Friday, September 7th, 2018. Below are the details for both events. Whilst these events will not be available to watch via broadcast, the results of both lotteries will be published on the league’s Twitter handle @NBA2KLeague.
NBA 2K League Expansion Draft Lottery
Date and time: Friday, September 7th, 2018, 2:00pm ET.
Location: New York City, New York.
Format: Lottery ball machine.
Each Expansion Team will be assigned a numbered ball by alphabetical order.
Ball 1: Atlanta Hawks
Ball 2: Brooklyn Nets
Ball 3: Los Angeles Lakers
Ball 4: Minnesota Timberwolves
• All 4 balls will be mixed in the lottery ball machine and drawn out one at a time. The 1st ball drawn will be the 4th pick in the Expansion Draft. The 2nd ball drawn will be the 3rd pick. The 3rd ball drawn will be the 2nd pick. The last ball remaining will be the 1st pick.
• The Expansion Draft (taking place in the fall) will follow a snake order (1st round: 1-2-3-4. 2nd round: 4-3-2-1).
NBA 2K League 2019 Draft Lottery
Date and time: Friday, September 7, 2018, 2:40pm ET.
Location: New York City, New York.
Format: Lottery ball machine.
Fourteen balls numbered 1-14 will be mixed in the lottery ball machine and 4 balls will be drawn one at a time to create a 4-ball combination (total of 1,001 possibilities). Order in which the balls are drawn does not matter. If pulled, the combination 11-12-13-14 is disregarded (to have an even 1,000 combinations).
• Each non-playoff team will be given number combinations proportional to their lottery odds (e.g., Team with worst standing will receive 185 combinations out of the possible 1,000 combinations. The full list of non-playoff teams and their respective amount of number combinations is below:
Kings Guard Gaming: 185 (i.e., 18.5%)
Warriors Gaming Squad: 185
Jazz Gaming: 160
Pacers Gaming: 135
Mavs Gaming: 110
Bucks Gaming: 85
Grizz Gaming: 60
Celtics Crossover Gaming: 45
Magic Gaming: 35
• If the combination of a team that has already won is pulled, the balls will be placed back in the lottery machine and the process restarted until an eligible team wins.
• Unlike the expansion draft lottery, the first team to be pulled will win the 1st pick in the 2019 Draft, the second team to be pulled will win the 2nd pick and the third team to be pulled will win the 3rd pick.
• We will draw a total of 3 teams by lottery. After the first 3 draft spots are set, the rest of the order is set inverse to finish in their regular season standings (e.g., lowest Team 1 can drop is to 4th pick).
Coverage: The League will publish the draft lottery order via the league’s Twitter handle @NBA2KLeague.
