ben simmons got the first pick in nba draft.
ben simmons got the first pick in nba draft.
who gets the first pick in nba draft?
ben simmons
the nba draft lottery is an annual event held by the national basketball association (nba), in which the teams who had missed the playoffs the previous year participate in a lottery process to determine the draft order in the nba draft. the nba draft lottery started in 1985. in the nba draft, the teams obtain the rights to amateur u.s. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. the lottery winner would get the first selection in the draft. the term "lottery pick" denotes a draft pick whose position is determined through the lottery, while the non-playoff teams involved in the process are often called "lottery teams."
nba draft lottery
the 1980 nba draft was the 34th annual draft of the national basketball association (nba). the draft was held on june 10, 1980, before the 1980–81 season. in this draft, 23 nba teams took turns selecting amateur u.s. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. the first two picks in the draft belonged to the teams that finished last in each conference, with the order determined by a coin flip. the boston celtics, who obtained the detroit pistons' first-round pick in a trade, won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick, while the utah jazz were awarded the second pick. the celtics then traded the first pick to the golden state warriors before the draft. the remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. an expansion franchise, the dallas mavericks, took part in the nba draft for the first time and were assigned the eleventh pick in each round. a player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was automatically eligible for selection. before the draft, five college underclassmen announced that they would leave college early and would be eligible for selection. the draft consisted of 10 rounds comprising the selection of 214 players. this draft has the distinction of being the first nba draft to be televised.
1980 nba draft