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.
Former NBA top pick
Player of the year
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
Hadley 1957
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