In order to ensure that the strength level of each team in the league will not be too different, thus increasing the excitement and popularity of the game, after the annual finals, the NBA will hold the annual "Newcomer Draft" conference in late June.
Newcomers participating in the "draft" are generally students from universities all over the United States. They are usually the best in the NCAA National College Basketball League.
In recent years, influenced by utilitarian thoughts, many universities have not graduated, and even players who are still in high school have participated in the "draft". For example, Kevin Garnett, the fifth player selected by the Timberwolves in the first round 1995, and Kobe Bryant, the player selected in the first round 196, all entered the NBA directly as high school students.
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, NBA teams choose players in turn, starting with the team with the worst performance. Each team can only choose one newcomer in each round, usually 2-3 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. Before the draft, the NBA will distribute 65,438+0,000 table tennis balls, which will be marked with the selected serial number. There are 250 teams with the worst performance in the regular season, and their preferred probability is 25%, and so on.