FWD: NBA Draft Order From Patricia Bender - C's Drafting In The Top Three and/or 37

[wayray@ix.netcom.com (Way Of The Ray)]

If the C's want to acquire another first round pick,
they should talk to Atlanta who has four of them....


Subject: News from May 7
From: patricia@netcom.com (Patricia Bender)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
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The lottery chances (out of 1001 - 1 is not assigned):
    Vancouver     250  [may go to Detroit]
    LA Clippers   200
    Chicago       157
    Toronto       120  [from Denver via Chauncey Billups trade]
    Minnesota      89  [from New Jersey via the Stephon Marbury trade]
    Washington     64
    Boston         37  [goes to Cleveland unless top 3 pick via
                        via Vitaly Potapenko trade]
    Phoenix        36  [from Dallas via Steve Nash trade]
    Golden State   18
    Cleveland      11
    Toronto         7
    Seattle         6
    Charlotte       5

The lottery, which decides who selects #1, #2, and #3 with the order of
the rest of the picks being according to record, will take place during
halftime of a playoff game on NBC May 22.  Due to the expansion rules,
Vancouver or Toronto can not receive the #1 pick (if their number is 
drawn first, then they receive the #2 pick and the #1 pick is drawn 
again).

The order of the #14-29 picks is as follows
  14. Minnesota  [may go to Toronto]
  15. New York
  16. Phoenix  [may go to Chicago]
  17. Atlanta  [from Sacramento]
  18. Denver or Orlando  [from Milwaukee]
  19. Utah  [from Philadelphia]
  20. Atlanta  [from Detroit]
  21. Atlanta
  22. Houston
  23. LA Lakers
  24. Utah  [from Orlando]
  25. Miami
  26. Indiana
  27. Atlanta  [from Portland via Detroit]
  28. Utah
  29. San Antonio  [may go to Chicago]

Second Round
  30. LA Lakers  [from Vancouver]
  31. LA Clippers
  32. Chicago
  33. Denver
  34. New Jersey
  35. Washington
  36. Dallas
  37. Boston
  38. Orlando  [from Golden State]
  39. Cleveland
  40. Dallas  [from Toronto via Popeye Jones trade]
  41. Denver  [from Seattle]
  42. Charlotte
  43. Minnesota
  44. Houston  [from Phoenix]
  45. Sacramento
  46. New York
  47. Philadelphia  [may go to Detroit]
  48. Milwaukee
  49. Chicago  [from Detroit via Atlanta]
  50. Houston
  51. Vancouver  [from LA Lakers]
  52. Atlanta
  53. Miami  [may go to Sacramento]
  54. Atlanta  [from Indiana]
  55. Orlando  [may go to New York via Denver and Boston or may go 
                  to Vancouver via Denver and Houston]
  56. Golden State  [from Portland]
  57. San Antonio
  58. Utah


Playoff roster note: there was an error in the roster listing I sent out
yesterday.  For Phoenix, Gerald Brown, not Toby Bailey, is on the playoff
roster.  Thanks to Brian Cho for the correction.



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