NBA Draft Tiebreaker Reveals Order Of Jazz 2nd Round Picks
Apr 21, 2025, 3:46 PM | Updated: Apr 23, 2025, 9:35 am
An overall view showing the first 30 NBA draft picks (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
(Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY—The Utah Jazz learned the fate of their two second-round selections after the NBA Draft tiebreaker on Monday.
The Jazz owe their second-round pick (31st overall) to the Minnesota Timberwolves via the Rudy Gobert trade in 2022.
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NBA Draft Tiebreaker Determines Jazz Second-Round Picks
The Jazz entered Monday awaiting the outcome on two separate second draft picks acquired in the Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis blockbuster swap in February.
The Mavericks’ pick was dependent on the outcome of a tiebreaker between Dallas and the Chicago Bulls, who both finished with identical 39-43 records.
Dallas won the tiebreaker, meaning they’ll own the 11th-best odds in the draft lottery while Chicago dropped to 12th.
Five ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm. pic.twitter.com/FExaNFXF2B
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) April 21, 2025
The order of the second-round picks is the inverse of the first-round tiebreaker, which resulted in the Jazz landing the 43rd overall pick.
A more complicated tiebreaker was required for the Jazz’s second-round pick from the Los Angeles Lakers after they finished deadlocked with the Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, and Indiana Pacers at 50 wins.
The four-team tiebreaker resulted in the Lakers winning the highest pick of the four, the Pacers falling to second, the Clippers dropping to third, and Denver finishing fourth.
As a result, the Jazz’s final selection of the 2025 draft will be the 53rd overall pick.
An updated look at the @utahjazz‘s future draft assets after today’s three-for-draft draft swap. #TakeNote https://t.co/FCy7v4zvez
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) January 22, 2025
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In total, the Jazz are set to own four draft picks in the 2025 draft, including the 21st overall pick in the first round via the Timberwolves.
The Jazz will learn the fate of their top-five draft pick on May 12 during the NBA Draft Lottery.
The NBA Draft will be held on June 25th and 26th.
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Ben Anderson is the Utah Jazz insider for KSL Sports and the co-host of Jake and Ben from 10-12p with Jake Scott on 97.5 The KSL Sports Zone. Find Ben on Twitter at @BensHoops, on Instagram @BensHoops, or on BlueSky.
