1, draft
The NBA draft is a balanced policy adopted by the NBA League to promote the team to go hand in hand, which ensures the competitiveness and sustainable development of the league. The NBA draft has a well-stocked talent guarantee. Newcomers participating in the "draft" are generally students from universities all over the United States. They are usually the best in NCAA. Before 2006, influenced by utilitarian thoughts, many high school players participated in the "draft", and more and more universities entered the NBA without graduation. [32]
Since 2006, the requirements for participating in the draft have been raised to at least 19 years old, and it is required to graduate from high school for more than one year. The prerequisite for international players to participate in the draft is that they have played professional leagues in their home countries. If international players attend high school or university in the United States, they will refer to the conditions for local players to participate in the draft. For young players who participate in the draft, the NBA ranks them according to their performance in college (or high school). Of course, this ranking does not determine the choice of teams in the draft, and it is for reference only. [32]
By drawing lots, the team is prevented from intentionally losing, because the penultimate in the regular season does not necessarily mean signing the championship. After the first three positions are determined, the top ranked team can choose their favorite players from the available rookies to supplement the positions that the team needs to strengthen most. After the former 14 rookie was selected by the non-playoff team in the first round, the next 16 pick was left to the playoff team, which was 16.
The draw order of the team is determined according to the reverse order of the regular season record, that is, the better the regular season record, the lower the draft position. The order of the second draft is completely reversed according to last season's record, and NBA teams can use the draft sign as a bargaining chip for players this season. Therefore, in the actual draft process, the filing ranking may be inconsistent with the draft ranking. [32]
2, preseason
The NBA preseason is a warm-up match for all teams in the NBA, because after each season, the lineup of each team has changed considerably. In order to make teams run in the lineup, get familiar with their own team's style of play, determine the lineup of each team in the new season, and improve the communication between players and coaches, the NBA will hold several preseason games before the start of each season, so that they can participate in the long regular season games in a better state. In order to expand the influence of NBA in the world, about one third of the preseason teams are held outside the United States.
3. Schedule
Generally speaking, the NBA schedule is divided into regular season, playoffs and finals. The regular season adopts the home and away game system, and the playoffs and finals adopt the three wins and elimination system of seven games.
The NBA regular season begins in Cairo on the first Tuesday of June 165438+ 10 and ends around April 20th of the following year. During this period, 30 teams will play 1 189 regular-season games, and each team will play 82 games, with half of the home and away games. The playoffs began in late April and the championship was decided in mid-June.
The NBA is divided into East and West leagues, and each league has three divisions. In the regular season, each team will play four games with teams in the same division, three or four games with teams in different divisions of the same league and two games with teams in another league. Each team plays against 29 other teams at home at least once a season.
The schedule of the regular season is rather tight. The team has three or four games a week, and each season has different degrees of "back-to-back" and continuous away games. There are two days of games in the regular season carefully arranged by the NBA, namely the first day of the opener and the Christmas War. In these two special days, the league often deliberately arranges the most popular stars to play against each other to attract the attention of the audience to the maximum extent.
4. All-Star Game
The NBA All-Star Game is an exhibition game. The original idea was put forward by Hask Cohen, the head of the public relations department of the NBA headquarters at that time. The idea originated from the All-Star Game of Major League Baseball in order to further promote the NBA. 195 1 year, Boston became the host city of the first championship. At that time, there was only one activity in the all-star game. The first dunk contest began in 1984 Denver All-Star Game. 1986 Dallas all-star game, a three-point contest. 1994 Minneapolis all-star game, the first rookie game. The skills challenge began in 2003. In 2004, there was a mixed shooting competition in the All-Star Game. [34]
5. Playoffs
The NBA playoffs begin in late April every year, and eight teams from the East and West are eligible to enter the playoffs. The champions in each division of the East-West League and the second place in the division with the best performance constitute the seeds of the semi-finals, and these four teams rank first to fourth in turn according to their regular season results. The other four teams ranked fifth to eighth in terms of results. The best-of-seven system is adopted in the playoffs, and the home court distribution mode is 2-2- 1- 1. There are four home games, the first, second, fifth (if necessary) and seventh (if necessary) home games, and the third, fourth and sixth (if necessary) home games. The home advantage of both sides is not balanced.
There are four rounds in the playoffs, including the finals. The second round is called the regional semi-finals and the third round is called the regional finals. The winning team is called the division champion, and the east and west division champions advance to the final. The winner of seven games is the championship of this season, and the best player of the championship team won the MVP honor in the finals.