Looking back at the Number 6 draft picks in NBA history

The NBA draft lottery is May 15 in the Palmer House Hilton. That drawing will determine the order of teams who pick 1 through 14 in the draft, the teams that missed the playoffs. Though some also traded their draft picks. The lottery will give all 14 teams in a descending order of odds the chance to get the first, second or third selections in the draft. After the first three are determined, the teams then are placed in order. For example, if the team with the ninth most odds—as the Bulls did in 2008 to get Derrick Rose—draws the lottery selection to move up and no other teams do, then No. 9 would pick first. Then the next 13 teams are in order of the poorest record. So then under this example, Phoenix would select second. Then Memphis, Dallas, Atlanta, Orlando and the Bulls No 7.

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