The rule is that the top pick belongs to the team that did not enter the playoffs that year (currently 14 team), and these teams will draw lots to decide the draft order; The next pick is reserved for those teams that make it to the playoffs. The team with poor performance in the regular season is at the top, so the team with the best performance in the regular season is at the bottom.
Every team in NBA must choose at least one rookie in the whole draft. At the same time, NBA rules also prohibit any team from trading first-round draft picks for the next two consecutive years. The introduction of this rule was partly due to the operation of Cleveland Cavaliers in the early 1980s.
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NBA draft pick Every year, each team will automatically have a first-round draft pick and a second-round draft pick. First-round draft selection refers to the right of each team to choose a rookie in the first round; The second draft refers to the right to choose new talents after the first draft.
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.
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 player selected is called "No.2" and the third player is called "Flower Exploration". Then it is called the first order in turn.