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    NBA draft lotteryFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    The NBA draft lotteryis an annual event held since 1985 by the National Basketball Association (NBA), in

    which the teams who had missed the playoffs (top 14 picks) in the previous season, or teams who hold the dr

    ights of another team that missed the playoffs in the previous season, participate in a lottery process to

    determine the draft order in the NBA draft. In the NBA draft, the teams obtain the rights to amateur U.S. coll

    basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The lottery winner would get thfirst selection in the draft. The term "lottery pick" denotes a draft pick whose position is determined through

    ottery, while the non-playoff teams involved in the process are often called "lottery teams".

    Under the current rules, only the top three picks are decided by the lottery, and are chosen from the 14 teams

    hat do not makethe playoffs (with the number of lottery chances per each of the 14 teams being weighted

    according to record). The lottery is weighted so that the team with the worst record, or the team that holds the

    draft rights of the team with the worst record, has the best chance to obtain a higher draft pick. After the top

    hree positions are selected (from the lottery slotting system), the remainder of the first-round draft order is in

    nverse order of the win-loss record for the remaining teams, or the teams who originally held the lottery righ

    f they were traded. The lottery does not determine the draft order in the subsequent rounds of the draft.

    Contents

    1 History

    1.1 Before 1985: Territorial picks and coin flip

    1.2 19851989: Early lottery system

    1.3 1990present: Weighted lottery system

    2 Process

    3 Lottery ceremony

    4 Lottery winners

    5 See also

    6 References

    7 External links

    History

    Before 1985: Territorial picks and coin flip

    n the earlier drafts, the teams would draft in reverse order of their win-loss record. However, a special

    erritorial-pick rule allowed a team to draft a player from its local area. If a team decided to use its territorial

    pick, it forfeited its first-round pick in the draft. The territorial pick rules remained until the NBA revamped t

    draft system in 1966.[1]

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    n 1966 the NBA introduced a coin flip between the worst teams in each division to determine who would

    obtain the first overall draft pick. The team who lost the coin flip would get the second pick, while the rest of

    first-round picks were determined in reverse order of the win-loss record. In this system, the second-worst te

    would never have a chance to obtain the first pick if it was in the same division with the worst team. The coin

    flip meant that both teams had an equal chance to draft first. The coin-flip system remained in operation until

    984.[1]

    19851989: Early lottery system

    After the 1984 coin flip, which was won by the Houston Rockets, the NBA introduced the lottery system to

    ounter the accusations that the Rockets and several other teams were deliberately losing their regular season

    games in order to secure the worst record and subsequently the chance to obtain the first pick.[2][3]The lotter

    ystem involved a random drawing of an envelope from a hopper. Inside each of the envelopes were the non-

    playoff team names. The team whose envelope was drawn first would get the first pick. The process was then

    epeated until the rest of the lottery picks were determined. In this system, each non-playoff team had an equ

    hance to obtain the first pick. The rest of the first-round picks were determined in reverse order of the win-lo

    ecord.[4]

    Starting from 1987, the NBA modified the lottery system so that only the first three picks were determined by

    he lottery. After the three envelopes were drawn, the remaining non-playoff teams would select in reverse or

    of their win-loss record. This meant that the team with the worst record could receive no worse than the four

    election, the second-worst team could pick no lower than fifth, and so on.[5]

    The New York Knicks were the first winner of the lottery in 1985. They selected Georgetown University

    tandout Patrick Ewing with their first overall pick. However, speculation arose that the NBA had rigged the

    ottery so that the Knicks would be assured to get the first pick.[2][3][4]Even though the envelope system was

    highly criticized, it was used until 1989 before being replaced by the weighted lottery system in 1990. [6]

    1990present: Weighted lottery system

    n 1990, the NBA changed the format of the lottery to give the team with the worst record the best chance of

    anding the first pick. For the 11 non-playoff teams that season, the team with the worst record would have 1

    hances (out of 66) to obtain the first pick, the second worst would have 10 chances, and so on. Similarly to t

    previous system, this weighted lottery system was also used only to determine the first three picks, while the

    est of the teams selected in reverse order of their win-loss records.

