The Board of Directors of NBA held a meeting in Salt Lake City in June, 1984. At that time, they voted to decide the order in which the teams that missed the playoffs chose the first round rookie. This system started at 1985. Before that, between 1966- 1984, the team with the worst record in the east and west will decide who will win the first draft by flipping a coin. In the NBA draft draw, the team with the worst record in the regular season is most likely to win the first draft, while the team with the best record in the playoffs has the least chance. The draw will determine the order of the first three teams, while the remaining teams that missed the playoffs will be selected in the reverse order of the regular season records. In the lucky draw ceremony, the host will put 1- 14 ping-pong balls in a drum container. Randomly selecting four balls from 14 balls can generate 100 1 possible combinations, regardless of the selection order. Before the draw, the teams participating in the draw were ranked according to the regular season and got the combination of 1000. Four table tennis balls will be drawn to the top of the container in turn to form a four-digit combination, and the team that gets this combination will get the first draft. Then, the four ping-pong balls will be sent back to the bottom of the container, and then the previous situation will be repeated to decide who the second and third draft picks belong to. If the selected combination is not within the allocation range, the lottery will be re-drawn.
Traditionally, the rules of the draw ceremony in NBA draft are: put 1 to 14/4 table tennis balls into a drum, and choose four balls from them to form a combined result. A * * will have 100 1 combination results. If one result is ignored, the remaining 1000 results will be randomly assigned to 13 teams by the computer.
The worse the team's record in the regular season, the more results will be distributed. The team at the bottom of the league will get 225 results.
Then shake out four balls like a lottery, and a group of four numbers is born. Which team's performance includes this, it will have the first prize. Then put the four balls back in the bucket, repeat the above process twice, and take the second and third draft (note: if the ignored result is shaken out, it will be invalid, put the balls back and repeat the above procedure). Teams that don't get the top three picks will get the fourth to thirteenth rookies according to their regular season records. The worse their record, the higher their ranking in the draft.
According to the regulations, the whole lottery process will be attended by NBA officials, 13 team representatives and accountants who supervise the lottery. After the "lucky draw", the accountant will put the cards with the team logo in three envelopes marked 1 to 3, and then seal them. Neither granick, vice president of NBA, nor the team representative can know in advance what the result is in the envelope.
Subsequently, the NBA will officially announce the lottery results. First, the draft picks from 4th to 13 were announced, and then granick opened the envelope and announced the top three teams in turn. This means that the team marked in the last opened envelope will win the "No.1 pick" in the draft one month later.
Choose a player
All American players can automatically enter the NBA draft after graduating from college. American players can also announce their participation in the draft after graduating from high school and completing their college studies. The NBA has set a date for two players to announce their participation in the draft. All players who wish to participate in the draft will not automatically meet the draft conditions. They must announce their participation in the draft before or on the first draft day. After that, the NBA will set up several pre-draft training camps for those players who may participate in the draft in the future, so that players can show their abilities and skills to the league teams in the training camps. Any player can make a decision to withdraw his name before the final announcement of the draft date, decide not to participate in the draft of that year, and finally announce the draft date one week before the draft meeting. This is very important for college students, because if they announce their participation in the draft on or before the first draft day, they will not lose their university study qualification. If they do not officially announce their participation in the draft until the last draft day, they will lose the opportunity to pursue further studies in the university regardless of whether an NBA team selects them in the end. One more thing, if a player signs a contract with an agent, he will automatically end his college studies. When a player is selected in the first draft, the team that selected him must sign with him for at least four years (3+ 1 or 2+2), while the team that selected the player in the second round can "own" the player for three years, but the team does not have to sign with them. The sooner a player is selected in the draft, the higher his value. The first player selected in the draft is usually called the "number one scholar", and they are usually the best among all the players participating in the draft. However, just because a player is selected in the first round does not mean that he will definitely become a superstar in the future. Michael Jordan was selected as the third overall pick in the first round of 1984 draft, but he is generally regarded as the greatest player in NBA history. Among the two players selected by Jordan before, one is "Dream" Olajuwon and the other is sam bowie. Olajuwon was elected to the NBA Hall of Fame after a great career, while sam bowie ended his career hastily due to constant injuries and made no achievements at all. All these show that the results of NBA draft are not necessarily directly related to the future development of players, and the players selected at the bottom of the draft are not necessarily worse than those at the top of the draft.
After selecting new people
After selecting a rookie, the team can choose to sign with him, or give up, or exchange directly. If the rookie is abandoned, he will become a free agent (unrestricted). If it's a deal, the rookie who didn't get the contract will be paid zero as the draft pick. After the team signed a contract with the rookie, they could not trade him for 60 days. If the rookie doesn't want to sign with the team that selected him, the team doesn't agree to trade or give him up, the rookie can't sign with other NBA teams within one year, and the team that selected him reserves the right to sign for one year; Rookie can also participate in next year's draft.
