The New Orleans Hornets have won the 2012 NBA Draft Lottery just a few months after trading away Chris Paul and are expected to select Anthony Davis.

The Hornets had a 13.7 percent chance of winning the lottery.

Below is the draft order of the lottery: 

1. New Orleans Hornets
2. Charlotte Bobcats
3. Washington Wizards
4. Cleveland Cavaliers
5. Sacramento Kings
6. Portland Trail Blazers (from Brooklyn)
7. Golden State Warriors
8. Toronto Raptors
9. Detroit Pistons
10. New Orleans Hornets (from Minnesota)
11. Portland Trail Blazers
12. Milwaukee Bucks
13. Phoenix Suns
14. Houston Rockets 

Click here to complete a mock draft in our custom Draft Sim.

Bucks general manager John Hammond hopes to add an instant contributor in the upcoming draft.

"We do think this is a deep draft, and we do hope the player we draft can get on the floor immediately and help us win," Hammond said.

"At 12, is it impossible to get a starter? Not impossible. Is it impossible to get an all-star? Not impossible.”

Hammond said the Bucks place heavy emphasis on pre-draft evaluations.

"We do extensive background checks," Hammond said. "Another piece is the analytic side of it.

"The more we can see them compete against each other, the easier it is to evaluate them. The interviews are the primary purpose now (in Chicago). With the 12th pick in this year's draft, we're not going to get the guys who are slotted in the 1 through 8 range (to work out).

"Anything we can do to help us make the proper decision."

A record 24 teams will compete at the 2012 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.  From July 13-22, 23 NBA teams, including 11 that participated in the NBA Playoffs, as well as a team of NBA D-League Select players will compete in Las Vegas.

The  2012  competition will mark the eighth summer that the league has been held in Las  Vegas since its inception in 2004. Each of the participating teams will play five game each for a total of 60 contests over the course of the event’s ten days.

The 2012 field for NBA Summer League (years participated) will be the following:

Atlanta Hawks (2010)*
Boston Celtics (2004-07)*
Charlotte Bobcats (2008) 
Chicago Bulls (2005, 2009-10)*
Cleveland Cavaliers (2004-10)
Dallas Mavericks (2005-10)*
Denver Nuggets (2004-10)*
D-League Select (2009-10)
Golden State Warriors (2005-10)
Houston Rockets (2006-10)
L.A. Clippers (2005-10)*
L.A. Lakers (2007-10)*
Memphis Grizzlies (2007-10)*
Miami Heat (2010)*
Milwaukee Bucks (2007-10)
Minnesota Timberwolves (2006-10)
New Orleans Hornets (2005-10)
New York Knicks (2005-10)*
Phoenix Suns (2004-10)
Portland Trail Blazers (2005-10)
Sacramento Kings (2005-10)
San Antonio Spurs (2007-10)*
Toronto Raptors (2008-10)
Washington Wizards (2004-10)

*Indicates 2011-12 NBA Playoff team.

Beno Udrih has exercised his player option for next season to remain with the Bucks.

Udrih, 29, is set to earn $7.8 million next season.

Luc Mbah a Moute underwent successful right knee surgery on Friday to address his patellar tendonitis.

The procedure was performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles. Mbah a Moute is expected to make a full recovery and be ready for training camp in October.

Ryan Anderson of the Orlando Magic is the winner of the 2011-12 Kia NBA Most Improved Player Award.

Anderson received 260 of a possible 605 points, including 33 first-place votes, from a panel of 121 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Ersan Ilyasova of the Milwaukee Bucks (159 points, 21 first-place votes) and Nikola Pekovic of the Minnesota Timberwolves (104 points, 10 first-place votes) finished second and third, respectively. 

Greg Monroe, Andrew Bynum and Jeremy Lin finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.

Carlos Delfino underwent successful surgery this morning to repair a sports hernia related to his right groin injury.

The procedure was performed by Dr. William Meyers in Philadelphia. Delfino is expected to return to on-court basketball activities in 6-to-8 weeks.