NBA Draft Lottery 2008
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The NBA is set to hold the 2008 NBA draft lottery this Tuesday, May 20th. The draft lottery is the process in which the order of the first 14 draft picks are assigned to NBA teams. The 14 teams that did not make the playoffs are in the lottery and have a chance at winning the #1 pick.
Although each non-playoff team has a chance at getting the first pick, the team with the worst record has ...
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