Can someone please explain the details of a lottery-protected draft pick in the NBA?
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It all depends on how the contract was structered but if the T-Wolves dont make the playoffs by a certain point the clippers will be rewarded with a complimation pick most likely at the end of the first round offically getting the last pick of the draft.  Also the clippers could trade the rights to another team in a loop hole of sorts and the other team will get a late first round pick and a mid second round pick.
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Presently, the Miami Heat don't have a pick to use in the upcoming 2006 NBA Draft.  LA owns Miami's 1st round pick, and Toronto owns their 2nd round pick.\n\nThough if Miami had around the projected 26th selection in the draft they'd probably have a choice (in order of need/want) of:\nA.  Glen Davis (LSU)\nB.  Craig Smith (BC)\nC.  Dee Brown (Illinois)\n\nI don't anything about the foreign talent available.\n\nI could see J.J. Reddick potentially slipping in the 1st round, but can't see why Miami would be tempted to take him considering the only position they're pretty stable at is the 2 man (off guard) with Dwayne Wade.  Rodeny Carney is lottery pick based on talent and potential.  Miami could definitely have use an athletic swing man such as Carney.
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i saw bits and pieces of the draft...\n\nthe big was what the Knicks did...how they gonna pass up Marcus Williams...Isaiah Thomas needs to be fired and then maybe shot...
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From ESPN.com\n\nWhat: 2006 NBA Draft Lottery\nWhen: Tuesday, May 23 (ESPN, 7:30 ET)\nWhere:  Secaucus, NJ
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Nobody.  They picked Rajon Rondo and Sergio Rodriguez, but they traded both of them and got no one in return.  All they got was some cap space from the Rondo trade because the trade also included Brian Grant.
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Yea, his name was Robert Traylor, he was drafted by the Mavericks with the 6th overall pick in the 98 draft, but was a complete bust, his career scoring average is 4.8. The Cavaliers declined to pick up his $1.76 million contract before the year. So he is a free agent, but I am sure that no team is interested.
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Keith Van Horn is a free agent and has received offers, but he wants a multi-year deal. Nobody's offered one yet and he's been saying that he'll consider retirement if he doesn't get one.\n\nLatrell Sprewell basically screwed himself with his "Feed my Family" contract holdout. He basically blackballed himself out of the NBA. He was already slowing down. He'll still give you 100% effort-wise, but his jumper and D have been dropping off since his last All-Star appearance. ESPN reported earlier this week in it's Insider section that he's retiring or at least thinking about it.\n\nDoug Christie is shopping a reality show and is trying to come back. He has a bad back and hurt his defense. That was his meal ticket and he'll have trouble getting back, but it's been rumored that some teams were looking at him.\n\nBryant Reeves aka Big Country retired due to chronic back problems. He's was looking into coaching or training according to an interview he gave a few years ago. He vanished after that.\n\nJ.J. Redick is having back spasms, but is going to see some time when he's recovered. The Magic are up and coming and J.J. was penciled in to come off the bench. With his shooting, he will play, guaranteed.
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It has to rank as one of the best (or worst) trades in NBA history, depending on your point of view. If you're a Mavericks fan, it was a stroke of genius; if you're a Bucks fan, it was one to forget. On draft night 1998, in a prearranged move, Milwaukee sent the rights to Dirk Nowitzki (the No. 9 pick) and Pat Garrity (No. 16) to Dallas for Robert (Tractor) Traylor, the sixth overall pick in the draft. Even if Nowitzki had never gone on to become a star, the Mavs would have come out OK. After all, they immediately redirected Garrity to the Suns, along with Martin Muursepp, Bubba Wells and a '99 No. 1 pick (which would later become Shawn Marion) for a young backup point guard named Steve Nash
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The #1 pick for the Raptors is a tossup- but the Chicago Bulls are said to have committed and promised their 2nd pick to forward Tyrus Thomas of LSU.  They will take him and with the 16th pick in the draft I think they'll take a guard- possibly either Shannon Brown of Michigan St. or Jordan Farmar of UCLA
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Who knows Who will be around at the 30th and 60th pick in the draft they might not get much.............\n\nNBA champs get the final pick in the first round and I think the Heat may owe there Second round pick to the Lakers......\n\nBut not sure Second round may be a little higher........