    Despite the weighted odds, the Orlando Magic managed to win the lottery in 1993 with only one chance to

    obtain the first pick as it was the best non-playoff team in the previous season. In October 1993, the NBAmodified the lottery system to give the team with the worst record a higher chance to win the draft lottery and

    decrease the better teams' chances to win. The new system increased the chances of the worst team obtaining

    he first pick in the draft from 16.7 percent to 25 percent, while decreasing the chances of the best non-playof

    eam from 1.5 percent to 0.5 percent.

    n the new system, 14 numbered table tennis balls were used. Then, a four-digit combination from the 14 bal

    were drawn to determine the lottery winner. Prior to the draft, the NBA assigned 1000 possible combinations

    he non-playoff teams. The process was then repeated to determine the second and third pick.[1]The table be

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    hows the lottery chances and the probabilities for each team to win the first pick in the weighted lottery syst

    n 1993 and 1994 draft.[7]

    1993 draft lottery 1994 draft lottery

    Team19921993

    record

    Chances(out of

    66)Probability Team

    19931994

    record

    Chances(out of1000)

    Probabil

    1 Dallas 1171 11 16.67% Dallas 1369 250 25.00

    2 Minnesota 1963 10 15.15% Detroit 2062 164 16.40

    3 Washington 2260 9 13.64% Minnesota 2062 164 16.40

    4 Sacramento 2557 8 12.12% Milwaukee 2062 163 16.30

    5 Philadelphia 2656 7 10.61% Washington 2458 94 9.40

    6 Milwaukee 2854 6 9.09% Philadelphia 2557 66 6.60

    7GoldenState

    3448 5 7.58%L.A.Clippers

    2755 44 4.40

    8 Denver 3646 4 6.06% Sacramento 2854 27 2.709 Miami 3646 3 4.55% Boston 3250 15 1.50

    10 Detroit 4042 2 3.03% L.A. Lakers 3349 8 0.80

    11 Orlando 4141 1 1.52% Charlotte 4141 5 0.50

    n 1995, the NBA had an agreement with the two expansion franchises, the Toronto Raptors and the Vancouv

    Grizzlies. The agreement stated that neither team would be eligible to obtain the first overall pick in the 1996

    997 and 1998 Drafts, even if it won the lottery. The Raptors won the 1996 lottery but were forced to settle f

    he second pick. Another combination was drawn and resulted in the Philadelphia 76ers getting the first pick

    Two years later, the Grizzlies won the lottery and likewise had to pick second in the draft, while the L.A.Clippers obtained the first pick.[9]

    Process

    The lottery is normally held during either the third or fourth week of May.

    To determine the winner, fourteen ping pong balls numbered 114 are placed in a standard lottery machine a

    our balls are randomly selected from the lot. Just as in most traditional lotteries, the order in which the numb

    are drawn is not important. That is, 1-2-3-4 is considered to be the same as 4-3-2-1. There are a total of 1,001

    ombinations (or 14! / (10! x 4!)). Of these, 1 outcome is disregarded and 1,000 outcomes are distributed am

    he 14 non-playoff NBA teams. The combination 11-12-13-14 (in any order that those numbers are drawn) is

    not assigned and it is ignored if drawn; this has never occurred in practice.

    n the event a lottery pick is traded to another team, the record of the original team (whose pick it was before

    he trade) still determines eligibility for the lottery, and assignment of chances.

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    As of 2013, with 30 NBA teams, 16 qualify for the playoffs and the remaining 14 teams are entered in the dr

    ottery. These 14 teams are ranked in reverse order of their regular season record and are assigned the follow

    number of chances

    1. 250 combinations, 25.0% chance of receiving the #1 pick

    2. 199 combinations, 19.9% chance

    3. 156 combinations, 15.6% chance

    4. 119 combinations, 11.9% chance5. 88 combinations, 8.8% chance

    6. 63 combinations, 6.3% chance

    7. 43 combinations, 4.3% chance

    8. 28 combinations, 2.8% chance

    9. 17 combinations, 1.7% chance

    10. 11 combinations, 1.1% chance

    11. 8 combinations, 0.8% chance

    12. 7 combinations, 0.7% chance

    13. 6 combinations, 0.6% chance

    14. 5 combinations, 0.5% chance

    Here are the odds for each seed to get specific picks if there were no ties (rounded to 3 decimal places):

    Seed Chances 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th

    1 250 .250 .215 .178 .357

    2 199 .199 .188 .171 .319 .123

    3 156 .156 .157 .156 .226 .265 .040

    4 119 .119 .126 .133 .099 .351 .160 .012

    5 88 .088 .097 .107 .261 .360 .084 .004

    6 63 .063 .071 .081 .439 .305 .040 .001

    7 43 .043 .049 .058 .599 .232 .018 .000

    8 28 .028 .033 .039 .724 .168 .008 .000

    9 17 .017 .020 .024 .813 .122 .004 .000

    10 11 .011 .013 .016 .870 .089 .002 .00011 8 .008 .009 .012 .907 .063 .001 .000

    12 7 .007 .008 .010 .935 .039 .000

    13 6 .006 .007 .009 .960 .018

    14 5 .005 .006 .007 .982

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    n the event that teams finish with the same record, each tied team receives the averageof the total number o

    ombinations for the positions that they occupy. In 2007, the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Portland Trai

