What is the meaning of a lottery protected draft pick in the NBA?

Answer 1

teams have lottery protected picks so they can retain it if they fail to make the playoffs so they aren't giving up a top pick

you can lottery protect a pick for so many years then after that the protection goes down you can also protect against the top 3

Answer 2

Good question I always wondered and I had to Google this and found something that might be useful. A protected pick is a pick which has been traded, but only if a certain set of criteria are met. For instance, if a pick is top-10 protected, that means the team who originally owned the pick gets to keep it if the pick ends up being in the top 10. Since picks are often traded for future years, a team does not actually know what pick they'll hold when the trade is made. Usually, there is a time frame, such as Top-10 protected through 2011 and then unprotected after that. In this case, the team will hold onto the pick every year as long as they pick in the top 10. If they ever pick 11th or higher, or 2011 arrives while they still own the pick, the team they traded the pick to will receive the pick. Lottery is 1-14 so I think if the Kings get a pick in that range they keep that pick and when they finally get the 15th or later the Cavs finally get the pick, that could be this year or 10 years down the road by the sound of it.

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Answer 4

Lottery Protected means if it is in the Lottery then the team who has the choice of taking the pick cannot take it because it is Lottery protected.

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