After the mid-1990s, many universities didn't graduate, and even players who were still in high school took part in the "draft". For example, Kevin Garnett, the fifth player selected by the Timberwolves in the first round of 1995, Kobe Bryant, who was selected in the first round of 1996, and LeBron James, the No.1 pick in 2003, all entered the NBA directly as high school students. However, before 197 1 year ago, the NBA stipulated that college players must finish four years before entering the profession. Even if he is as brave as Chamberlain, he can only look forward to the NBA after dropping out of junior year. In the end, he can only complete his NBA dream and formally join the Warriors after staying in Harlem basketball team for a whole year.
It was the "Heywood incident" that made the NBA modify this ban. 197 1 year, due to family difficulties, Heywood, who was still in college, signed for the seattle supersonics team and became the first player in history to quit school, which shocked the basketball world for a while. After the league announced Heywood's suspension, Schumann, the owner of the Sonics, decided to sue the NBA in a rage. Finally, the Supreme Court judge ruled that the NBA violated the "anti-monopoly law" and Heywood finally became a professional player. This case also forced the NBA to accept college players from poor families to apply for the draft in advance. 1976, the NBA further opened all junior college players to participate in the draft. The only condition is that the NBA headquarters must be notified in writing 45 days before the draft to give up the qualification of college players. Many famous superstars, such as Jordan, Johnson and Buckley, can enter the NBA early in this way.
For young players who participate in the draft, the NBA ranks them according to their performance in college (or high school). Then according to the winning percentage of this year's regular season, each NBA team selects players in turn, starting with the team with the worst performance. Each team can only choose one new person in each round. Generally, the draft is two or three rounds. In order to better embody the principle of fairness, the draft order of the top three teams in the first round and the draft order between teams with the same record should be decided by drawing lots. Interestingly, before the draft, the NBA will issue 1 0,000 table tennis balls with the selected serial numbers marked on them. There are 250 teams with the worst performance in the regular season, and their preferred probability is 25%, and so on. Therefore, among the 1 1 teams that did not enter the playoffs last season, the chances of the best results are the smallest. The NBA also stipulates that the lottery option only applies to the first round of the "rookie draft".
This regulation on gambling is actually to prevent some bad teams from intentionally losing and winning the first draft with the bottom record. Therefore, from 65438 to 0966, the NBA began to adopt the "coin toss" draft mode, and the team with the worst record in the East and West decided who the first draft pick belonged to by guessing coins. Guess first from the worst record, and the right one will get the first choice. If you guess wrong, you can only admit that you are unlucky, and the president of NBA will be a coin toss. After several evolutions, the NBA draft system has developed to the present situation.
Because the "No.1 pick" is judged by senior NBA basketball experts according to the strength of players, once a player is rated as the "No.1 pick", it will be hot in the league immediately. Just after the 2005 NBA Draft, Australian Bogut was selected by Bucks and became this year's "No.1 pick". Overnight, this little-known young man quickly became a household name-this is the charm and sensational effect of the draft. In fact, according to statistics, among the 30 rookies selected in the first round every year, 20 are not satisfactory, and some are simply "parallel imports". In the history, many "top pick" did not show super strength in future competitions. But whether it is the team, the fans or the media, they will be crazy about these newcomers before and after the annual draft. The following are the top scholars since the 1980s. We can see who is a "parallel import" and who is a veritable "champion".
Players' names were selected for the team's graduation school.
1979 Owen Magic Johnson Lakers Michigan State
1980 joe barry carroll Warrior Purdue
198 1 mark aguirre calf Paul
James worthy Lakers, North Carolina
Sampson, Virginia Rocket 1983
1984 hakeem olajuwon Rocket Houston
1985 Patrick Ewing Knicks
1986 Knight, Docherty, North Carolina
1987 david robinson Spurs Navy
Danny manning Clipper, Kansas, 65438.
1989 king of Louisville, Pervis Ellison
1990 derrick coleman Nets Syracuse
Nevada-Las Vegas, larry johnson
1992 shaquille o'neal Magic Louisiana
1993 chris webber Magic Michigan
1994 Glenn Robinson buck purdue
1995 joe smith warrior Maryland
1996 allen iverson) 76 Georgetown
1997 Tim Duncan spurs wake forest
1998 olowokandi klipir brunell
1999 Duke of elton brand Bull
Kenyon martin Nets in 2000
200 1 kwame brown genius green college
Yao Ming Rockets Shanghai Sharks in 2002
2003 LeBron James Knight St. Vincent-St. Mary Hospital
Dwight Howard Magic Swalanta Christianity in 2004