In the NBA draft, what does it mean that the sun is protected by the eagle in the top three?

The Suns won the draft of the Hawks. The meaning of "three-level protection" is

The Hawks traded this draft pick to the Suns. If the Eagles win the top three draft picks in next year's draft, the draft picks will still be owned by the Eagles. If it is outside the top three, it belongs to the sun.

Rules for protecting pickaxes:

The right of conscription is protected. According to the relevant regulations of NBA, the team shall not send out the first round draft pick for the next two years in a row during the transaction.

There is also a protected situation, that is, the sender and receiver of the bill of exchange rights negotiate terms when trading the bill of exchange rights. If the top three draft rights are drawn in the lottery, they still belong to the sender, and the receiver has no right to use the draft rights. In these two protected cases, the option can only be used by the original owner.

Extended data:

According to the rules of the league, the top three draft winners (namely "No.1", "No.1" and "No.1") must be decided by drawing lots. The teams eligible to participate in the lottery are 14 teams that were not eligible for the playoffs that year.

Usually, when the playoffs are in full swing, the league will call 14 teams to draw lots for draft picks. When drawing lots, the host will put 14 ping-pong balls into a container. Each ping-pong ball is marked with the number 1- 14. Four figures were drawn in the lottery.

Excluding the four combinations and sequences of11-12-14, * * there are 1000 permutations. Among them, the team with the worst record in the league has 250 combinations (that is, 25% probability), while the team with the best record in the lottery area has only 5% probability. In short, the better the record, the fewer permutations it gets, and the lower the chance of winning the first prize.

When drawing lots, whoever draws four balls with the same arrangement and combination as himself will win the first prize. If the team with the worst record in the league doesn't win the championship, the team with the second lowest record draws lots. If you don't get it, the team with the third lowest record in the league will continue to draw lots … and so on until the champion is drawn.

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