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Not sure where it originated, but Mark Cuban, the Mavs owner made it Fantasy B-Ball hot about 8-10 years ago and the others caught on soon after.  Thats how he made his millions.  He was just a regular guy, just like me and you until he put two and two together.
198021
Both Gansey and Pittsnogle WILL be pros for sure. All the mock drafts have them being drafted. Draftexpress.com, nbadraft.net etc.etc. My guess is that they will both be picked in the early second round of the draft. Gansey really suprised me this year. I thought his heroic effort against Wake Forest was a fluke but he showed this year that it wasn't at all.
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lol I kinda find some of these answers funny. Here's the true answer:\n\nWhen a player is a restricted free agent, the team that originally held rights to him have the right to match any offer he's given in order to keep that player. \n\nAs opposed to an unrestricted free agent, who can do whatever he wants (as in he doesn't have to go back to his original team even if they match or beat another team's offer to that player). \n\nDoes that make sense?
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NEW YORK -- New Orleans Hornets forward Chris Andersen was dismissed and disqualified from the NBA on Friday for violating the league's drug policy.\n\nAndersen must wait two years before he can apply for reinstatement, the league said.\n\nAccording to the league's collective bargaining agreement, a player can only be disqualified for a fourth positive test for performance-enhancing drugs, or a first positive test for "drugs of abuse."\n\nThe drugs on that list are amphetamine and its analogs, which include methamphetamine; cocaine; LSD; opiates, including heroin, codeine and morphine; and PCP.\n\nAndersen has not previously been suspended for steroid use.\n\nAndersen, 27, averaged 5.0 points and 4.8 rebounds in 32 games this season, his fifth in the NBA. He played three seasons for the Nuggets before joining the Hornets.\n\nHe has a four-year, $14 million contract with the Hornets through the 2008-09 season that pays him $3.5 million a year.\n\nHornets owner George Shinn said in a statement released by the team, "we were obviously disappointed and saddened to hear that Chris has been dismissed from the league.\n\n"On behalf of his teammates, coaches and the entire organization, we wish him well and hope he learns from this experience," Shinn said.\n\nKnown as "Birdman" for his high-flying dunks, Andersen was a favorite among Hornets fans in Oklahoma City, where the team is playing most of its home games this season.\n\nNeither the NBA nor the union is allowed to comment on specifics of a player's drug test.\n\n"The players' association plans on filing a grievance on Chris Andersen's behalf," union spokesman Dan Wasserman said. "Our expectation is that a grievance hearing will take place in approximately two weeks."\n\nThe hearing will be heard by an independent grievance arbitrator.\n\nAndersen played in 67 games for the Hornets last season, averaging 7.7 points and 6.1 rebounds.\n\nHe is best known for his performance in the NBA's dunk contest last year when he needed eight tries to finish his first dunk.\n\nAndersen is the first player kicked out because of drugs since Stanley Roberts in 1999.\n\nPlayers who test positive for steroids or performance enhancing drugs, masking agents and diurectics get a 10-game suspension (1st offense), a 25-game suspension (2nd offense), a one-year suspension (3rd offense) and disqualification (4th offense).\n\nMarijuana penalties are a $25,000 fine (2nd offense), a five-game suspension (3rd offense), a 10-game suspension (4th offense), and five additional games for each subsequent violation.\n\nMaterial from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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The lottery determines the order of the first 14 picks. Only teams that did not make the playoffs are eligible for the lottery. The chance that a team wins the lottery is determined by that teams record the previous season. Teams with the worst records, have a greater statistical chance of winning the lotter than those with better records. The remaining picks are determined by record as well.
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Adam Morrison or Brandon Roy. Those two are the most NBA ready players in the draft, in my opinion.  Frankly, the draft wasn't a very good one. I really think the Raptors should have tried harder to trade out of it or down.
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Here is the question you should ask yourself. What player would you take with the second pick? What player would you expect to get with the 4th or 5th pick? There will be a little dropoff there, but it might be acceptable if it means trading the 15th pick for the 12th or 13th. I don't think I would do it myself, but there might be cases where this will work out pretty well.