Everyone says The Griz has number 1. Did i miss when they changed it or is it still lottery ball style where everyone has a shot. Even if it is very small. Id go with the Magic. they have great luck in the lotto...
2007-04-11 17:33:32 · 11 answers · asked by fastfreedombailbonds 4 in Sports ➔ Basketball
Yes it is still a lottery. There are 30 NBA teams. 16 of them make the playoffs and are excluded from the lottery. The remaining 14 teams all have different odds with the team with thee worst record having the best chance of getting a high pick.
Technically only the top 3 picks are part of this chance system. In other words, after 3 teams are randomly selected for the top 3 picks, the remaining 11 lottery teams are given picks 4 through 14 again, based on their record with the worse team receiving the 4th pick. This makes it so that the worse team in the league will get at worst, the 4th pick in the draft.
This system helps the bad teams by giving them higher draft picks, but by having the lottery determining the top 3 picks, it prevents a team from intentionally loosing in order to guarantee themselves the first pick.
This year, it looks like Memphis will have the worst record, but this does not guarantee them the first pick. They have the best chance out of all the teams to get the first pick, but it does guarantee them a pick somewhere from 1 through 4.
2007-04-12 01:50:08 · answer #1 · answered by Whitestone 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are two parts to the NBA draft. The lottery portion starts with the teams with the worst records (which didn't make the playoffs), whose names go into a hat. Then they are drawn one-by-one, so that these teams get a leg up on the teams that made the playoffs. These draws are weighted by the ranking of the win/loss record for the regular season. The worst team has the best chance of getting the first lottery pick and so on down in reverse order until all 14 teams are ranked. Then comes the draft, after the championship series and consists of two rounds over two days. The lottery teams go first and pick in the order their names were drawn and weighted in both rounds. This was set up so as to keep teams from throwing the season to get the best pick. Back then, there were also more rounds. Now, just the two. Teams can still invite as many rookies and free agents as they want over the summer and into training camp in the fall until final cuts are made.
2007-04-11 18:13:33 · answer #2 · answered by flyfisher_20750 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is a weighted draft lottery, the team with the worst record is supposed to have the best chance at the #1 pick.
2007-04-11 17:37:26 · answer #3 · answered by Al J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The NBA needs the Knicks to be good so I see some shady tricks going down to assure they get the first pick (just like when the Magic got #1 two years in a row and when the Spurs got the #1 pick that became Duncan after they already had picked Robinson just a few years before. CONSPIRACY THEORY
2016-05-17 23:57:30 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is still a lottery --- but The Grizz will have the most balls in the lottery because the have the worst record in the league
2007-04-11 17:37:56 · answer #5 · answered by BRAB 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes it is still a lottery, but the grizzly's hav the worst record so they will have the best shot at the 1st pick, they have a 250:1 ratio so they got it
the winner of the nba championship can trade up money instead of the pick if they want
2007-04-11 17:36:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no it is not the same way the lottery was done in the 80's, that was the best way...also lets get rid of some nba teams.
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2007-04-11 17:43:09 · answer #7 · answered by Paul B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, still lottery, first sunday in the second round of the playoffs
2007-04-11 17:38:32 · answer #8 · answered by baypae 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, thats how the Rockets got
Yao Ming i think they finished 5th but won the lottery and got Yao.
2007-04-11 17:36:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-04-11 17:40:46 · answer #10 · answered by rose64190 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