China player Yao Ming (2002) and Italian player Andrea Bagnani (2006) are the only two top players who have not experienced any training in American basketball system before the draft.
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The NBA draft is held at the end of June every year. Players participating in the draft include:/kloc-players over 0/9 years old, who have graduated from high school for more than one year and officially announced their candidacy; All international players over the age of 22; All players who have reached the age of 19 and have signed contracts with international professional teams; All native American players who graduated from college.
Promoting teams to keep pace with each other is a balanced policy adopted by the NBA, which ensures the competitiveness and sustainable development of the league. The NBA draft has a talent pool. Newcomers participating in the "draft" are generally students from universities all over the United States. They are usually the best in NCAA.
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.
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, the next 16 pick was left to the playoff team.
The draw order of this 16 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.
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