2012 Draft if there's no season

[cdif911]

how will the draft work? does it revert to last year's order?  do all the teams get put in a hat, and pull out 1 by 1 for draft position?  with a pretty stacked draft class of 2012, this could be interesting.

[syfy9]

From what I've heard, it's possible they'll look at the season standings/record/playoff performance/etc etc from the past 5-10 years and create a draft order from there.

That would not be very good to the Cs, because we've been relatively successful. I'd imagine us getting a late lottery pick if were lucky.

[manl_lui]

From what I've heard, it's possible they'll look at the season standings/record/playoff performance/etc etc from the past 5-10 years and create a draft order from there.

That would not be very good to the Cs, because we've been relatively successful. I'd imagine us getting a late lottery pick if were lucky.

but we have the Clips lottery

and they were only in the playoff once? these past 5-10 years? and had losing records most of the seasons...

[cdif911]

clippers pick is top 10 protected, so unlikeley we see it

[KCattheStripe]

From what I've heard, it's possible they'll look at the season standings/record/playoff performance/etc etc from the past 5-10 years and create a draft order from there.

That would not be very good to the Cs, because we've been relatively successful. I'd imagine us getting a late lottery pick if were lucky.

If it was ten years, that will absolutely help us.

[Rondo_is_better]

As a lockout canceled the 2004–05 NHL season, the draft order was determined by lottery on July 22, 2005. Teams were assigned 1 to 3 balls based on their playoff appearances and first overall draft picks from the past three years. According to the draft order, the selection worked its way up to 30 as usual; then instead of repeating the order as in past years, the draft "snaked" back down to the team with the first pick. Therefore the team with the first pick overall would not pick again until the 60th pick. The team with the 30th pick would also get the 31st pick.

[Roy H.]

As a lockout canceled the 2004–05 NHL season, the draft order was determined by lottery on July 22, 2005. Teams were assigned 1 to 3 balls based on their playoff appearances and first overall draft picks from the past three years. According to the draft order, the selection worked its way up to 30 as usual; then instead of repeating the order as in past years, the draft "snaked" back down to the team with the first pick. Therefore the team with the first pick overall would not pick again until the 60th pick. The team with the 30th pick would also get the 31st pick.

That was a crazy system.  One of the "bad" teams (Pittsburgh) won the lottery, but there was a 1/48 chance that one of the top tier teams would.

In the NBA, I'd prefer that they make the odds a little longer.  I just can't stomach seeing the Lakers or Heat end up with a top five pick.