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	NBA Draft Lottery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1986, many lottery teams had traded their first-round draft picks, and as a result, the top two teams in the Draft Lottery were playoff teams, with the eventual NBA champion Boston Celtics picking second, a pick (the late Len Bias) which would eventually haunt the franchise.
		As of 2005, with 30 NBA teams, 16 qualify for the playoffs and the remaining 14 teams are entered in the draft lottery.
		For the 2006 NBA Draft, the NBA determined tie breakers on April 21st.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NBA_Lottery (1057 words)

	Draft lottery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		NBA Draft Lottery, a lottery determining the order in the NBA Draft
		Draft lottery (1969) - the system whereby the United States conscripted soldiers during the Vietnam War.
		WWE Draft Lottery - Wrestlers are picked "randomly" to compete on the other competing WWE Brand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Draft_lottery (151 words)

	ESPN.com - 2002 NBA Draft: Lottery no longer so mysterious (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		And the machine used to determine the first three picks in the NBA draft doesn't look all that different from those seen nightly in state lottery drawings.
		As for the legitimacy of the lottery, Dershowitz announces the presence of Mark Manoff of Ernst & Young, who is auditing his 10th NBA draft.
		NBA deputy commissioner Russ Granik welcomes the nation to the unveiling of another NBA draft lottery.
	sports.espn.go.com /nbadraft/story?id=1384345 (1170 words)

	InsideHoops - NBA Draft Lottery Order
		On May 24, 2005, the NBA Draft Lottery order was determined.
		NBA Draft Lottery Explanation: The NBA draft lottery determines the order of the first 14 picks of the NBA draft.
		Earlier in May, NBA draft lottery tie-breakers were established for NBA teams that had identical regular season records.
	www.insidehoops.com /draft-order.shtml (406 words)

	CHN Basketball History: NBA Draft Lottery
		Beginning with 1987, the lottery changed so that only the top three picks would be selected by the traditional lottery, represented by ping-pong balls.
		Thus, beginning with the 1994 lottery the chances were weighed even more, so that the best non-playoff team would only have a slim (0.5%) chance of receiving the top pick.
		Just as in most traditional lotteries, the order of the numbers are not important, so although there are 24 different orders the same four numbers are drawn, all are treated as the same combination.
	www.collegehoopsnet.com /history/draft/lottery.htm (607 words)

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		Starting with the 1985 draft, the NBA began to use a lottery to determine the order of selection for those teams missing the playoffs (or the teams holding their picks through trades) for the first round, with teams picking in inverse order of their records in all succeeding rounds.
		Since that infamous day, the draft lottery has only been used to determine the order of the first three “lottery” picks in the first round, with all remaining (playoff and non-playoff) teams selecting in inverse order of their regular season records.
		This system was modified for the 1994 draft lottery to increase the chances of the teams with the worst records in the league winning one of the top three picks in the draft while decreasing the lottery chances of the teams with the best records.
	www.unc.edu /~mudville/OR220/lottery.html (609 words)

	ESPN.com - NBA/DRAFT2005 - Feelin' lucky? Bucks win No. 1 pick in draft lottery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Bucks, who had only a 6.3 percent chance of winning the lottery, now have the options of dealing the No. 1 pick in the June 28 draft, using it to entice Michael Redd to re-sign or simply choosing a talented player like center Andrew Bogut, forward Marvin Williams or point guard Chris Paul.
		The lottery didn't change picks seventh through 14 with Toronto, New York, Golden State, the Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando, the Los Angeles Clippers, Charlotte and Minnesota keeping those spots.
		NBA deputy commissioner Russ Granik also had some fun with Pat Williams, the Magic's senior vice president who is the king of the lottery.
	sports.espn.go.com /nba/draft2005/news/story?id=2067752 (897 words)

	NBA.com: 2004 NBA Draft Lottery
		Orlando executive Pat Williams chatted live on NBA.com after the Magic grabbed the top spot in the NBA Draft for the third time in the past 13 years.
		Also making headlines at NBA Draft Lottery 2004 were the Los Angeles Clippers, who landed the second pick despite being projected at No. 5.
		While the first three draft picks were determined by the lottery, the expansion Charlotte Bobcats will have the No. 4 choice.
	www.nba.com /features/lottery2004_index.html (226 words)

