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Don’t expect the NFL to use a draft lottery anytime soon

Other sports leagues use a draft lottery system, but don’t expect the NFL to follow suit

The NBA held its annual draft lottery on Tuesday night. It’s a rite of passage so firmly entrenched that the phrase “draft lottery” no longer raises an eyebrow.

The NHL also adopted a draft lottery, as has the WNBA and several other non-major sports. The weighted system discourages “tanking,” which is deliberately losing to get the worst record to guarantee getting the top pick.

The NFL has never followed suit. And even though the NBA draft lottery is a prime-time event that draws interest and ratings —two things the NFL almost never shies away from —there is little momentum for the draft lottery system to infiltrate football.

There are any number of reasons or excuses why the draft lottery system hasn’t hit the NFL. Among them (in no particular order):

  • Lesser impact of one individual player on a 53-man roster than in other sports.
  • The shorter schedule makes tanking more difficult to succeed (see: 2022 Houston Texans).
  • The variety of different positions needed across different teams greatly exceeds other sports.
  • The fairly robust trade market at the top of the draft; the No. 1 overall pick was traded just this year.

Of course, there are also rampant conspiracy theories about the NBA draft lottery dating back to the very first one in 1985. It was a little too convenient that the New York Knicks landed the top pick and the ability to select a transcendent star college player like Patrick Ewing. The same accusations of a fixed lottery have reared up several times, notably for the Cleveland Cavaliers winning the lottery and local superstar high schooler Lebron James.

Even now, with media members observing the process, there are still doubters about the veracity of the NBA lottery system. For a team like the Detroit Pistons, losing the lottery is a devastating blow–one the NFL desperately hopes to avoid.

The Pistons were the NBA’s worst team in 2022-23, going 17-65. The next-worst teams were the Rockets and Spurs, who each went 22-60. Despite being clearly the worst team for a variety of factors, including an injury to 2021 No. 1 overall pick Cade Cunningham, Detroit won’t pick first. Or second, or even third. The Pistons “lost” the lottery and fell to the No. 5 overall pick.

The NFL, its owners and the broadcast partners simply don’t have the stomach for that. Don’t expect that appetite to change anytime soon.

Por primera vez, Chet Holmgren usó un traje para el NBA Draft Lottery y Twitter no ha parado con las bromas

Chet Holmgren, el gran jugador de Gonzaga que podría ser el No. 1 en el draft de la NBA 2022, decidió arreglarse para la ocasión y esto lo sacó un poco de su zona de confort. El prospecto de 20 años de edad ha usado muchos uniformes de basquetbol …

Chet Holmgren, el gran jugador de Gonzaga que podría ser el No. 1 en el draft de la NBA 2022, decidió arreglarse para la ocasión y esto lo sacó un poco de su zona de confort.

El prospecto de 20 años de edad ha usado muchos uniformes de basquetbol diferentes. Antes de jugar para Gonzaga, él destacó en high school en Minnesota para la Minnehaha Academy y dominó en el circuito de la AAU para los Grassroots Sizzle.

Holmgren también ha usado rojo, blanco y azul representando a su país, incluso ganó el MVP del torneo FIBA sub-19, pero según la transmisión de ESPN para el draft lottery de la NBA, jamás había usado un traje de vestir.

Traducción: Supuestamente es la primera vez que Chet Holmgren se ha puesto un traje en su vida. ¿Cómo calificamos el corte?

 

Pueden ver el atuendo aquí arriba, pero les tenemos que decir algo: no todos estaban tan emocionados con su traje como con el consenso sobre su participación en el draft.

Vean algunas de las reacciones más graciosas sobre la onda formal de Holmgren:

Traducción: Chet Holmgren se ve increíblemente incómodo en traje.

 

Traducción: Definitivamente Chet Holmgren parece que está usando un traje por primera vez en la vida.

 

Traducción: Así el sastre cuando Chet Holmgren entró para comprar un traje que le quedara bien.

 

Traducción: Chet Holmgren usando su traje de la fiesta de graduación.

 

Traducción: Con ese traje, Chet parece un personaje de Tim Burton.

 

Traducción: ¿¿¿No pudieron conseguir a mi muchacho un traje que le quedara??? LOL

 

Artículo traducido por Ana Lucía Toledo

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OKC Thunder news: Clippers’ Play-In loss clinches 12th-best lottery odds for Thunder

The Oklahoma City Thunder now own the 12th-best lottery odds due to the LA Clippers’ season-ending loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.

