In order to ensure that the strength level of each team in the league will not be too different, thus increasing the excitement and popularity of the game, after the annual finals, the NBA will hold the annual "Newcomer Draft" conference in late June.
Newcomers participating in the "draft" are generally students from universities all over the United States. They are usually the best in the NCAA National College Basketball League.
In recent years, influenced by utilitarian thoughts, many universities have not graduated, and even players who are still in high school have participated in the "draft". For example, Kevin Garnett, the fifth player selected by the Timberwolves in the first round 1995, and Kobe Bryant, the player selected in the first round 196, all entered the NBA directly as high school students.
For young players who participate in the draft, the NBA ranks them according to their performance in college (or high school). Then according to the winning percentage of this year's regular season, NBA teams choose players in turn, starting with the team with the worst performance. Each team can only choose one newcomer in each round, usually 2-3 rounds.
In order to better embody the principle of fairness, the draft order of the top three teams in the first round and the draft order between teams with the same record should be decided by drawing lots. Before the draft, the NBA will distribute 65,438+0,000 table tennis balls, which will be marked with the selected serial number. There are 250 teams with the worst performance in the regular season, and their preferred probability is 25%, and so on. Of the 1 1 teams that didn't make the playoffs last season, the chances of the best results are the smallest.
The NBA draft is divided into two rounds, and each team selects players according to some predetermined rules.
The top pick belongs to the 14 team that did not enter the playoffs last season. These teams will take part in the lottery to decide the draft order of each team. Usually, the worse the record last season, the greater the chances of winning the champion. The next 65,438+06 draft picks are reserved for those teams that enter the playoffs. The draw order of these 65,438+06 teams is based on their record in the regular season. The team with worse performance ranks higher in the draft, so the team with the best record in the regular season last season ranks last in the draft. It is worth mentioning that in the 2004 draft, the Detroit Pistons, who finally won the championship, ranked last, while the Indiana Pacers, who ranked first in the regular season.
The second draft is in the same order as the first draft. However, NBA teams are allowed to use the second round draft pick as a bargaining chip in the season player trading market to exchange the players they need from other teams. Therefore, due to the transaction, the structure of the second draft is sometimes very different from that of the first draft.
Every team in the NBA must select at least one rookie player during the whole draft. At the same time, NBA rules also prohibit any team from trading their first-round draft pick for two consecutive years. The introduction of this rule was partly due to the operation of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the early 1980s. During the period from 1980 to 1983, Ted Stephon was the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers. His series of questionable player transactions made the Cavaliers lose the first-round draft pick for several years. Stapin's failed player trading actions almost ruined the Cavaliers. In the end, the NBA had to put pressure on Stapin to sell the Cavaliers, and then Cleveland local rich Gordon Gunder became the owner of the Cavaliers. In order to facilitate this transaction, the NBA gave the Cavaliers several future draft picks. This rule is only valid for the "future" draft. For example, in the 99-00 season, teams can send away the first-round draft pick in 2000, regardless of whether they have the first-round draft pick in 1999, because the draft pick in 1999 is no longer a "future" draft pick. But they can't exchange first-round draft picks at 00 and 0 1. This is why many teams sell draft picks every other year. In addition, as long as the team has the first round draft right of the year, whether it is won by itself or obtained from other teams during the transfer, it can be counted. As long as there is one, it doesn't matter if all the others are sold.
In fact, to put it simply, if the Knicks win the top spot on 20 1 1, then the Knicks can choose not to trade to the Rockets (not mandatory), and the Rockets will get the first round draft pick on 20 12, and the manager will discuss whether to add protection regulations to this draft pick on 20 12. In short, the Knicks want to keep high-ranking rookies. I hope.