NBA Breaks Ties For NBA Draft 2006 Order Selection
21st April, 2006 - 1:12 pm

Press Release - Seven ties among teams that finished the 2005-06 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to help determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2006, which will be held on Wednesday, June 28 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The drawings were conducted live on NBA TV earlier today at the NBA League Office in New York City by Stu Jackson, NBA Senior Vice President, Basketball Operations.

The results of the random drawings:

- Charlotte (26-56) won a tie-breaker with Atlanta
- Minnesota (33-49) won a tie-breaker with Boston
- Houston (34-48) won a tie-breaker with Golden State
- New Orleans/Oklahoma City (38-44) won a tie-breaker with Philadelphia
- Chicago (41-41) won a tie-breaker with Indiana
- Sacramento (44-38) won a tie-breaker with Denver
- New Jersey (49-33) won a tie-breaker with Memphis

Below is the order of selection for the NBA Draft 2006, as well as the number of chances for teams in NBA Draft Lottery 2006, to be held May 23, at the NBA Entertainment studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

2006 FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

The teams entered in the lottery, to be held on May 23, 2006, are as follows (note: the first three picks in the Draft will be determined by the lottery and the remainder of the “lottery teams” will select in positions 4 through 14 in inverse order of their consolidated standings at the end of the regular season):

Lottery Chances out of 1,000

Portland: 250
New York (To Chicago): 199
Charlotte: 138
Atlanta: 137
Toronto: 88
Minnesota: 53
Boston: 53
Houston: 23
Golden State: 22
Seattle: 11
Orlando: 8
New Orleans/Oklahoma City: 7
Philadelphia: 6
Utah: 5

The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows:

15. Milwaukee (To New Orleans/Oklahoma City)
16. Chicago
17. Indiana
18. Washington
19. Sacramento
20. Denver (To New York via Toronto and New Jersey)
21. LA Lakers (To Phoenix via Atlanta and Boston)
22. LA Clippers (To New Jersey via Denver and Orlando)
23. New Jersey
24. Memphis
25. Cleveland
26. Miami (To LA Lakers)
27. Phoenix
28. Dallas
29. San Antonio (To New York)
30. Detroit (To Portland via Utah)

2006 SECOND ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER*
31. Portland
32. New York (To Houston)
33/34. Atlanta
33/34. Charlotte (To LA Clippers)
35. Toronto
36/37. Boston[1]
36/37. Minnesota
38/39. Golden State[2]
38/39. Houston
40. Seattle
41. Orlando
42/43. Philadelphia (To Cleveland)
42/43. New Orleans/Oklahoma City
44. Milwaukee (To Orlando via Cleveland)
45. Indiana
46. Chicago (To Utah via Houston)
47. Utah
48. Washington
49. Denver
50. Sacramento (To Orlando via Utah or to Charlotte)
51. LA Lakers
52. LA Clippers
53. Memphis (To Seattle)
54. New Jersey
55. Cleveland
56. Miami (To Toronto via New Orleans/Oklahoma City and Boston)
57. Phoenix (To Minnesota)
58. Dallas
59. San Antonio
60. Detroit

* Please note that teams that finished the regular season with identical records will select in the second round in the reverse of the order in which they select in the first round, provided that if more than two teams are tied, then, as among the tied teams, each tied team will select one position earlier than it selected in the first round, except that the tied team that selected earliest in the first round shall, as among the tied teams, select latest in the second round. With respect to the ties between Atlanta and Charlotte (33 and 34); Boston and Minnesota (36 and 37); Golden State and Houston (38 and 39); and Philadelphia and New Orleans/Oklahoma City (42 and 43): since the order of selection in the first round for each pair of teams may change based on the results of the Draft Lottery, the order of selection in the second round cannot be determined until after the Draft Lottery is conducted (on May 23, 2006).

That Minnesota pick looks even better. Got to find a way to get it through a Marbury deal.

gotta hope minnesota's pick isn't too high otherwise forget it. they 'll never trade it for Marbury