The Brooklyn Nets had several objectives entering the 2025-26 campaign. Securing top odds in May's Draft Lottery was the most pressing. Brooklyn accomplished that goal on Thursday. With their loss to the Milwaukee Bucks and wins by the Sacramento Kings and Utah Jazz, the Nets clinched a bottom-three finish.

Early entrants who wish to declare for the 2026 NBA draft tentatively have until the end of the day on Saturday, April 25 to make that decision official. That deadline is based on a presumed draft date of June 24-25, which would line up with the league’s typical calendar in recent years but has not yet been officially confirmed.