The New Orleans Pelicans will have the 21st overall pick in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft.
The NBA broke six ties among teams with identical regular-season records on Monday, April 21 through random drawings to determine the order of selection including breaking the Pelicans three-way tie with the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks, each team having finished the regular season 49-33.
The result was the Bucks finishing with the 21st slot, the Suns with the 22nd and the Pelicans with the 23rd. The Pelicans have swap rights with the Bucks for this year's first round draft pick giving them to right to swap the 21st and 23rd selections.
The other relevant tiebreaker for the Pelicans is the four-way tie between the Philadelphia 76ers, the Indiana Pacers, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic with the Lakers finishing second in the group of four teams tied with 47-35 record in the regular season. The Lakers were awarded the 17th selection. The Pelicans have the right to obtain the Lakers' selection in the draft, but hold the option to defer receiving the Lakers' first round selection to the 2025 NBA Draft.
The drawings were conducted by NBA President of League Operations Byron Spruell at the NBA office in Secaucus, N.J. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Marc Dieli, a partner from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.
The rest of the first round selection order will be finalized when the NBA draft lottery is held Sunday, May 12 at 2 p.m. ESPN will broadcast the lottery.
The first round of the NBA Draft will take place on Wednesday, June 26, and the second round will take place on Thursday, June 27.