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Apr 29, 2003 |
2003 NBA Draft Order
Eight ties among teams that finished the 2002-03 regular
season with identical records were broken tonight through random drawings to help
determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2003, which will be held on Thursday,
June 26, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Stu Jackson, NBA Senior Vice President Basketball Operations, conducted the drawing
live on NBA TV earlier this evening from the league office in New York.
Cleveland and Denver, who finished tied with a 17-65 record, will each receive
225 chances out of 1,000 in the NBA Draft Lottery. In the event that neither the
Cavaliers nor Nuggets wins one of the first three picks in the Lottery, Denver
will select fourth and Cleveland fifth.
New York and Washington, who finished tied with a 37-45 record, will receive 15
and 14 chances out of 1,000, respectively, in the NBA Draft Lottery. In the event
that neither the Knicks nor the Wizards wins one of the first three picks in the
Lottery, New York will select ninth and Washington will select 10th.
Milwaukee (42-40) won a tie-breaker with Orlando and will select 14th in the first
round. The Magic will select 15th.
Boston (44-38) won a tie-breaker with Phoenix and will select 16th in the first
round. The Suns will select 17th.
New Orleans (47-35) won a tie-breaker with Utah and will select 18th in the first
round. The Jazz will select 19th.
Philadelphia (48-34) won a tie-breaker with Indiana and will select 20th in the
first round. The Pacers will select 21st. (Note: Indiana’s pick is held by Atlanta
and Philadelphia’s pick is held by Boston)
Portland (50-32) won a tie-breaker with the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit, and
will select 23rd in the first round. Subsequently, the Lakers won a tie-breaker
with the Pistons and will select 24th. Detroit will select 25th.
San Antonio (60-22) won a tie-breaker with Dallas and will select 28th in the
first round. The Mavericks will select 29th.
To see the full order of both rounds, see our mock
draft.
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