The teams who had missed the playoffs ( top 16 picks ) can participate in the NBA draft lottery .
The NBA draft lottery is an annual event held since 1985 by the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , in which the teams who had missed the playoffs ( top 14 picks ) in the previous season , or teams who hold the draft rights of another team that missed the playoffs in the previous season , participate in a lottery process to determine the draft order in the NBA draft .
NBA draft lottery