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Gerald Wallace will be hoping the ping pong balls bounce his and the Bobcats way at the NBA Draft Lottery on May 23 at the NBA Entertainment studio in Secaucus, New Jersey. Wallace will be representing the Bobcats at the lottery, where Charlotte has the third-best chance of obtaining the No. 1 overall pick in the 2006 NBA Draft and 36.83 percent chance of landing any one of the top three picks.
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The 22nd annual edition of the NBA Draft Lottery will determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks of 2006 NBA Draft when 14 ping-pong balls numbered 1-14 will be placed in a drum. There are 1,001 possible combinations when four balls are drawn out of 14, without regard to their order of selection. Prior to the Lottery, 1,000 combinations will be assigned to the 14 participating Lottery teams by a computer.
The Portland Trail Blazers finished the season with the NBA's worst record (21-61), so they will be assigned 250 combinations. Utah, the best team in the lottery at 41-41, will have five combinations out of 1,000.
Four balls will be drawn to the top to determine a four-digit combination. The team that has been assigned that combination will receive the No. 1 pick. The four balls are placed back in the drum and the process is repeated to determine the number two and three picks. (Note: If the one unassigned combination is drawn, the balls are drawn to the top again.)
The order of selection for the teams that do not win one of the top three picks will be determined by inverse order of their regular season record. Thus, Portland can pick no lower than fourth, Chicago(from New York, 23-59) no lower than fifth and Charlotte (26-56) no lower than sixth.
BOBCATS HAVE THIRD-MOST CHANCES
The Bobcats will have the third-most combinations in the 2006 NBA Draft Lottery. Charlotte will have a total of 138 chances out of 1,000 with its lone lottery selection.
>> Check out complete draft lottery odds
>> Bobcats win tie-breaker with Hawks
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LOTTERY?
Looking for the year-by-year lottery picks since 1985 or a list of the Top 14 selections every year since 1980? Want to check out a Top Picks photo gallery?
>> NBA.com Lottery Page
>> Evolution of the Draft Lottery
>> Top 14 picks since 1980
EARLY DRAFT PREDICTIONS
Want to know more about what the experts are saying about how the 2006 NBA Draft will shake out even before the 2006 Draft Lottery happens?
>> draftexpress.com
>> ESPN.com
>> HoopsHype.com
>> InsideHoops.com
>> NBAdraft.net
BOBCATS DRAFT CENTRAL
Take a look back at the Bobcats selections of Emeka Okafor, Bernard Robinson, Raymond Felton and Sean May
>> Bobcats Draft Central 2005
>> Bobcats Draft Central 2004
