[cpoint.jazz8Participant]

 As a Jazz fan I would obviously like them to have the lottery pick this year.

So being as Jazz owns the Warriors draft pick (protection top 7) finish tie for 7th with either Raptors or Nets who would own the tie breaker?

Warriors are 0-2 against the Nets and 0-1 against Raptors… does that mean that Warriors would get the better pick out of the two?

 

I know it wouldn’t be the end of the world for Jazz as they have a good core and trade pieces but if they make the playoffs they could end up with no draft picks… as their own would go to Minnesota.

[butidonthavemoney]

It comes down to a coin flip done at the end of the season by the NBA. Both teams still have the same chance of moving up in the lottery though.

They don’t determine lottery positions by head-to-head records.

[the27guyParticipant]

I understand why a coin flip is needed… but since this is the third straight year a tie breaker has affected the Jazz, and similar tie breakers are done every year, why doesn’t the league do the coin flip at the lottery? Any ideas?

[butidonthavemoney]

I know they used to do the coin flip.

"The system was revamped in 1966, leading to a coin toss between the last place finisher in each of the NBA’s two divisions to determine who would get the first overall pick. Still short of perfect, the system witnessed a young Magic Johnson as the steal of the 1979 Draft for the Los Angeles Lakers. In that draft, the Chicago Bulls had called “heads,” the result being “tails,” and the first pick was awarded to the New Orleans Jazz. The Jazz, however, owed the Lakers three draft picks, one of them being – you guessed it – one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History."

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They changed it because teams were tanking.

"Stung by accusations the Rockets tanked games late in the season to get in the 1984 coin toss, the NBA instituted the draft lottery for non-playoff teams beginning with the 1985 draft. The New York Knicks won it and took Patrick Ewing. There were still cries of fix, however, as critics accused the league of planting Ewing in New York."

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New system works better, but is still flawed.

[the27guyParticipant]

 Nomoney… They still do a coin flip on ties… 

[cpoint.jazz8Participant]

 wow so Utah might not have a draft pick because of a coin flip? stupid warriors couldn’t beat the new orleans today… jeez 

[Future_Scout’s board]

 im so confused right now…. so how many picks does utah have now that they’re in the playoffs?

""I know it wouldn’t be the end of the world for Jazz as they have a good core and trade pieces but if they make the playoffs they could end up with no draft picks… as their own would go to Minnesota.""

this would be the end of the world if i was a jazz fan, r u kiddin?

how could they possibly loose both of their picks????

 

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