	NBADraft.net \| 2005 NBA Draft Lottery
		On May 24th, the NBA will hold it's annual draft lottery to determine the top 3 picks of the NBA draft.
		Clevaland lost the lottery protection on their 2005 first rounder when they made the trade for Jiri Welsch, due to a rule regarding trading away first round picks in succesive years.
		Coin flips today determined the higher draft* position between (Charlotte and New Orleans), (New York and Toronto), and (Golden State and LA Lakers), and (in the case neither of the two wins the lottery).
	www.nbadraft.net /2005lottery.asp (252 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Wizards: NBA Draft Lottery
		The Washington Wizards enter Wednesday's NBA draft lottery a lot like they did in 2001 when they took prep-prodigy Kwame Brown with the No. 1 overall pick.
		The draft is a crapshoot and hindsight is always 20/20, so with that in mind, should Wizards fans simply be assured that Ernie Grunfeld is probably the most sophisticated GM the Wizards have ever had? Is he a good GM or not?
		If the Wizards are drafting 5, 6 or 7, just about anyone they would take would need time to develop and a big center like Podkolzine (I don't have my guide with his spelling in front of me so sorry if the name is spelled wrong) could be a possibility.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A46246-2004May21?language=printer (3593 words)

	Orlando Magic, National Basketball Association - CBS SportsLine.com
		SECAUCUS, N.J. -- The Philadelphia 76ers brought one of Smarty Jones' horseshoes to the NBA Draft Lottery.
		Without the benefit of a rabbit's foot or horseshoe, Williams won his fourth draft lottery Wednesday night, giving the Magic the right to make the first pick in next month's draft with the Los Angeles Clippers picking second and Chicago third.
		The teams that were supposed to pick in the sixth through 14th spots in the draft remained in that order.
	www.sportsline.com /nba/story/7362133 (755 words)

	Sporting News, The: The lottery that rarely pays off - NBA draft lottery
		Despite having high picks in each of the past five drafts (Philadelphia has picked ninth, second, sixth, third and first), the Sixers remain among the NBA's great unwashed and have set an inglorious NBA record by losing more games than the year before in each of the-past six seasons.
		The draft is an imperfect mechanism that promises prosperity hut more often delivers disappointment.
		And for all the hope the lottery offers each year, once a team is in, it's almost impossible to get out and stay out.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n28_v220/ai_18479355 (456 words)

	Magic's Williams king of NBA Draft Lottery - Boston.com - Basketball - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The senior vice president of the Magic is the king of the NBA's annual pingpong ball event that determines the No. 1 pick and the overall order of the top 14 in the June draft.
		If Williams were to win this year, the NBA might have to do away with the lottery at the request of the rest of the league.
		Kidding aside, whoever wins the 21st annual lottery at the NBA Entertainment Studios probably isn't going to come away with a franchise maker in the mold of a Patrick Ewing, Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan or LeBron James.
	www.boston.com /sports/basketball/articles/2005/05/23/magics_williams_king_of_nba_draft_lottery (530 words)

	CBS News \| Nets Win NBA Draft Lottery \| May 21, 2000 22:00:24
		The Nets (31-51) only had a 4.4 percent chance of jumping from the No. 7 spot in the lottery to the top spot in the draft, but luck was on their side when the numbers 6-8-9-14 were drawn in the ping-pong ball lottery.
		The lottery was filled with upsets as the Vancouver Grizzlies also made a move up, jumping from No. 4 to the second pick.
		Cincinnati forward Kenyon Martin is considered the best player in the upcoming draft, but he broke his leg late in the season and that makes him somewhat of a question mark.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/05/21/archive/main197872.shtml (741 words)

