Cleveland Cavaliers hit the lottery, are awarded No. 14 Pick in 2022 NBA Draft

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Cleveland Cavaliers had been awarded the No. 14 choose within the 2022 NBA Draft on Might 17.

The Cavs went into Tuesday’s draft lottery with a 2.4 p.c likelihood of cracking the top-4 picks this 12 months, with a 97.6 p.c likelihood of being awarded the No. 14 general choose, based on Vegas playing odds.

Cleveland held the bottom odds within the lottery of being first on the board with 0.5 p.c odds, in comparison with the Houston Rockets, Orlando Magic and Detroit Pistons, who had final 12 months’s No. 1 general choose, which all three groups maintain a 14 p.c likelihood to be awarded the No. 1 choose.

The 44-32 Cavs, ending above .500 for the primary time since LeBron James signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018, may solely be awarded choose No.’s 1, 2, 3, 4 or14.

Final 12 months’s draft for Cleveland landed them USC ahead Evan Mobley, a Rookie of the Yr finalist.

This 12 months’s choose for Cleveland would be the first time within the membership’s historical past that they are going to be drafting at No. 14, based on DraftExpress.

The choose would be the lowest choice for the Cavs since 2012 when the workforce drafted Tyler Zeller, who at present performs for the Boston Celtics, at No. 17.

The NBA Draft begins at 8 p.m. Jap Time on June 23 in Brooklyn.

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