Tayshaun Prince and Zach Kleiman will represent the Memphis Grizzlies at the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery on Sunday in Chicago. Memphis holds the sixth-best odds.
CHICAGO — The Memphis Grizzlies chose Tayshaun Prince and Zach Kleiman to represent the organization at the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery.
Prince, the Grizzlies' vice president of basketball affairs, will serve as the team's on-stage representative when the results are revealed on ABC on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT. Kleiman, the team's president of basketball operations and general manager, will be inside the drawing room, where the order is determined before being revealed on the broadcast.
Prince previously sat on the Grizzlies' bench in 2024, the last time Memphis appeared in the lottery. The team did not move up and selected ninth overall.
A 14-year NBA veteran and 2004 NBA champion with the Detroit Pistons, Prince joined the Grizzlies' front office in 2019 and has overseen player development and basketball affairs initiatives during Kleiman's tenure.
Kleiman will observe the lottery drawing alongside representatives from the other 13 lottery teams, NBA officials, select credentialed media, and Ernst & Young auditors.
It marks Kleiman's first time being inside the drawing room with the Grizzlies since taking over basketball operations.
Memphis holds the sixth-best odds (9%) chance at the No. 1 pick and a 37.2% chance to land in the top four. The worst the Grizzlies can finish is No. 10 overall.
The lottery uses 14 ping-pong balls to create 1,000 possible four-number combinations. The three teams with the worst records each get 140 combinations, the most allowed under lottery reform. Memphis has 90 combinations.
Four balls are drawn to determine each winning combination. After a team secures a top-four pick, it is removed from subsequent drawings until the top four is set. Picks 5 through 14 are assigned in reverse order of regular-season record.
The Grizzlies have never selected No. 1 in a draft. Including the franchise's Vancouver years, Memphis has held the second overall pick five times. The Grizzlies remain the only NBA franchise that has neither reached the NBA Finals nor selected first overall.
The 2026 NBA Draft Lottery airs Sunday at 2 p.m. CT on ABC.
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