three picks on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. The lottery was held on May 30, 2012, in the Disney/ABC Times Square Studio in New York City. The New Orleans Hornets won the rights to the first overall selection with a 13.7% chance to win. The Hornets were a league-owned team at the time, leading to continued conspiracy theories about the lottery process. The Charlotte Bobcats, who had the worst record and the biggest chance to win the lottery, won the second overall pick. Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2012 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places. Invited attendees The NBA annually invites 10 to 15 players to sit in the so-called "green room", a special room set aside at the draft site for the invited players plus their families and agents. This season, the following 14 players were invited (listed alphabetically). All players represented the United States of America. Harrison Barnes, North Carolina Bradley Beal, Florida Anthony Davis, Kentucky Andre Drummond, Connecticut John Henson, North Carolina Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky Jeremy Lamb, Connecticut Meyers Leonard, Illinois Damian Lillard, Weber State Austin Rivers, Duke Thomas Robinson, Kansas Terrence Ross, Washington Dion Waiters, Syracuse Tyler Zeller, North Carolina Trades involving draft picks Pre-draft trades Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams. Draft-day trades The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft See also List of first overall NBA draft picks References External links 2012 NBA Draft Official Site 2012 NBA Draft at ESPN Draft National Basketball Association draft NBA draft NBA draft 21st century in Newark, New Jersey Basketball in Newark, New Jersey Events in Newark, New Jersey