Because Adam Silver’s NBA is a crazy place that makes little sense, the draft is now a two-day event with the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft set for Tuesday.
Most assume this will be an all-time draft with a slew of top prospects at the top of the big board. All four of Cam Boozer, AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson and Caleb Wilson are considered worthy of the No. 1 pick. Even after that, the draft has plenty of prospects who can come in and immediately be impactful players.
It’s a good year, then, for the Lakers to have a first round pick. After finishing with a matching record with the Knicks, LA lost a coin flip and hold the No. 25 pick.
A lot of players have been mocked to the Lakers with that pick, ranging from Jayden Quaintance more recently to a player like Henri Veesaar.
The Lakers are known to be a bit unpredictable at the draft, though, so it’s hard to project what happens. What we do know is the draft order, which is listed below.
2026 NBA Draft
First Round
- Washington
- Utah
- Memphis
- Chicago
- LA Clippers (from Indiana)
- Brooklyn
- Sacramento
- Atlanta (from New Orleans)
- Dallas
- Milwaukee
- Golden State
- Oklahoma City (from LA Clippers)
- Milwaukee (from Miami)
- Charlotte
- Chicago (from Portland)
- Memphis (from Phoenix via Orlando)
- Oklahoma City (from Philadelphia)
- Charlotte (from Orlando via Phoenix)
- Toronto
- San Antonio (from Atlanta)
- Detroit (from Minnesota)
- Philadelphia (from Houston via Oklahoma City)
- Atlanta (from Cleveland)
- New York
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Denver
- Boston
- Minnesota (from Detroit)
- Cleveland (from San Antonio via Atlanta)
- Dallas (from Oklahoma City via Washington and Philadelphia)
Second Round
- New York (from Washington via Oklahoma City and Houston)
- Memphis (from Indiana via Milwaukee)
- Brooklyn
- Sacramento
- San Antonio (from Utah via Minnesota)
- LA Clippers (from Memphis via Atlanta and Utah)
- Oklahoma City (from Dallas)
- Chicago (from New Orleans via Boston, Detroit, and Portland)
- Houston (from Chicago via Washington)
- Boston (from Milwaukee via Orlando)
- Miami (from Golden State via Charlotte, New York, Oklahoma City, and Atlanta)
- San Antonio (from Portland via New Orleans)
- Brooklyn (from LA Clippers via Houston)
- San Antonio (from Miami via Indiana)
- Sacramento (from Charlotte via San Antonio, Atlanta, and New York)
- Orlando
- Phoenix (from Philadelphia via Houston and Oklahoma City)
- Dallas (from Phoenix via Washington)
- Denver (from Atlanta via Brooklyn and Golden State)
- Toronto
- Washington (from Minnesota via Detroit and New York)
- LA Clippers (from Cleveland)
- Houston
- Golden State (from Los Angeles Lakers via Toronto, Miami, and Cleveland)
- New York
- Chicago (from Denver via Minnesota, Phoenix, Charlotte, and Phoenix)
- Atlanta (from Boston)
- New Orleans (from Detroit via New York, Brooklyn, Phoenix, Orlando, and LA Clippers)
- Minnesota (from San Antonio via Indiana)
- Washington (from Oklahoma City via San Antonio and Miami)
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