Draft rules
The NBA draft is divided into two rounds, and each team selects players according to some predetermined rules. The top pick belongs to the 14 team that did not enter the playoffs last season. These teams will take part in the lottery to decide the draft order of each team. Usually, the worse the record last season, the greater the chances of winning the champion. The next 65,438+06 draft picks are reserved for those teams that enter the playoffs. The draw order of these 65,438+06 teams is based on their record in the regular season. The team with worse performance ranks higher in the draft, so the team with the best record in the regular season last season ranks last in the draft. It is worth mentioning that in the 2004 draft, the Detroit Pistons, who finally won the championship, ranked last, while the Indiana Pacers, who ranked first in the regular season.
The second draft is in the same order as the first draft. However, NBA teams are allowed to use the second round draft pick as a bargaining chip in the season player trading market to exchange the players they need from other teams. Therefore, due to the transaction, the structure of the second draft is sometimes very different from that of the first draft.
Every team in the NBA must select at least one rookie player during the whole draft. At the same time, NBA rules also prohibit any team from trading their first-round draft pick for two consecutive years. The introduction of this rule was partly due to the operation of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the early 1980s. During the period from 1980 to 1983, Ted Stepan was the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers. His series of questionable player transactions made the Cavaliers lose the first-round draft pick for several years. Stapin's failed player trading actions almost ruined the Cavaliers. In the end, the NBA had to put pressure on Stapin to sell the Cavaliers, and then Cleveland local rich Gordon Gunder became the owner of the Cavaliers. In order to facilitate this transaction, the NBA gave the Cavaliers several future draft picks. This rule is only valid for the "future" draft.
For example, in the 99-00 season, teams can send away the first-round draft pick in 2000, regardless of whether they have the first-round draft pick in 1999, because the draft pick in 1999 is no longer a "future" draft pick. But they can't exchange first-round draft picks at 00 and 0 1. This is why many teams sell draft picks every other year. In addition, as long as the team has the first round draft right of the year, whether it is won by itself or obtained from other teams during the transfer, it can be counted. As long as there is one, it doesn't matter if all the others are sold.
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Instructions for application of high school graduates
(1) Players who have settled in the United States and completed high school education can be eligible to participate in the NBA draft after giving a written notice to the NBA 45 days before the start of the draft, expressing their willingness to give up entering the university for further study. Once a player is selected by any NBA team, the following rules will apply:
(i) According to (b) below, if a player does not join the college basketball team, he will be eligible to participate in the NBA draft. During the period from the day when he gave up the college entrance examination opportunity to the day when he was qualified to participate in the draft, if an NBA team invited the player as required every year, then the team would be the only team that could sign a player contract with him.
In this part, once a player fails to give up the qualification to join the college basketball team after obtaining the qualification of the NBA draft, the draft will be regarded as his "second choice".
Players who are selected as "second choice" will abide by the applicable rules. If a player is selected in the draft because he gave up his college basketball qualification, he did not sign a player contract with the team that selected him, nor was he selected in the "second choice" (as explained in the previous statement), we call it a newcomer free agent.
(ii) If a player joins the college basketball team, he can still be eligible to participate in the NBA draft once he gives up the opportunity to continue playing for the college basketball team. At that time, the NBA team that selected him in the draft and sent him an invitation every year as required will reserve the priority to negotiate and sign a player contract with him one year after the draft date.
In this part, once a player fails to give up the qualification to participate in the college basketball team after obtaining the qualification of the NBA draft, the draft will be regarded as the "primary election" for him, and the next draft will be regarded as the "second choice". Players who are selected as "second choice" will abide by the applicable rules.