NBA Lottery: How Was It Born? How It Works ?

In American sport when we talk about “lottery”, we do not think of games of chance, but of the Draft, this evening where teams select young players to complete their squads.

This may make the country of capitalism smile, but the Draft is, with the salary cap, at the heart of the principle of fairness which reigns within the North American major leagues. Basically, to balance the championship, we give the worst teams the opportunity to select among the first in the immense pool of young talents.

And to know who will choose first, well, it is neither capitalism nor communism that comes into play: but chance.

How it works ? We explain to you in Histoire(s) de basketball.

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