The Oklahoma City Thunder officially clinched the 12th-best lottery odds after the LA Clippers Play-In Tournament loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday.

The Clippers were without Paul George as he tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday morning. Brandon Ingram’s 30 points led the way for the Pelicans in a win that guarantees them the eighth seed and a First Round matchup with the top-seeded Phoenix Suns.

The Thunder now own the fourth-best and 12th-best lottery odds in the 2022 NBA Draft lottery, which will be held on May 17. The Thunder will find out where its two top 14 picks will land that night.

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Warriors land No. 7 and No. 14 overall picks in 2021 NBA draft lottery

At the 2021 NBA draft lottery, the Golden State Warriors officially landed the No. 7 and No. 14 overall picks on the draft board.

It’s official; the Golden State Warriors will be on the clock with the No. 7 and No. 14 picks in the 2021 edition of the NBA Draft.

With Rick Welts representing the team at the NBA draft lottery on Tuesday night, the Warriors landed the No. 14 pick to open the lottery. Golden State sticking at No 14 shouldn’t come as a surprise. After finishing with the top record for eligible lottery teams, the Warriors had a 96.7% chance of receiving the No. 14 pick.

Via @warriors on Twitter:

After securing their pick at 14, Welts and the Warriors’ attention shifted towards the Minnesota Timberwolves. If the Timberwolves pick dropped outside the top three, the Warriors would receive their pick as a part of the blockbuster deal from the 2020 deadline that included Andrew Wiggins and DeAngelo Russell.

With the No. 7 pick on the board, NBA deputy commissioner and chief operating officer Mark Tatum pulled Golden State’s card for the second time in the lottery. Minnesota’s potential selection fell to No. 7, shifting the pick to Golden State. With the Warriors landing the No. 7 pick from Minnesota, the Wiggins and Russell deal is officially complete.

Following the end of the lottery, the Warriors will head into the 2020 NBA draft with the No. 7 and No. 14 overall picks on the board.

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Everything at stake during the NBA draft lottery

This could be a huge draft lottery.

The NBA draft lottery is the first step in the process of ushering in the league’s new talent.

Not only is it the moment when teams learn where they’ll be picking, but it’s also the moment that the incoming rookie class knows where they’re likely to go and where they may want to target their landing spot.

But, even beyond that, this year there are a lot of implications from trades made in the past.

Teams that are slotted to pick high may lose their pick completely because of deals they made years ago. There’s a lot that can shift around and it can all happen pretty fast.

Here’s a quick explainer on what picks can change hands and what’s at stake for everyone in the draft lottery.

How will NBA draft lottery tiebreakers be decided?

See how the tiebreakers for the NBA draft lottery and general draft positioning will take place.

This season, there are six sets of teams that will need tiebreakers to finalize their draft position or their spot in the lottery.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are among teams who will have to wait to know exactly what odds they’ll have in the draft lottery. They are tied with the Cleveland Cavaliers for the fourth-worst record in the NBA.

Oklahoma City, Cleveland and the other teams who have a record that is equal to another team’s will have their draft or lottery spot determined by a coinflip, according to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony.

Givony tweeted that the coinflips will take place on May 25 early in the day.

As Bobby Marks tweeted, the Thunder and Cavaliers are tied for fourth-best odds and the Orlando Magic while the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings are tied for eight.

The coin flip will determine where these teams land in the draft lottery.

Depending on play-in results, the Charlotte Hornets and San Antonio Spurs could end up tied for 11th. If they do not make the playoffs, their lottery fates will also be decided via coin flip.

The New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks are tied for the 19th pick, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers and Knicks are tied for the 21st pick and the Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets are tied for the 25th pick.

The coin flip will determine where these teams draft.

Oklahoma City won a tiebreaker last year, but that pick was conveyed to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Final NBA lottery odds: Magic pass Thunder on final day of season

The OKC Thunder’s win over the LA Clippers moved them back into a tie for fourth-best NBA draft lottery odds with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Oklahoma City Thunder needed one more loss to remain tied with the Orlando Magic for the third-best odds in the NBA draft lottery.

Instead, they took down the Los Angeles Clippers, who were short-handed after choosing to rest Kawhi Leonard and Paul George in an effort to get the fourth seed.

Oklahoma City slipped to the fourth-best odds, where the team is now tied with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Instead of a random drawing deciding whether the Thunder will select third or fourth, the drawing will decide whether they choose fourth or fifth.

