They start this process with the number one pick, and then repeat it for picks two through four. The balls are then mixed again for 10 seconds in between each drawing until 4 balls have been extracted from the machine. The ping pong balls are mixed in the machine for 20 seconds, then the first ball is drawn.
There are 1,001 possible combination that can be pulled, each team, depending on their record, will be assigned a number of these combinations that if selected, would result in them getting picks 1-4. Four balls will be pulled out of the machine to create a number combination, each number combination represents a team in the lottery. On the day of the lottery, 14 ping pong balls numbered 1 through 14 are put through a machine in a secure room, where select media, NBA officials and representatives of the lottery teams stand by to watch. The short answer is kind of, but not exactly. But what exactly is the process that will determine the lucky team who gets to select him? Is it really a powerball-like machine that spits out ping pong balls with teams’ names on them? The top prize in this year’s draft is 7-foot-5 French big man Victor Wembanyama. The Spurs will have either the second or thirst worst record in the league (depending on a coin flip tie-breaker with the Houston Rockets), which means they are guaranteed a pick in either the top six or seven.
The next piece in the team’s rebuild could quite literally come down to a couple of ping pong balls bouncing the right way. That’s when San Antonio will find out where their highest pick in the draft will land. Now that the Spurs season is over, the next milestone fans have to look forward to is the NBA Draft Lottery on May 16th.
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