First, the draft rules
cis-position
The order in which players are selected is called selection. The sooner a player is selected in the draft, that is, the higher the ranking, the higher his worth.
1. The first player selected in the draft is usually called the "No.1 scholar" (No.1 scholar), and they are usually the best among all the players participating in the draft. The second contestant named "No.2" and the third contestant named "Flower Exploration". Then it is called the first order in turn.
Just because a player is selected in the first round doesn't mean that he will 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.
3. Among the two players selected before Jordan, one is "Dream" Olajuwon and the other is sam bowie. Olajuwon was finally elected to the NBA Hall of Fame, but Sam Bowie ended his career because of injury and made no achievements.
This shows that the NBA draft ranking is not necessarily directly related to the future development of players, and the players with lower draft ranking are not necessarily worse than the players with higher draft ranking.
age limit
According to the age limit of NBA draft, players must be over 19 years old to qualify for the draft. In this way, many 18-year-old players who have finished high school will have to choose to spend a year in college or hone their skills overseas before they can enter the NBA stage.
The NBA hopes to reduce the situation that high school graduates rashly challenge the NBA before deciding whether to go through the baptism of NCAA events. If this situation continues to expand, the excitement of NBA events will be greatly reduced. Therefore, NBA officials insist that NBA scouts leave the high school campus.
Special provisions
1, American high school graduates apply for the draft.
(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 up their willingness to continue their studies in universities by sending a written notice to the NBA 45 days before the draft begins.
(2) Once a player is selected by any NBA team, he is eligible to participate in the NBA draft if he does not participate in the college basketball team;
(3) If a player joins the college basketball team, once he gives up the opportunity to continue playing in the college basketball team, he can still qualify for the NBA draft; ?
(4) Players who have settled in the United States and completed high school will be eligible to participate in the next NBA draft if they are not eligible to participate in the NBA draft and sign a contract with a professional basketball team outside the United States.
2. Rules for overseas players to participate in NBA draft.
(1) Overseas players are only eligible to participate in the NBA draft when they are 22 years old. An overseas player who has never participated in an American college basketball team may be eligible to participate in the draft before his 22nd birthday, but he must be 18 years old before the draft.
(2) If an overseas player plays for the American college basketball team in the season before the draft, he must continue to complete or give up his college studies.
Second, the drafting process
Lotto draw
1. Every season after the regular season, the NBA will draw lots for lotto, 14 teams will participate. The specific rules of the lottery system are as follows: 14 balls are marked with the numbers 1~ 14 respectively, and put into rolling vessels.
2. Before the lucky draw, 1 100 1000 may be distributed to teams in the lucky draw area. According to the record, they will get a corresponding number of combinations. Which team draws the first combination, then the champion belongs to that team. When the top three drafts are decided, the whole lottery process is over.
According to the regulations, NBA officials, 14 team representatives and accountants who supervise the lottery will participate in the whole lottery process. 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.
4. Subsequently, NBA will officially announce the lottery results. First announce the draft picks from No.4 to 13, and then open the envelope to announce the top three teams in turn. The team specified in the last opened envelope will win the "first prize" in the draft one month later.
Draft meeting
1. After the finals, the NBA will hold a draft meeting, and all representatives of 30 teams, NBA officials and candidates will be present.
* * * held two rounds of draft, the order of the first round of draft is:
The top, second, and top teams with good regular-season records are arranged in reverse order according to their regular-season records.
2. The team ranked first in the draft will choose from all the players participating in the draft. The players selected by this team are the "top leaders". They are usually the best of all players or the most needed by the team.
Then the "second place" team will choose among the remaining players. It can be seen that there will be fewer players to choose from in the future, and there will usually be fewer excellent players.
Team selection
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.
If a player signs a contract with his agent, he will automatically end his college studies. If the rookie is abandoned, he will become a free agent (unrestricted). After the team signed a contract with the rookie, they could not trade him for 60 days.
Extended data:
The NBA sets two dates every year, and all players who want to participate in the draft must announce their participation before the first date. After that, the NBA will set up a training camp for players to show their abilities and skills to the team.
The second date, that is, the final announcement to participate in the draft, is one week before the draft. Any player can make a decision before this, withdraw his name and not participate in the draft of that year.
This date is very important for college players. If they don't officially announce their participation in the draft until they finally announce their participation in the draft, they will lose the opportunity to study in college whether or not an NBA team chooses them in the end.
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