Whether fourth or fifth, the Thunder will have a 47.1% chance of remaining in the top five. The key difference is there’s a 27.1% chance the team with the fourth-best odds ends up at pick six, while a 25.5% chance the team in fifth ends up with the No. 7 pick.

Here is the full NBA lottery order:

1. Houston Rockets

2. Detroit Pistons

3. Orlando Magic

T4. Cleveland Cavaliers

T4. Oklahoma City Thunder

6. Minnesota Timberwolves (top-3 protected; would convey to Golden State Warriors if 4 or worse)

7. Toronto Raptors

8. New Orleans Pelicans

T9. Sacramento Kings

T9. Chicago Bulls (Magic own this pick)

11. Charlotte Hornets*

12. San Antonio Spurs*

13. Indiana Pacers*

14. Memphis Grizzlies*

* Note:  The bottom four teams are in the play-in tournament and could change position.

Lottery watch: Cavaliers’ win on Wednesday gives Thunder breathing room

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics, pushing them a full game behind the OKC Thunder in the NBA draft lottery odds.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder are in the middle of a tight race for the third-best odds in the NBA draft lottery.

During their day off on Wednesday, the Thunder gained a little bit of breathing room.

The Cleveland Cavaliers took down the Boston Celtics 102-94, putting them a full game behind the Thunder in the reverse standings.

This ended an 11-game Cleveland losing streak. It was their first win since April 21.

The Celtics have been in a tailspin, losing four games in a row, including two to the Miami Heat in a back-to-back that allowed Miami to jump out of play-in contention and stuck Boston in the seventh seed. Jaylen Brown’s injury devastated any hopes they had of finding their rhythm, and the loss to the Cavaliers was icing on the cake.

From the vantage point of the Cavaliers’ front office, this was not ideal. If they had lost, Cleveland would have been tied for third place with the Thunder once again; instead, they are now in fifth, half a game behind the Orlando Magic and a full game behind OKC.

The Thunder need to continue losing games, because even if the Cavs are now back a full game, the Magic are still right on their tail and have a chance to pull into a tie with OKC on Thursday.

Here is a quick rundown of the 2 through 6 spots:

  • 2. Detroit Pistons: 1.0 games over Thunder
  • 3. Oklahoma City Thunder
  • 4. Orlando Magic: 0.5 games behind Thunder
  • 5. Cleveland Cavaliers: 1.0 games behind Thunder
  • 6. Minnesota Timberwolves: 1.5 games behind Thunder

Oklahoma City will face the Utah Jazz on Friday and the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday to close out the season.

The Magic play the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday with a chance to move into a tie for third place with the Thunder. Orlando closes out the season with two games against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Detroit has a game against the Denver Nuggets on Friday and the Miami Heat on Sunday.

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NBA reverse standings: Thunder continue to inch up lottery odds as losses mount

The NBA reverse standings show the OKC Thunder creeping up the draft lottery odds on the tail of a losing streak.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have run their losing streak to eight games, placing them in a tie for the fifth-best lottery odds entering Friday’s slate of NBA action.

The Thunder’s odds have improved over recent weeks. At the start of April, Oklahoma City had the ninth-best odds and were within spitting distance of the play-in tournament. Last week, the odds had improved to seventh. Now, OKC is inching closer to the teams with the best odds in the league.

Let’s take the weekly look at the NBA reverse standings with a focus on the Thunder and Houston Rockets, whose pick would go to OKC if it lands outside the top four, and the draft spot of the Miami Heat, whose pick would convey to the Thunder if Houston’s remained in the top four.

Stats come from NBA.com and Basketball Reference while lottery odds are via Tankathon.

NBA standings: Thunder’s lottery odds improving during losing streak

Last week’s release of the lottery standings included Western Conference teams in the running for a play-in spot because the Oklahoma City Thunder were technically among them. That’s no more. In the midst of a five-game losing streak, the Thunder …

Last week’s release of the lottery standings included Western Conference teams in the running for a play-in spot because the Oklahoma City Thunder were technically among them.

That’s no more. In the midst of a five-game losing streak, the Thunder have fallen 4.5 games below the 10th place Golden State Warriors and are officially closer to the Detroit Pistons, who they lost to over the past week.

With the Thunder moving up the lottery odds, let’s take a look at the eight teams within four games of the No. 3 odds. We’ll also peak at the Miami Heat’s week, given as the Thunder may end up owning their pick.

Stats for these Friday roundups come from NBA.com and Basketball Reference, while lottery odds are via Tankathon.