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HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets landed the No. 10 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft after Monday night’s draft lottery in Chicago.

Houston entered tonight with a 3.8% chance of getting the number one overall pick. They had a 17.3% chance of picking in the top four. There was a 28.3% chance the Rockets would land with the tenth pick, falling just short of their 50% odds to land the ninth pick.

Since the current lottery system was implemented in 1985, Houston has won the No. 1 pick overall just once, using it to select Yao Ming in 2002.

The Rockets’ pick was previously projected to be ninth overall, but fell one spot after the Dallas Mavericks moved up to the No. 1 overall pick.

Houston’s lottery pick originally belonged to the Phoenix Suns. The Rockets acquired the rights to the Sun

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