Which player will be picked first come NBA draft time?
These players usually come from the college level, but in recent drafts a greater number of international and high school players have been drafted. NBA draft is an annual North American event in which the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) thirty teams (29 in the United States and one in Toronto, Canada) can select players who wish to join the league. These players usually come from the college level, but in recent drafts a greater number of international and high school players have been drafted. As of the 2006 NBA Draft, high school players gain eligibility for draft selection one year after their graduating class has finished high school, but only if they also are at least 19 years of age as of the end of the calendar year of the draft. The NBA Draft Lottery is an annual event held by the NBA to determine the order of selection in which non-playoff teams (or the teams holding their picks through trades) participate in a lottery process to obtain rights to pick promising young