lottery pick
Tanking team's reward
A lottery pick is a selection in the early portion of a professional sports draft, particularly in the NBA, where the order of top picks is determined by a weighted lottery system rather than strictly by team record.
The term implies high expectations: lottery picks are projected stars, not role players.
He was a lottery pick who never lived up to his potential.
More broadly, lottery pick describes anyone or anything selected through a chance-based process or considered a premium choice.
- draftPreliminary version of text
- draft nightPlayer allocation event
- NBATop-tier American court league
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- mock draftSimulated selection exercise
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- Prospectsprospect, candidate, hopeful, applicant, contender
- standingsrankings, leaderboard, league table, ladder, seeding
- Basketball HonorsMVP, All-Star, Most Improved, Hall of Fame, scoring champion