Re: ...

["JLyell" <jlyell@concentric.net>]

I believe the worst team can not receive lower than the 4th pick.

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> From: Alford, Douglas <Alfordd@gould.pvt.k12.me.us>
> To: Jerry allan Lawson <jlawson@mail.sdsu.edu>
> Cc: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: ...
> Date: Monday, April 21, 1997 12:30 PM
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> Not necessarily true, the lottery COULD be won by the fourth or fifth 
> worst team.  The first three picks are totally dependent on the luck 
> of the draw (weighted, of course, to the benefit of the worst team, 
> and so on down).  The fourth pick goes to the team with the worst 
> record who DIDN'T draw a lottery pick.  Therefore it is POSSIBLE  
> the C's wind up with #5 (after 3 lottery picks and Vancouver at #4).  
> Pretty unlikely, though.
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>  a few weeks ago somebody made that thecomment that we should not
>  plan on getting the #1 pick. They also said
> that we could even end up with the 4th or 5th pick and then the Dallas
> pick. However, correct me if I am wrong, but I seem to remember a rule
> that states that the teams with the worst record can receive no worse
than
> the #3 pick. And since the Vancouver Grizzlies can't get the #1 pick this
> year because of that stipulation, that technically puts the Celtics in
the
> driving seat so to speak. So technically we should not end up with any
> worse than the #3 and the #7 picks in the 1997 NBA draft.
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> Alfordd@gould.pvt.k12.me.us