    Blazers tied for the sixth worst record. The average of the 6th and 7th positions in the lottery was taken,

    esulting in each team getting 53 combinations (the average of 63 and 43). Should the average number not be

    nteger, a coin flip is then used to determine which team or teams receive the extra combination(s). The resul

    he coin flip is also used to determine who receives the earlier pick in the event that neither of the tied teams

    wins one of the first three picks via the lottery.

    The lottery is conducted with witnesses verifying that all 14 balls are represented once as they are placed in t

    ottery machine. The balls are placed in the machine for 20 seconds to randomize prior to having the first bal

    drawn. The remaining three balls are drawn at 10-second intervals. NBA officials determine which team hold

    he winning combination and that franchise is awarded the #1 overall draft pick. The four balls are returned t

    he machine and the process is repeated to determine the second and third picks. In the event that a combinati

    belongs to a team that has already won its pick (or if the one unassigned combination comes up), the round is

    epeated until a unique winner is determined. When the first three teams have been determined, the remainin

    picks are given out based on regular season record with the worst teams getting the highest picks. This assure

    each team that it can drop no more than three spots from its projected draft position.

    A simple explanation: 1000 different outcomes of an experiment exist and are equally likely to occur. A certa

    number of outcomes is assigned to each non-playoff NBA team. The largest number of outcomes is assignedhe team with the worst record. The team with the second worst record gets the second largest number of

    outcomes, and so on for each of the 14 teams in the lottery. The experiment is conducted, and the team to wh

    he winning outcome was assigned receives the 1st pick in the NBA draft. The experiment is conducted again

    he winner is the same team that already won, the experiment is performed over again until there is a differen

    winner. The winner of the second experiment receives the 2nd pick. The winner of the third experiment recei

    he 3rd pick. After the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd picks are determined, the 4th-14th picks are assigned to teams based

    weakness of record.

    n a case where a lottery team trades its pick to a playoff team, the playoff team assumes the lottery team's

    position in all draft lottery situations, unless provisioned by the conditions of the trade.

    On Wednesday October 22, 2014 the NBA Board of Governors will vote on a proposed reform to the lottery

    f the proposed changes pass, the four worst teams in the league would be given identical odds (around 11

    percent) at winning the top pick in the draft. The fifth team would have a 10 percent chance and the odds wou

    decrease for each team picking after.[11]The proposed changes would take away the advantage of having the

    worst record in the league (Currently the worst team is given a 25% chance at the pick) , and would work to

    keep teams competitive throughout the entire season.

    Lottery ceremony

    The drawing of the ping-pong balls is conducted in private, though observed by independent auditors and

    epresentatives from each team. The results are subsequently presented in a short ceremony (typically broadc

    prior to or during halftime of an NBA playoff game), in which the order of the lottery is announced in revers

    order, from the fourteenth selection to the first. Representatives from each NBA franchise with a lottery pick

    present at the lottery ceremony.

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    Visual representation of the following table.

    The decision of not showing the ping-pong balls live has fueled speculation that the NBA will occasionally fi

    he draft lottery if it can benefit the league. The speculation originated with the 1985 draft lottery that sent

    Patrick Ewing to New York, with the theory being that the NBA wanted to send the best player in the draft to

    New York to increase ratings in a large television market. At that time the NBA used 7 envelopes in a tumble

    epresenting the seven teams with the worst record. It has been speculated by some[12][13][14]that the envelo

    ontaining the Knicks logo was refrigerated beforehand, enabling David Stern to recognize and select it.

