Despite what many critics have said about how much they hate the NBA draft, I happen to love the NBA draft. This year's draft lottery was rather low key because nobody could really get worked up over Blake Griffin, the college player most likely to get picked number #1. This year's winner was the L.A. Clippers, which probably means that ten years from now, we'll look back on the player they drafted who turned out to be a complete bust. Their last number 1 pick in 1998 was Michael Olowokandi, who was such a complete bust that he ended up having a worst career than Kwame Brown.
Still, the actual process of deciding the seeding of the NBA draft is truly exciting. I love it when they go live to the NBA studio in Secaucus, NJ. I don't know anything about that city except for them hosting the annual NBA draft lottery. This is the famous studio where legends such as Larry Bird, 90's NBA star Chris Webber, and baseball hall of famer Reggie Jackson are milling around in front of the cameras, having bullshit conversations prior to the main event.
Then, they get to the brief introductions of each of the 14 representatives from NBA teams that didn't make the play-offs, a two-minute commercial break, and then on to the show.
The countdown from 14 to 1 is one of the television highlights of the NBA season. The rules are simple, only 3 teams get the chance to move up to 1-3 slots, with the remaining 4-14 picks being decided on team record. There's so much tension because each time a team's name is announced, each of the remaining teams alive cling to the hope that they might be the one. It's akin to a beauty pagent, in the way they dwindle the contestants from say 50 to 10 to 5 to 3 to 2 to 1.
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