Re: Draft lottery

["Jon Michael Hamm" <jonmichael@honors.educ.ou.edu>]

At 05:12 PM 4/28/97 +0000, Adam Suchocki wrote:
>There is no role forbidding a team from getting the number one pick two 
>years in a row.  There is a rule saying you cannot trade away first 
>round picks in consecutive years, but that's about as close to a 
>restriction on first round picks as it gets.

You're 1 fer 2 here.

There IS a rule prohibiting a team from getting the top pick in consecutive
years. This is the "Orlando Magic" rule. After getting the #1 pick in '92
and '93, they made this change. That is why Golden State couldn't get the
top pick last year, and why Philly can't get the top pick this year.

You are correct on the other rule though.



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			     Jon Michael Hamm
			  JonMichael@Honors.ou.edu