Lottery area originated from the name of lottery in Hong Kong and Taiwan, also known as "fishing area" and "losing area". The teams participating in the lottery area are the teams that have failed to enter the playoffs over the years and started the offseason in advance.
Since Charlotte Bobcats joined in 2005, the number of teams in the league lottery area has increased to 14. As all teams entering the area will participate in the lottery ceremony similar to the lottery, and have the opportunity to win the "top three" lottery prize, the title of the lottery area came into being.
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In the NBA, the original record is relatively poor. As long as you have the opportunity to enter the "lottery area", it means that you have the opportunity to win tomorrow's superstar in the draft, and then rebuild the team and even establish a dynasty. For rookies, if they have the opportunity to enter the "lottery area", it means that they will attract the public's attention, the road to superstar is about to begin, and a person's life trajectory is doomed to be rewritten.
Before the lucky draw,1001(except11,12, 13, 14) may be allocated 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 top pick belongs to this team. (The number one sign may get all the combinations of the team, and the number two sign will be invalid after it is drawn. If an invalid combination is drawn, the ball will be put back into the container to draw again, and so on until the drawn combination belongs to the team to draw. ) When the top three drafts are decided, the whole lottery process is over.
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