	Nba lottery Lottery Gambling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		NBA Notebook: Bucks win NBA lottery for 1st time since 1994NBA Notebook: Bucks win NBA lottery for 1st time since 1994.
		With the Lakers in the NBA draft lottery for just the second time in their history,...
		When the Nebraska Lottery began, it was the 37th lottery in the United States.
	www.pvage.ch /gambling/lottery/nba_lottery.html (2067 words)

	NBA Draft 2001 - Lottery thickens draft outlook
		The draft spots will be determined by the individual workouts over the next month.
		Gasol is expected to go somewhere in the lottery and this is the bottom of the lottery.
		The Timberwolves were penalized for the Joe Smith signing fiasco and the NBA is expected to keep the T-Wolves on the board and then announce that the pick has been taken away from them.
	espn.go.com /nba/draft2001/s/2001/0521/1202147.html (2037 words)

	CNNSI.com - Pro Basketball - How the NBA's draft lottery works - Monday May 13, 2002 09:30 PM
		Prior to the lottery, 1,000 combinations will be assigned to the 13 lottery teams by a computer.
		Neither NBA Deputy Commissioner Russ Granik nor the team representatives onstage will be informed of the order prior to announcement of the results.
		The order for the first three picks in the 2002 NBA Draft will be revealed when deputy commissioner Russ Granik opens the three envelopes in inverse order on the air.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /basketball/news/2002/05/13/lottery_works (487 words)

	2004 NBA Draft Lottery Odds Calculator/Simulator
		The NBA will use a draft lottery to assign the top picks in the upcoming draft.
		The number of lottery balls that each team gets is determined by their record.
		There are several good pages about the draft lottery on nba.com, including information about the evolution of the lottery and past lottery odds.
	www.collegehoopsnet.com /Draft/Lottery/lottoinfo.html (652 words)

	True Hoop: NBA Draft Lottery Statistics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		In 2003, Chad R. Florke and Mark D. Ecker at the Department of Mathematics at University of Northern Iowa set out to do an exhaustive statistical analysis of the NBA draft lottery (requires Acrobat).
		Utah fans are thinking that they are in the driver's seat.The first, second, and third spots in the draft are up for grabs in the lottery.
		The NBA draft lottery is coming up this Tuesday, May 24th.
	www.truehoop.com /102-print.html (187 words)

	NBA DRAFT LOTTERY / Warriors take annual chance at being lucky / Golden State has little hope of winning top-3 pick in ...
		They have not improved their draft position in the lottery since 1995, when they soared from fifth to first and eventually took Joe Smith of Maryland.
		That's merely speculation, of course, but it underscores the unpredictable nature of the NBA Draft these days, with so many international players, high school stars and college underclassmen in the mix.
		Where: Secaucus, N.J. Of note: The Charlotte Bobcats, a new team, have been assigned the fourth pick in the draft and won't be in the lottery.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/26/SPGN06RSGN1.DTL (685 words)

	DRAFT LOTTERY - Lottery Virtual Gambling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		After the lottery, draftees were called for duty in order of their draft...
		NBA: NBA Draft Lottery 2005NBA Draft Lottery 2005: With a 6.3 percent chance, Milwaukee bucks the odds and wins the rights to the No. 1 pick in the 2005 NBA Draft.
		Draft Lottery DatafileAuthorization:; Description: Data from the 1970 military draft lottery.
	www.virtual-gambling.udc-locarno.ch /lottery/draft_lottery.php (477 words)

	SI.com - NBA - Stewart Mandel: Draft lottery a real gamble this year - Wednesday May 26, 2004 4:01PM
		Last year's NBA draft lottery produced two instant superstars in Cleveland's LeBron James and Denver's Carmelo Anthony, not to mention such high-impact rookies as Miami's Dwyane Wade, Toronto's Chris Bosh, Chicago's Kirk Hinrich and Milwaukee's T.J. Ford.
		While not as tall as the traditional post player, his arms are long, and recent NBA standouts such as Ben Wallace have proven you don't need to be 6-11 to dominate the paint.
		One of the most athletic prospects in the draft, he's a high-riser who runs the floor with ease.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/basketball/nba/05/26/lottery.preview (1856 words)

