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The Draft Lottery Explained
The Draft Lottery Explained
The following is mainly drawn from several articles on the Draft Lottery, including Jeff Dengate’s description of the 2005 Lottery for NBA.com and Mike Zarren’s explanation of the Lottery’s rules and machinations for celtics.com in 2007 as well as the Draft Lottery entry in Wikipedia. On the night of May 20, during half time of an NBA playoff game, fans of the 14 teams ...
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