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The NBA Draft Lottery is a system used to determine the order of selection for the NBA Draft, primarily for teams that did not make the playoffs in the previous season. It is designed to provide a fair chance for the worst-performing teams to acquire top talent, while preventing teams from intentionally losing games to improve their draft position. The lottery involves a random drawing of numbered ping-pong balls, with each non-playoff team assigned a certain number of combinations based on their regular-season record. The team with the worst record has the highest probability of receiving the first overall pick, but the results can vary due to the random nature of the process. Once the lottery determines the top four picks, the remaining draft order follows the inverse of the regular-season standings for non-playoff teams, with playoff teams ordered by their performance. |