	Usenet Draft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Usenet Mock NBA Draft is to provide Internet folks to take the opportunity to take the part of a GM, make a selection,and give a detailed analysis of the pick.
		To allow teams without a first round pick to be allowed to participate in the draft, we have a pseudo second round which is made up of teams without first round picks.
		The Usenet Mock NBA Draft was started by Matthew "Moo-Moo" Merzbacher in 1991.
	www.ibiblio.org /craig/draft/usenet.html (109 words)

	2005 NBA Draft Lottery
		It's because the NBA is full of some of the most vile and depraved humans in the sports business.
		That's not to say that it isn't important, but while the draft is as much an unpredictable crapshoot as anything in sports, and has broken more than one strong man with its fickle nature, positioning matters much less than strategy.
		June 21st is the last day for underclassmen to withdraw their names from the draft pool, so I'll be back with my own predictions, full player analysis and general mockery when we get a little closer to the big day.
	www.docsports.com /nba-draft-lottery.html (1504 words)

	ESPN.com: NBA - Cavs win draft lottery, can pluck LeBron with No. 1 pick
		The Memphis Grizzlies got the second selection for the June 26 draft, but that pick goes to the Detroit Pistons.
		While the Cavaliers won the lottery, the Pistons had to be smiling after winding up with the second overall pick.
		This is the first time the Cleveland has had the first pick in the draft since 1986, when it took Brad Daugherty.
	espn.go.com /nba/news/2003/0522/1557928.html (951 words)

	Four Tar Heels Selected in NBA Draft Lottery :: Carolina becomes the second school ever to have four players chosen in ...
		Four Tar Heels Selected in NBA Draft Lottery :: Carolina becomes the second school ever to have four players chosen in the first round of a single draft.
		Led by second overall pick Marvin Williams, four University of North Carolina men's basketball players were selected in the first 14 picks of the first round of Tuesday night's 2005 NBA Draft at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y. All four Tar Heel first-rounders were lottery picks and early entries into the draft.
		Freshman forward Marvin Williams was the second pick of the draft, going to Atlanta after Milwaukee selected Utah's Andrew Bogut with the first overall selection.
	tarheelblue.cstv.com /sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/062805aad.html (520 words)

	How does the NBA draft work? : NBA Basketball information from Answerbag
		The NBA draft is only confusing because of the lottery which was implemented in order to keep teams from throwing games in order to gain better draft position.
		The draft is only two rounds where the team with the worst record has the first pick in each round, and the team with the best record has the last pick of each round.
		In the draft, the 13 teams that do not make the playoffs the previous year are placed in the lottery.
	www.answerbag.com /q_view.php/1366 (442 words)

	OnlineCasinoPLAYERS ! - nba draft lottery odds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
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	Collegehoopsnet - 2004 NBA Draft Lottery Results
		Results of the 2004 NBA Draft Lottery, which took place Wednesday May 26th.
		The results determine the order of the 2004 NBA Draft, which is held at Madison Square Garden on June 24th.
		Visit CHN's 2004 Mock NBA Draft for an updated version following the Lottery.
	www.collegehoopsnet.com /Draft/2004lottery.htm (113 words)

	NBA DRAFT LOTTERY / Warriors looking for a little luck
		Chief operating officer Robert Rowell requested one for good luck for Sunday's annual NBA Draft lottery in Secaucus, N.J. Sure enough, the Warriors arranged through David McClain, one of the university's equipment managers, a delivery of one wristband as well as a Blue Devils T-shirt.
		The NBA for the first time will allow media access to the back-room process, inviting Sports Illustrated's Ian Thomsen, ESPN's Darren Rovell, USA Today's Skip Wood and Howard Fendrich of the Associated Press.
		General manager Garry St. Jean will represent the Warriors on stage at NBA Entertainment headquarters and learn the results with the rest of the viewing public when Deputy Commissioner Russ Granik unveils them at halftime of NBC's 2:30 p.m.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/05/18/SP87012.DTL (439 words)

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