[Edit this paragraph] Previous NBA top picks
Player of the year
Blake Griffin in 2009
Derrick rose in 2008
Greg oden in 2007.
Andre Bagnani in 2006
Andrew bogut in 2005.
Dwight Howard in 2004.
Lebron james in 2003.
Yao Ming in 2002.
Kwame Brown
Kenyon Martin in 2000
1999 elton brand
1998 Michael Ogwokandi
1997 Tim Duncan
1996 Allen Iverson
1995 Joe Smith
1994 Glenn Robinson
1993 chris webber
1992 o' neill
Larry Johnson
1990 Coleman
1989 Ellison
1988 Manning
1987 david robinson
1986 Docherty
1985 Ewing
1984 Olajuwon
1983 sampson
1982 james worthy
198 1 Mark Anthony Aguirre
1980 carol
1979 Owen Johnson
1978 Thomson
1977 Kent Benson
1976 john lucas
1975 david thompson
1974 bill walton
1973 doug collins
1972 Lalu Martin
197 1 Austin Karl
1970 Lanier
1969 Jabbar
1968 Irving Hayes
1967 jimmy walker
1966 Cargill Russell
1965 hessel
1964 jim barnes
1963 Herman
Bill mcgill 1962
Walt Bellamy
1960 oscar robertson
Bob Boozer
1958 Elgin Baylor
1957 Rod Hadley
1956 Xi Green
Dick ricketts 1955
1954 Severie
1953 ernie baker
1952 mark workman
195 1 melchior
1950 Chuck Charles
1949 Huo Weixiannong
1948 Tankovic
1947 McNealy
[Edit this paragraph] China players in the ]NBA draft.
1987, Song Tao was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 67th overall pick in the third round, but Song Tao was seriously injured and had to miss the NBA. 1999, Wang was selected by Dallas Mavericks in the 36th overall pick in the second round. On 200 1, Bater went to Denver for a trial training and participated in the preseason. 200 1 joined the nuggets as a free agent, and 0 1-02 started playing in the NBA. In 2002-03, he played for the San Antonio Spurs and won the championship, becoming the first person in Asia. July 2003, 17.
In 2002, Yao Ming became the number one scholar; In 2003, Xue Yuyang was selected by the Mavericks in the 57th overall pick in the second round before he even proved himself in CBA, and then traded to Denver Nuggets, but Xue still had no chance to set foot in the United States. In 2007, Yi Jianlian was selected by Milwaukee Bucks in the sixth place. Sun Yue was selected by the Lakers in the 40th overall pick in the second round, rewriting the history that China defenders did not enter the NBA. However, he didn't sign with the Lakers this year. However, in August, 2008, the Lakers signed a two-year contract with Sun Yue, which means that "Chinese Magic" will play as the first China defender in the NBA this season. In the 2008-09 season, with Kobe leading the Lakers to a championship in the East against Magic, Sun Yue also got the championship ring. On August 1 day, 2009, the Lakers officially announced that Sun Yue had been laid off.
[Edit this paragraph] New age limit
In the past, many young players chose to directly challenge the NBA stage after graduating from high school, and many people made their mark in the NBA. However, starting from 2005, such a situation will become a historical memory. In the past, players could participate in the NBA draft as long as they were over 18 years old. However, according to the age limit of the new NBA draft, players must be over 19 years old to qualify for the draft. In this way, many 18-year-old players who have completed high school will have to choose to spend a year in college or hone their skills overseas, and then challenge the NBA stage after reaching the age limit. The reason why the NBA revised the draft age limit is mainly to prevent high school graduates from rashly challenging the NBA draft without deciding whether to go through the baptism of the NCAA incident. If this situation continues to expand, the excitement of NBA events will inevitably be greatly reduced. In the draft in 2004, eight senior high school advanced placement students in 19 were favored by NBA teams, among which Dwight Howard joined the magic camp as the draft champion, and Shaun Livingston also put on the speedboat shirt as the fourth overall pick. Last summer, among the top 45 in the NBA draft, six high school graduates were favored by the team. The Trailblazers chose martell webster in the sixth pick, and the Jazz chose C.J. Myers in the 34th pick. In recent years, it can be seen that senior high school advanced placement students are loved by NBA teams. But NBA officials believe that if this situation continues to develop, it will inevitably get out of hand. Therefore, NBA CEO david stern insisted that NBA scouts leave the high school campus. Although the new draft age limit has caused a lot of opposition, King's general manager geoff petrie thinks it is a good decision. "To tell you the truth, I quite agree with this practice. We have indeed seen such excellent advanced placement students as lebron james, but that is a minority after all ... "