Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site h-sc1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!h-sc1!corcoran From: corcoran@h-sc1.UUCP (tom corcoran) Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops Subject: Re: Pat Ewing and the Lottery Message-ID: <548@h-sc1.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 10:15:27 EDT Article-I.D.: h-sc1.548 Posted: Wed Aug 21 10:15:27 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 04:23:30 EDT References: <526@h-sc1.UUCP> <1011@drupa.UUCP> Organization: Harvard Univ. Science Center Lines: 15 > ...the NBA put in the lottery because the previous > year Houston deliberately tried to lose some games at the end > of the year in order to improve their draft position (and get > a shot at Ralph Sampson)... I think that the reason for the draft was also that they didn't want anyone to know exactly where the top draft choices were going to be. How many times in the past did you see very poor teams trading away their draft picks for some over the hill superstar? With the lottery, the teams that have these old superstars to unload are less willing to trade for something so uncertain. This leaves the picks with the poor teams which will hopefully give them the foundation to build upon. tom corcoran