    Another conspiracy theory suggests that one of the seven envelopes was thrown into the tumbler, causing on

    he corners to fold. After the envelopes were mixed, Stern took a deep breath before reaching into the tumble

    and picking the envelope with the folded corner. [15]No one has ever explained why all the other teams woulgo along with the fix. Afterward the Draft Lottery Format was changed to the current ping-pong ball lottery i

    private room with team representatives. However, despite the lack of any evidence, conspiracy theories still

    persist regarding the annual outcome of the lottery.[16][17][18][19]

    Lottery winners

    The largest upset in the lottery occurred in 1993 when the

    Magic won the lottery with just a 1.5% chance to win. The

    econd largest upsets occurred in 2008 and in 2014 whenhe Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers both won their

    espective lotteries with just a 1.7% chance.[20]In 1999, the

    Charlotte Hornets also overcame long odds in the draft

    ottery when they won the third pick despite having the best

    ecord among all non-playoff teams and only a 1.83%

    hance of winning a top-three pick.[21]Since the lottery was

    ntroduced in 1985, only 16 of 30 NBA teams have won the

    ottery. The Los Angeles Clippers have won five lotteries,

    although two of them were conveyed to other teams inrades prior to the lottery. The Orlando Magic and

    Cleveland Cavaliers are second with three lottery wins each.

    Since the weighted lottery system introduced in 1990, only

    hree teams with the worst record went on to win the lottery

    while only four teams with the second-worst record have

    won the lottery.

    Year TeamPreviousseasonrecord

    Lotterychances

    Probability Player

    selected

    1985 New York Knicks2458 (3rd-worst)

    14.29%[a]PatrickEwing

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    1986

    Los Angeles Clippers(conveyed to the Cleveland Cavaliers via

    Philadelphia 76ers)[b]

    3250 (7th-worst)

    14.29%[a]BradDaugherty

    1987 San Antonio Spurs2854 (4th-worst)

    14.29%[a]DavidRobinson

    1988 Los Angeles Clippers 1765 (Worst) 14.29%[a]DannyManning

    1989 Sacramento Kings 2755 (6th-worst) 11.11%[c] PervisEllison

    1990 New Jersey Nets 1765 (Worst)11 (out of66)

    16.67%DerrickColeman

    1991 Charlotte Hornets2656 (5th-worst)

    7 (out of 66) 10.61%LarryJohnson

    1992 Orlando Magic2161 (2nd-worst)

    10 (out of66)

    15.15%ShaquilleO'Neal

    1993 Orlando Magic4141 (11th-

    worst)

    1 (out of 66) 1.52%Chris

    Webber

    1994 Milwaukee Bucks2062 (2nd-worst)

    163 (out of1000)

    16.30%GlennRobinson

    1995 Golden State Warriors2656 (5th-worst)

    94 (out of1000)

    9.40% Joe Smith

    1996 Philadelphia 76ers1864 (2nd-worst)

    200 (out of

    593)[d]33.73%

    AllenIverson

    1997 San Antonio Spurs2062 (3rd-worst)

    157 (out of

    727)[d]21.60% Tim Dunc

    1998 Los Angeles Clippers1765 (3rd-worst)

    157 (out of

    696)[d]22.56%

    MichaelOlowokan

    1999 Chicago Bulls 1337[e](3rd-

    worst)

    157 (out of1000)

    15.70% Elton Bra

    2000 New Jersey Nets3151 (7th-worst)

    44 (out of1000)

    4.40%KenyonMartin

    2001 Washington Wizards1963 (3rd-worst)

    157 (out of1000)

    15.70%KwameBrown

    2002 Houston Rockets 2854 (5th-worst)

    89 (out of1000)

    8.90% Yao Ming

    2003 Cleveland Cavaliers1765 (T-Worst)

    225 (out of1000)

    22.50%LeBronJames

    2004 Orlando Magic 2161 (Worst)250 (out of1000)

    25.00%DwightHoward

    2005 Milwaukee Bucks3052 (6th-worst)

    63 (out of1000)

    6.30%AndrewBogut

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Boguthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Buckshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Howardhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Magichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeBron_Jameshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Minghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rocketshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Brownhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Wizardshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyon_Martinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Netshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_Brandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery#cite_note-29https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Bullshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Olowokandihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery#cite_note-note_d-27https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Duncanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery#cite_note-note_d-27https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Iversonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery#cite_note-note_d-27https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_76ershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Smith_(basketball)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_State_Warriorshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Robinsonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Buckshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Webberhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Magichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Nealhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Magichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1969)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Hornetshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Colemanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Netshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervis_Ellisonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery#cite_note-26https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento_Kingshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Manninghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery#cite_note-note_a-22https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Robinson_(basketball)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery#cite_note-note_a-22https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_NBA_Drafthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Daugherty_(basketball)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery#cite_note-note_a-22https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery#cite_note-25https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_76ershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_NBA_Draft
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